Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
King John promised his nobles respect, but he was not a man to regard his word as his bond.
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There is an art to making one’s compliments seem artless.
© John Mavin, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Muddle-headed inventor Professor Cavor needs to think aloud, and for reasons of his own Mr Bedford is anxious to listen.
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After the Norman Conquest, thousands of disappointed Englishmen departed for a new life in the Byzantine world.
© Olaf Tausch, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cross of Christ speaks, and tells of the amazing transformation from sign of shame to sign of redemption.
© Chris Downer, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Granville Sharp and his surgeon brother William rescued a young African man from the streets of London.