Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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When Harrison won the Longitude Prize, fair and square, Parliament wouldn’t pay up.
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Moscheles taught his adopted country how to write enchanting music for decades to come.
A ‘Christian’ mob kidnapped and murdered a much-loved professor of mathematics - for her politics.
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Scotland’s association with the brother of Peter is down to an early 8th century Bishop of Hexham.
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An 18th century bon viveur and virtuoso violinist, Thomas Erskine is currently being ‘rediscovered’ by the classical music industry.
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As the storm raged around him, raindrops fell like music on the pianist’s heart.