There is one post in The Copy Book credited to John Acton, 1st Baron Acton. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)
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There is one post in The Copy Book credited to John Acton, 1st Baron Acton. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)
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★ A Light to Lighten the English Even before he was born, St Dunstan was marked out to lead the English Church and nation to more peaceful times.
For Today • February 2 • Candlemas
★ Rope Trick When Ranulf Flambard, Bishop of Durham, became the Tower of London’s first prisoner he did not intend making a long stay.
For Today • February 2 • Ranulf Flambard escapes from the Tower
Columbus Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.
Posted Today • The Copy Book
Who’ll Turn the Grindstone? Whenever Charles Miner suspected an ulterior motive, he would say quietly ‘That man has an axe to grind!’
Posted Yesterday • The Copy Book
A Full Day’s Play It was one of those rare occasions when a game of cricket had not been interrupted by the weather, but would the Church be so forgiving?
Posted January 29 • The Copy Book
Sunday in London Every Sunday, the Englishman is raised to heaven by the choir, and then taken to her bosom by Mother Earth.
Posted January 29 • The Copy Book
Ye Children, Hearken Unto Me David, fresh from another close encounter with Saul’s men, shares his advice for living a charmed life.
Posted January 28 • The Copy Book
Look Upon This Picture Hamlet cannot understand what his mother could possibly see in his uncle Claudius.
Posted January 27 • The Copy Book
Metaphors Rewrite these sentences, substituting each metaphor with another of similar meaning.
Posted January 27
Vocabulary Compose sentences to illustrate the meaning of these words.
Posted January 27 • Think and Speak
Outbreak John Galsworthy shared his unease at the rise of two competing forms of national speech.
Posted January 26 • The Copy Book
Verbs and Nouns Separate these words into two groups, nouns, and nouns that are also verbs. Which one’s the odd-one-out?
Posted January 26 • Think and Speak
The Peacock Throne The dazzling throne of the Mughal Emperors has vanished from history, but not before Abdul Hamid Lahori had seen it.
Posted January 25 • The Copy Book
Description Think of three different kinds of clock or bag, and write sentences to distinguish them.
Posted January 24 • Think and Speak
Hat Make as many words as you can using the letters of one nine-letter word. Can you beat our score?
Posted January 24 • Think and Speak
