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Georgian Era
Trouble at Belsize Gardens
In 1720, Welsh promoter William Howell opened a pleasure garden at Belsize House, but the pleasures drew the magistrates’ frowns.
Aesopica
The Fisherman’s Net
A little fable from ancient Greece about those political activists who make a living from stirring up controversy.
Russian History
Timur in Russia
Timur, Muslim lord of Samarkand, threw his weight behind the Golden Horde’s subjugation of Christian Russia, with unexpected results.
Indian Myths
The Raven and the Snake
A harassed mother Raven vows bloody revenge on a venomous Snake, but the wily old Jackal has a better idea.
based on The Fables of Bidpai late 6th century
The Heron and the Crab
An ageing Heron finds himself a little too stiff to fish for himself, so he thinks of a way to get the fish to do it for him.
Greek and Roman Myths
The Doom of the Danaides
By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.