Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Anonymous, from Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
John Buchan’s dashing adventurer Sandy Arbuthnot didn’t think much of foreign policy after the Great War.
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© Ketounette, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
David Hume encourages politicians to put away their distrust of other countries, and allow free trade to flourish.
From ‘The Art of Piano’ (2001), available from Amazon (click the picture for more).
One of the twentieth century’s greatest pianists, who put himself and his art at the service of his adopted country.
© Vogelfreund, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
William Pitt the Elder berates Parliament for treating the public like know-nothings.
© A. Savin, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marko adopts drastic measures to get out of repaying the loan of a penny.
© Tiia Monto, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
A survivor of the infamous massacre of Chios in 1821 goes to Marseilles, but discovers he has not entirely left the Turks behind.