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Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece.
The Virgin Mary and her son team up to get the best out of some careless monks.
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© Wernervc, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
A British victory at tragic cost, in which both sides had to learn a new way of fighting.
© Adam Ward, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
An enduringly popular poem by the author of ‘Treasure Island’.
© MEH Bergmann, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Hospitality and sympathy, but no help - the Byzantine Emperor learns a bitter lesson about western diplomacy.
© Bill Nicholls, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
A girl’s choice of words sees her turned out of hearth and home.
Photo by Capt J.L. Evans, No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit, via the Imperial War Museums and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: public domain.
‘D-Day’ on 6th June, 1944, kicked off the Allied invasion of Europe and raised hopes of an end to the Second World War.