The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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© Josep Renalias, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

St George, Patron Saint of England Clay Lane

George served in the Roman army and lies buried in Israel, yet he makes an ideal patron for England.

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© Sailko, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

Maximian and his friends refused to take part in a multi-faith day of prayer for unity.

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© Rama, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 France.

Deborah and Sisera Clay Lane

The Israelites turn to Deborah for help after twenty years under the harsh rule of King Jabin and his stern general Sisera.

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© Philip Halling, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Battle of the Winwaed Clay Lane

In 655, the future of England as a Christian nation hung by the slenderest of threads.

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© Biswarup Ganguly, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

Timely Progress Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

Sir Charles Lucas argued that the Industrial Revolution happened at just the right time for everyone in the British Empire.

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Hastings County Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Three Ages of Empire Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas

Sir Charles Lucas looked back at the role of the Government, the military and private enterprise during three centuries of British adventure overseas.

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