The Copybook

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

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The Aspden Cup Clay Lane

British factory workers started a historic three-cornered league in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

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Passover to Pentecost St Bede of Jarrow

St Bede explains how the Exodus and the Ten Commandments are related to Easter and Whitsuntide.

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The Lion of Piraeus Clay Lane

A marble statue in Venice bears witness to Europe’s long history of brave defeats and fruitless victories.

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One False Step Jane Austen

Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.

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Mary Anning Clay Lane

A twelve-year-old girl from Lyme Regis made a historic discovery while selling seashells to tourists.

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The Living Past Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

High above the roof of the Amazonian rainforest, Professor Challenger sees something that eerily reminds him of home.

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