Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
Blog
Copybook
Think & Speak
Games
KJV Bible
© Wellcome Trust, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
The Scottish missionary and medic believed that slavery could better be eradicated by trade than by force.
Read
© Sarah Charlesworth, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
A young George Stephenson takes responsibility for the team spirit at Black Callerton mine.
Photo by RKO Radio Pictures, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Howard gave his life to saving the ‘great gifts and strange inconsistencies’ of Britain’s unique democracy.
In a Christmas broadcast in 1940, actor Leslie Howard explained why British sovereignty was worth fighting for.
© tangopaso, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thetis snubs Eris, goddess of Discord, and sets off a series of events leading to the Trojan War.
© Allie Caulfield, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Florence used her logical mind and society connections to save thousands of lives in the Crimean War.