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The Feast of St Cuthbert

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Cuthbert and the White Rider

Based on an account by St Bede of Jarrow

The young Christian from ancient Northumbria was healed of a lame leg in a manner that reminded Bede of the archangel Rafael.

Posted May 5 2019

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Cuthbert and Hildemer’s Wife

By Clay Lane

Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.

Posted December 10 2018

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A Tale of Two Springs

By Clay Lane

The way St Cuthbert found water for his island retreat confirmed that Northumbria’s church was the real thing.

Posted May 30 2018

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Cuthbert and the Barley Reivers

By Clay Lane

Bede is reminded of another great Christian saint when St Cuthbert shoos some troublesome crows from his barley crop.

Posted May 30 2018

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Cuthbert and the Sorrowful Ravens

By Clay Lane

The Northumbrian monk was touched by two thieving birds who repented of their misdeeds.

Posted May 30 2018

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Cuthbert’s Cordon

Based on the account by Reginald of Durham

A man steals a mother sparrow from her chick, but St Cuthbert isn’t going to let him get away with it.

Posted March 20 2018

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A Collect for Christmas Eve : A short prayer and poem from the Sarum Missal, for the night before Christmas.

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Music Video : JS Bach: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns die Stimme

Posted December 21 • The Copy Book

Christmas at Coverley Hall : Sir Roger explains why he makes Christmas such a special time for all his neighbours.

Posted December 20 • Think and Speak

Pronunciation : Create sentences in which a particular consonant features prominently and frequently.

Posted December 19

Music Video : Richard Addinsell: Scrooge Suite

Posted December 17 • Think and Speak

Doing Without If : Rewrite these conditional sentences in such a way that the word ‘if’ is not used.

Posted December 16 • Comfortable Words

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Posted December 16 • Think and Speak

Words of Character : Explain what these nouns tell us about our colleague John.

Posted December 15 • Think and Speak

Jigsaws : Combine each pair of ideas into one sentence, in as many ways as you can. See if you can work in one or more of the words suggested.

Posted December 15

Music Video : Eric Coates: Four Centuries Suite: II. Pavane and Tambourin

Posted December 15 • The Copy Book

The Death of Baldur : Baldur was the toast of Valhalla, but Loki was determined to take him down.

Posted December 13 • The Copy Book

Always Keep A-Hold of Nurse : In this ‘Cautionary Tale’, we hear what happened when naughty Jim gave his nurse the slip.

Posted December 13 • Think and Speak

New Polyword : Make as many words as you can using just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

Posted December 10 • The Copy Book

Picking On Cotton : The politicians of Georgian England went to surprising lengths to shield domestic businesses from overseas competition.

Posted December 8

Music Video : Frank Bridge: Berceuse

Posted December 8

Verbs : Use these verbs in the right past form.

Posted December 8 • The Copy Book

Who Are We to Criticise? : Thomas Carlyle felt that English criticism of Goethe revealed more about his critics than his poems.

Posted December 7

Music Video : Sir Arthur Sullivan: Overture to ‘Marmion’

Posted December 6

Opposites : Compose sentences to showcase a word and its opposite — whatever you think that may be.

Posted December 6 • Think and Speak

Tide : Make as many words as you can using the letters of one nine-letter word. Can you beat our score?