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In 917, King Edward embarked on a swashbuckling tour of the midlands, and brought their towns under one crown for the first time in five hundred years.
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Posted October 1 2021
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The tighter the US Government’s stranglehold on dissent grew, the harder Daniel Webster fought for freedom of speech.
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Posted August 23 2021
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Edmund Burke told the House of Commons that the American colonies’ refusal to be dictated to by Westminster was the very spirit that had made the Empire great.
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Posted August 20 2021
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Hannah Mullens describes her battle to reach out to wealthy Indian ladies with nothing to do, nothing to think about and nowhere to go.
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Posted August 11 2021
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When Ambassador Molesworth criticised the government of Christian V, the Danish king cried ‘off with his head!’.
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Posted August 10 2021
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Richard Cobden told his audience in the London Tavern that however much sabre-rattling was heard in St Petersburg, the average Russian was a man of peace.
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Posted August 5 2021