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Character and Conduct

‘Thy Necessity is Yet Greater than Mine’

Elizabethan courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney shows that a nobleman can also be a gentleman.

Anglo-Saxon Era

The Bishop and the Chatterbox

One week into a Lenten retreat with the Bishop of Hexham, a boy’s miserable life is turned right around.

Christian Customs

Michaelmas

A celebration of St Michael, captain of heaven’s angel host, courteous warrior, and healer.

Discovery and Invention

Japan’s First Railway

As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.

Discovery and Invention

Thomas Brassey

The unsung surveyor from Cheshire, who built railways and made friends across the world.

International Relations

An Exceptional Nation

William Gladstone explains that a truly ‘exceptional nation’ respects the equality and rights of all nations.