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Extracts from Literature

Judicial Iniquity

John Stuart Mill reminds us that governments and the courts must never be allowed to criminalise matters of belief or opinion.

The Second World War

The Outbreak of the Second World War

The only truly global conflict in history began when German troops crossed into Poland in September 1939.

Discovery and Invention

Abraham Darby I

To the poor of England, the Worcestershire man gave affordable pots and pans, and to all the world he gave the industrial revolution.

Stuart Era

The War of the Spanish Succession

After Louis XIV’s grandson Philip inherited the throne of Spain, the ‘Sun King’ began to entertain dreams of Europe-wide dominion.

Anglo-Saxon Era

The Arts of Fair Rowena

Charles Dickens believed that Britain’s Saxon invaders gained power by force of arms – but not by weapons.

Lives of the Saints

The Voice of an Angel

A tenth-century Greek monk is joined by a total stranger for Mattins.