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Liberty and Prosperity

The Economic Case for Time Off

Adam Smith encourages employers to restrict working hours to reasonable limits, for humanity and for profit.

Liberty and Prosperity

The Economic Case for Generous Wages

Adam Smith asks employers to pay the most generous wages their finances will allow.

Lives of the Saints

Mountain of Light

St Bede says that Christ’s Transfiguration should remind us that we live in two worlds at the same time.

Mediaeval History

Lambert Simnel

Henry VII must decide how to deal with a boy calling himself ‘King Edward VI’.

Sport and Sportsmen

A Many-Chorded Lyre

Stylish batting in cricket is about variety, invention and frankly anything that works, and we have Dr W.G. Grace to thank for it.

Sport and Sportsmen

Hooked

The great British public leaves a German tourist speechless during a county match at the Oval in London.