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History

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Mountain of Light

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

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Lambert Simnel

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

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Hooked

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

640

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.

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Taste and See

Wonder spread through a Tyneside monastery after Bishop Cuthbert asked for a drink of water.

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Mir Kasim

The East India Company installed Mir Kasim as Nawab of Bengal, only to find that he had a mind of his own.