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Discovery and Invention

Kanguru!

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

Sport and Sportsmen

Arthur MacPherson

MacPherson’s tireless efforts to promote Russian sport earned him a unique Imperial honour, and the enmity of the Communists.

Sport and Sportsmen

The Aspden Cup

British factory workers started a historic three-cornered league in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

Lives of the Saints

Passover to Pentecost

St Bede explains how the Exodus and the Ten Commandments are related to Easter and Whitsuntide.

Greek History

The Lion of Piraeus

A marble statue in Venice bears witness to Europe’s long history of brave defeats and fruitless victories.

Discovery and Invention

Mary Anning

A twelve-year-old girl from Lyme Regis made a historic discovery while selling seashells to tourists.