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Discovery and Invention

The Railway Clearing House

All but forgotten today, the RCH was one of the most important steps forward in British industrial history.

Liberty and Prosperity

Character Witness

A former convict told Henry Morley about his debt to Thomas Wright, the prisoner’s friend.

Liberty and Prosperity

The Prisoner’s Friend

Thomas Wright never earned more than a foreman’s wage, but he helped hundreds of prisoners back into society.

Liberty and Prosperity

The Great Baby

Charles Dickens rails at the way Parliament and do-gooders treat the public like an irresponsible child.

Discovery and Invention

Ireland’s First Railway

The Dublin to Dun Laoghaire line opened in 1834, and proved a remarkable testimony to the speed of technological progress.

Lives of the Saints

The Bearded Foreigner

A Japanese swordsman confronts a Russian monk for... actually, he’s not really quite sure.