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Indian History

Ranji

A young Indian student from Cambridge was selected for England’s cricket team after public pressure.

Lives of the Saints

Cuthbert, the Bridle and the Book

One of England’s most precious artefacts, the Lindisfarne Gospels, was nearly lost at sea.

Frederick Douglass

A Selfish Liberty

American anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass contrasts two kinds of ‘nationalist’.

Sport and Sportsmen

Max Woosnam

Max fully deserves his reputation as England’s greatest all-round sportsman.

Russian History

The Grand Embassy

A young Peter the Great of Russia toured Europe seeking help for his diplomatic, military and architectural plans.

Frederick Douglass

Douglass in Britain

Frederick Douglass, the American runaway slave turned Abolitionist, spent some of his happiest days in Britain.