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The Spy by Clay Lane

In 1910, Constantine Zervakos, a young monk from the Greek island of Paros, found himself charged with espionage.

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Heathcoat’s Bobbinet by Clay Lane

John Heathcoat’s lace-making machine created thousands of jobs, and gave ordinary people clothes they could never have dreamt of.

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The Boer Wars by Clay Lane

South African settlers of Dutch descent could not escape the march of the British Empire.

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Our Lady’s Mantle by Clay Lane

Shortly after Askold and Dir founded Kiev in 862, they launched a brazen but ill-fated assault on the capital of the Roman Empire.

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Merchants of Muscovy by Clay Lane

In 1553, Richard Chancellor set out on a perilous voyage to Russia in order to bypass the Hanseatic League’s customs union.

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Not a Scratch! by Clay Lane

Hapless extremists try to wipe out a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.

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The Beautiful Side of the Picture : Heathen prince Boris I of Bulgaria (r. 852–889) commissioned St Methodius to paint an impressive scene for his palace walls.
The Repeal of the Corn Laws : Richard Cobden realised that John Bright, overcome with grief after seeing his young wife die, needed something worthwhile to live for.
The Great and the Good : Daniel Defoe wondered whether goodness was not preferable to greatness.
Disappearing Act : Use each verb in a question, command or statement.
Sentegrams : These sentences, taken from English literature, have been jumbled up like an anagram; see if you can piece them back together.
Good Sense : Rewrite these sentences so that the word ‘unless’ is not used.
The Coronation of Anne Boleyn : The weight of the crown that Anne Boleyn wore proved too heavy to bear.
Abstract : Use these words in sentences as a Noun, Verb or Adjective.
Better By Example : Gregory urged the persecuted Christians of Nazianzus to be the better men.
Speed Clues : Help a friend to guess five words in under a minute.
A Proper Game of Cricket : Mary Mitford makes an appeal for the traditional village cricket match.
Mini Bios : Write a short paragraph about a prominent person, but don’t start any sentence with he or she.
A Thousand Commas : Assess the punctuation of this sentence, according to the author’s own principles.
Batter My Heart : John Donne gives God a free hand to do whatever needs to be done.
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