Subjects

History

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The Genius Next Door

William Murdoch’s experiments with steam traction impressed his next-door neighbour, with world-changing results.

782

The Hat that Changed the World

Young William’s hat caught the eye of Matthew Boulton, and the world was never the same again.

783

Bread from Heaven

Cuthbert trusted that keeping his promised fast would not do him any harm.

784

The Great Chessboard

If Britain is a chessboard, then politicians should remember that the ‘pieces’ are alive, and they generally play a better game.

785

Wulfstan and the Seal of Approval

William the Conqueror’s purge of the English Church was halted by a humble bishop and a dead king.

786

The Evacuation of Dunkirk

The fate of the British army hung by a thread in May 1940, but ships large and small, military and civilian, came to the rescue.