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Liberty and Prosperity

Fit and Proper Persons

No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.

Indian History

Victoria and the Munshi

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.

Lives of the Saints

St Elizabeth the New Martyr

The grand-daughter of Queen Victoria was as close to the poor of Moscow’s slums as she was to the Russian Tsar.

Scottish History

The Battle of Glen Shiel

King Philip V of Spain sent a second Spanish Armada against Britain, but it suffered much the same fate as the first.

History of Africa

David Livingstone

The Scottish missionary and medic believed that slavery could better be eradicated by trade than by force.

Classical History

Boudica

British sympathy for Roman imperial progress evaporated when officials began asset-stripping the country.