Subjects

History

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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.

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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.

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Boudica

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

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David Livingstone

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

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The Bully and the Brakesman

A young George Stephenson takes responsibility for the team spirit at Black Callerton mine.

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Leslie Howard

Howard gave his life to saving the ‘great gifts and strange inconsistencies’ of Britain’s unique democracy.