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The Normandy Landings by Clay Lane

‘D-Day’ on 6th June, 1944, kicked off the Allied invasion of Europe and raised hopes of an end to the Second World War.

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The Bishop’s Gambit by Clay Lane

The mayor and bishop of Zakynthos went to extraordinary lengths to protect the most vulnerable people of their island.

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The Lessons of History by St Bede of Jarrow

England’s first and greatest historian explains why history is so important.

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The Falkland Islands by Clay Lane

A proudly British group of islands far off in the South Atlantic.

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The Ashes of English Cricket by Clay Lane

How the cricketing rivalry between England and Australia got its name.

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Penicillin by Clay Lane

An improbable chain of coincidences led to one of the great medical revolutions just when it was most needed.

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My Native Notes : Scotsman James Boswell always spoke good English when in England, but he was careful to leave a little Scots in.
Hidden Message : Reveal the hidden message in a letter, and write a coded letter of your own.
The Great and the Good : Daniel Defoe wondered whether goodness was not preferable to greatness.
Statements, Questions and Commands : Choose a word from our list, and then use it in any one of the three basic types of sentence — if possible.
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.
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