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Several English pianists impressed Joseph Haydn on his visits to London, but Maria Hester Park was a particular favourite.
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A woman convicted of a crime she did not commit took her case to a higher power.
By Kate Greenaway (1846-1901), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
The mayor and corporation of Hamelin outsource a rodent problem to a professional rat-catcher.
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A woman advises her husband to entrust their modest savings to the bank of God.
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A warlike king sets out to bag another small kingdom for his realms, but a monkey gets him thinking.
© James Denham, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.