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Modern History

The Calendar ‘English Style’

An English monk warned of a flaw in the world’s most widely-used calendar.

Armistice Day

Armistice Day

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the end of the First World War on the 11th of November, 1918.

History of Africa

The Anglo-Zanzibar War

It lasted barely forty minutes, but it brought slavery to an end in the little island territory.

The United States of America

The ‘Jay Treaty’

The Jay Treaty can be seen as the start of the ‘special relationship’ between Britain and America.

Lives of the Saints

St Wilfrid and the Sheriff’s Wife

St Wilfrid brings healing to the wife of his own gaoler.

Lives of the Saints

St Wilfrid and the Angel of Light

St Wilfrid finds comfort during his tussle with the King of Northumbria