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Lives of the Saints

St Nicholas of the Cats

A very unusual monastery with some very unusual protectors.

Discovery and Invention

Mrs Clements

Mrs Clements of Durham is not a household name, but the product she invented is.

Lives of the Saints

The Miracle of Piso Livadi

Three fishermen let their tongues run away with them, and were left counting the cost.

The United States of America

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

When Parliament sent the Army against American colonists, people still calling themselves ‘British’ had to decide very quickly what that meant to them.

Lives of the Saints

The Martyrdom of St James the Great

James, brother of John the Evangelist, was executed for his faith by a close friend of the Emperor Caligula.

Discovery and Invention

A Man called ‘Beta’

For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.