The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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© Alan Pennington, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Real Merchant William Cobbett

William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.

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© Olaf Tausch, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

‘I can walk’ Clay Lane

A mother is determined to see that her disabled daughter gets the help she needs.

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© Kenneth Allen, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Long Ben Clay Lane

An English sailor became the target of the first worldwide manhunt following an audacious act of piracy.

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© Orin Zebest, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chopsticks Ethel Smyth

Ethel Smyth puts on a show for a self-declared music enthusiast.

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© Tim Tregenza, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Experience Does It Charles Dickens

Wilkins Micawber had little to give David Copperfield at their parting, save two words of advice.

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© Velvet, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

A Bit of Luck for his Lordship Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson was only too pleased to save the Government from its scientific advisers.

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