Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain
Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley says that the pinnacle of political achievement is the government not of others, but of ourselves.
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Poet Percy Shelley calls on November’s sister months to watch by the graveside of the dead Year.
© David Crocker, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Poet John Keats speaks of the beauties of Autumn, her colours, her sounds and her rich harvest.
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Elizabethan courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney shows that a nobleman can also be a gentleman.
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One week into a Lenten retreat with the Bishop of Hexham, a boy’s miserable life is turned right around.
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A celebration of St Michael, captain of heaven’s angel host, courteous warrior, and healer.