Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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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.
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A faithful but unprepossessing pet is turned out of hearth and home.
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As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.