With King John dead and the threat of invasion fading,
Philip Faulconbridge reflects that the danger within is always greater than the danger without.
byWilliam Shakespeare1564-1616
Education
The Facts Factory
Mr Gradgrind and a Government expert on education make sure that
the children of Coketown have the right opinions about everything.
byCharles Dickens1812-1870
Extracts from Literature
The Grammar of Jays and Cats
In Jim Baker’s considered opinion, the bluejay had a much better
command of language than Mark Twain’s cats did.
byMark Twain1835-1910
Anglo-Saxon Era
The Making of England
In 917, King Edward embarked on a swashbuckling tour
of the midlands, and brought their towns under one crown for the first time in five hundred years.
fromThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle11th century
British Myths and Legends
A Glimpse of the Grail
In a lonely castle upon a remote island, Sir Lancelot’s
wanderings brought him once more into the presence of the elusive cup of Christ’s blood.
bySir Thomas Malory?1416-?1471
Free Speech and Conscience
A Right and a Duty
The tighter the US Government’s stranglehold on dissent grew, the harder
Daniel Webster fought for freedom of speech.
