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© Hayley Green, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.
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© Paul Farmer, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Driven out of Northumbria, Bishop Wilfrid goes to the south coast and saves a kingdom from starvation.
Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Victroia and Albert Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Windham MP was appalled at the idea of levying a tax on man’s best friend.
© Alan Murray-Rust, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Businessmen in Liverpool engaged George Stephenson to build one of his new-fangled railways.
By John Simpson (1782–1847), Art Institute of Chicago, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Wilberforce told Parliament that the more his opponents slandered him, the more he was sure he was winning.
By Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656) or his circle, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Conspiracies and dynastic expectations swirled around James I’s daughter from the age of nine.