The Copybook

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

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The Glorious First of June Clay Lane

Admiral Lord Howe battered a French fleet far out in the Atlantic, and helped prevent the spread of bloody revolution.

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© Fir0002/Flagstaffotos, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: GFDL v1.2.

Kanguru! Captain James Cook

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

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© Hansvandervliet, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Heracles and the Cattle of Geryon Clay Lane

Heracles must get the better of a three-bodied giant and steal his cattle.

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© Dave Croker, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Pure Selfishness H. G. Wells

The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.

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Arthur MacPherson Clay Lane

MacPherson’s tireless efforts to promote Russian sport earned him a unique Imperial honour, and the enmity of the Communists.

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The Aspden Cup Clay Lane

British factory workers started a historic three-cornered league in the Russian city of St Petersburg.

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