The Copybook

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

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© Mujtaba Hassan, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Passover to Pentecost St Bede of Jarrow

St Bede explains how the Exodus and the Ten Commandments are related to Easter and Whitsuntide.

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© Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Lion of Piraeus Clay Lane

A marble statue in Venice bears witness to Europe’s long history of brave defeats and fruitless victories.

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© Chris Talbot, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

One False Step Jane Austen

Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.

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Via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Mary Anning Clay Lane

A twelve-year-old girl from Lyme Regis made a historic discovery while selling seashells to tourists.

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© Ballista, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.

The Living Past Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

High above the roof of the Amazonian rainforest, Professor Challenger sees something that eerily reminds him of home.

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From the Benaki Museum, Athens, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Lost Innocence St Bede of Jarrow

In the fourth century, Britain’s Christians acquired a taste for watering down the mystery of their message.

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