Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.
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MacPherson’s tireless efforts to promote Russian sport earned him a unique Imperial honour, and the enmity of the Communists.
British factory workers started a historic three-cornered league in the Russian city of St Petersburg.
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St Bede explains how the Exodus and the Ten Commandments are related to Easter and Whitsuntide.
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A marble statue in Venice bears witness to Europe’s long history of brave defeats and fruitless victories.
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Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.