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The Ordeal of Harry Demane

By Granville Sharp

After word came that Harry Demane had been lured aboard a slave-ship, Granville Sharp had only a few hours in which to make sure he did not sail.

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Picture: By William Anderson (1757-1837), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted October 11 2020

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The Royal Oak

By Samuel Pepys

In 1680, Samuel Pepys sat down with Charles II to record how, many years before, a bold double-bluff saved the King from Cromwell’s men.

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Picture: By Isaac Fuller (1606–1672), via the National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: ? Public domain.. Source.

Posted September 25 2020

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Better than a Play

By Karl Philipp Moritz

During his tour of England in 1782, Karl Philipp Moritz dropped in on the House of Commons, and thought the histrionics in the Chamber better than any play.

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Picture: By Liborio Prosperi (1854–1920), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted September 24 2020

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Padgett, MP

By Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl Cromer

Lord Cromer, a former Consul-General of Egypt, expressed his frustration at politicians who set too much store by Foreign Office briefings.

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Picture: By John Singer Sargeant, via the National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: ? Public domain.. Source.

Posted September 20 2020

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The Uganda Railway

By Winston Spencer Churchill

When it opened in 1901, the Uganda Railway still wasn’t in Uganda, and Westminster’s MPs were still debating whether or not to build it.

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Posted September 18 2020

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The Return of King Charles II

By John Evelyn

Almost nine years after Oliver Cromwell’s army drove him from England, King Charles II returned at their invitation, and John Evelyn was there to see it.

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Picture: By William Hogarth (1697-1764), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted September 17 2020

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