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The Aspden Cup by Clay Lane

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

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Passover to Pentecost by St Bede of Jarrow

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

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The Lion of Piraeus by Clay Lane

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

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One False Step by Jane Austen

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

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Mary Anning by Clay Lane

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

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The Living Past by 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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May 15 OS

The Evacuation of Dunkirk : The fate of the British army hung by a thread in May 1940, but ships large and small, military and civilian, came to the rescue.
Lost and Found : What would you in these difficult situations?
They Might Not Need Me : Read these lines of verse out aloud.
The Turn : Ben Jonson tells us how we should measure a life well lived.
Music Video : Julius Benedict, Piano Concerto in E flat: II. Andante,
The Character of George Washington : Thomas Jefferson recalls the virtues (and a few faults) of the first US President.
Amen to That : John Bright declared it was time stop fighting wars around the world for ‘British interests’.
Arena : Use these nouns in sentences of at least ten words in length.
Q & A :
Deep Harmony : In the midst of the US Civil War, a simple melody briefly brought the warring factions together.
Thirty Minutes : Describe half an hour in one of these places.
And is there Care in Heaven? : Sir Guyon lies in an enchanted swoon, but he is not without help.
Pirate : For each of these words, suggest others that seem to go with it, and use them to bring a scene to life.
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