Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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A 9th century Irish monk scribbled some verses about a beloved cat into his copy book.
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The Nazi-collaborating Vichy government in France paid Rugby League the supreme compliment: they banned it.
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The less glamorous code of Rugby football, but the best for sheer speed and strength.
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Abbot Elfric expounds a Palm Sunday text to explain how Christianity combines orderly behaviour with intelligent and genuine liberty.
© Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The British encountered no stouter resistance in India than Mysore’s gifted commmander Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu.
For Jesus Christ to step down alive from his cross would have been a mighty miracle, but not the mightiest.