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One Christmas Eve back in the twelfth century, a monk keeping midnight vigil in Lindisfarne priory watched spellbound as two great doors opened all by themselves.
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Posted December 31 2020
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When Sir Rodbert became Brother Martin, he found the change so difficult that he began to wonder if even the saints were against him.
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Posted December 1 2020
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The modern match is ignited by friction, a simple idea but one which had not occurred to anyone until 1826, when a Stockton pharmacist dropped a stick.
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Posted October 25 2020
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As he sat in his guest room at Durham Abbey, Ranulf de Capella could think of nothing but finding someone to rid him of his painful toothache.
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Posted October 6 2020
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In 1770, agriculturist Arthur Young published his diary of a six-month tour of the north of England, which included a visit to the coalfields and ironworks of the Tyne.
Picture: © Barry Wood, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted June 13 2020
