Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© Renata Edge, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
An apparent miracle is revealed as sleight-of-hand.
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Henry VIII’s experts declared that saints were nothing special, but St Cuthbert had a surprise for them.
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The magnificent cathedral at Durham owes its existence to a missing cow.
© Peter Barr, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Was it an over-excited imagination, or an answer to prayer?
© David Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
A quick overview of the Kings and Queens of England from Henry VII in 1485 to Mary I in 1553.
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A quick overview of the Kings of England from Henry VI in 1422 to Henry VII in 1485.