Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© Myceneanconundrum, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snaring a wild boar turns out to be much less dangerous than keeping centaurs away from their wine.
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By an American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department photographer, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
After the Great War, the British Government did keep one of her many wartime promises to her allies.
© Thomas Nugent, Geograph. Licence CC-BY-SA 2.0.
An early British king discovers what he is really worth to his daughters.
© Renata Edge, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
An apparent miracle is revealed as sleight-of-hand.
Photo by John Hamilton, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: public domain.
Henry VIII’s experts declared that saints were nothing special, but St Cuthbert had a surprise for them.
© Mick Garratt, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The magnificent cathedral at Durham owes its existence to a missing cow.