Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© Richard Croft, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The outlaw showed that strange as it may be, he did have a code of honour.
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© Von grzanka, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
A cat’s affection is not easy to win, but the rewards make the effort worthwhile.
© Ashley Dace, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
True moral integrity comes from within.
From Wikimedia Commons. Public domain image.
Lady Jane Grey’s accession was almost instantly overturned.
From Wikimedia Commons.
For two centuries, human traffickers had stolen English men, women and children for the slave-markets of the Arab world.
© Geoff Harris, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
A last goodbye breathes promise of a merry meeting.