Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© Colin Smith, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The strange-but-true story of a Lady Day tradition.
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© Rob Campbell, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The legend of how Rome was settled gave rise to the March festival of Roman motherhood.
© Andrey Mironov, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
A man born blind is healed by Jesus, but finds himself a social outcast as a result.
© Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
In the populist democracy of 5th-century BC Athens, heroes fell as quickly as they rose.
© Pauline E, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The popular monk was elected as bishop of Menevia in Wales in 550.
© Thermos, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.5.
The leader of 5th-century BC Athens lavished public money on the city and its adoring citizens, and wherever he led they followed.