Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
From the 15th century Bedford Hours. Via Wikimedia Commons.
David’s scheme to steal another man’s wife succeeded, but he could not keep his secret from everyone.
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‘Rule Britannia’ was a discreet way of telling a German prince what was expected of a British King.
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How appropriate that the comic opera ‘Patience’ should introduce the world to the results of thirty years of labour.
A political rival sends Jason on a hopeless errand, to fetch the golden fleece.
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Long before Jason came to claim it, the golden fleece had already saved a boy’s life.
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When Polydectes, King of Seriphos, sent Perseus to get the Gorgon’s head, he hoped the boy would never come back.