Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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When Edward III sent the Earl of Salisbury to take her absent husband’s castle, Agnes brushed his attack aside - literally.
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A gifted composer of classical music in the romantic tradition, admired by Stanford, Elgar, and Sullivan.
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Edward Elgar suffered from depression, and ‘Nimrod’ is his token of thanks to the true friend who supported him through it.
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Michelangelo had a message for all serious entrepreneurs.
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When Harrison won the Longitude Prize, fair and square, Parliament wouldn’t pay up.
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Moscheles taught his adopted country how to write enchanting music for decades to come.