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Politicians who demand that everyone in the country unite behind their vision of society are standing in the way of real progress.
Picture: By Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), via the Wellcome Collection and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted February 2 2021
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Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.
Picture: © Julian Paren, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted January 30 2021
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Henry VII made sure that he had eyes and ears wherever they were needed to put an end to thirty years of political conspiracy.
Picture: Anonymous (British School), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted January 22 2021
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In the days of Henry VIII, eminent Scottish historian John Major looked back to the reign of Richard the Lionheart and sketched the character of legendary outlaw Robin Hood.
Picture: © Richard Croft, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted January 18 2021
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King Henry VIII was riding out with Queen Catherine one May Day, when they found themselves waylaid by Robin Hood and two hundred archers.
Picture: By Marjorie Acker Phillips (1895-1985), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.. Source.
Posted January 15 2021
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Sir Richard Steele takes up arms against the kind of wit who thinks you can be as nasty as you like provided you make people laugh.
Picture: By Charles François Jalabert (1819–1901), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted January 5 2021