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Liberty and Prosperity

Stories from Britain and elsewhere confirming the social and economic benefits of keeping politicians and their cronies out of the trade and business of ordinary people.

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By Wager of Battle

From The Newgate Calendar

It began to look as if Abraham Thornton might go down for rape and murder, so his attorneys dug deep into their bag of legal tricks.

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Posted June 22 2022

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The Wisdom of the People

By John Trenchard

In one of his ‘Cato Letters’, John Trenchard took issue with the view (popular in Westminster) that the public could not be left to make up their own minds.

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Posted June 22 2022

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Thank Heaven for Free Speech

By John Trenchard

The authors of the ‘Cato Letters’ recalled how Greek general Timoleon replied when the people he had saved from oppression turned and bit him.

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Posted June 19 2022

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The Friendship of Trade

By John Bright

As Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli stoked fears of Russian aggression, John Bright said that Russia was only threatening when she felt threatened.

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Posted May 29 2022

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The Trial of the Tolpuddle Six

By George Loveless

When farmhand and lay preacher George Loveless was convicted of conspiracy, both charge and sentence made the country gasp.

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Posted May 3 2022

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Twelve Good Men and Tory

By Francis Wharton

In 1844, Daniel O’Connell was hauled before a Dublin court to answer charges of seditious conspiracy, and he didn’t stand a chance.

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Posted May 2 2022

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★ For Valour The Victoria Cross is the highest award made to our Armed Forces.

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Sunday in London Every Sunday, the Englishman is raised to heaven by the choir, and then taken to her bosom by Mother Earth.

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Music Video Ronald Binge: Concerto for Alto Saxophone: II: Andante espressivo

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Ye Children, Hearken Unto Me David, fresh from another close encounter with Saul’s men, shares his advice for living a charmed life.

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Look Upon This Picture Hamlet cannot understand what his mother could possibly see in his uncle Claudius.

Posted January 27 • The Copy Book

Metaphors Rewrite these sentences, substituting each metaphor with another of similar meaning.

Posted January 27

Vocabulary Compose sentences to illustrate the meaning of these words.

Posted January 27 • Think and Speak

Music Video Henry Purcell: Miserere Mei

Posted January 26

Outbreak John Galsworthy shared his unease at the rise of two competing forms of national speech.

Posted January 26 • The Copy Book

Verbs and Nouns Separate these words into two groups, nouns, and nouns that are also verbs. Which one’s the odd-one-out?

Posted January 26 • Think and Speak

The Peacock Throne The dazzling throne of the Mughal Emperors has vanished from history, but not before Abdul Hamid Lahori had seen it.

Posted January 25 • The Copy Book

Description Think of three different kinds of clock or bag, and write sentences to distinguish them.

Posted January 24 • Think and Speak

Hat Think of three different kinds of clock or bag, and write sentences to distinguish them.

Posted January 24 • Think and Speak

Rich Harmony John Galsworthy urges the English to love their language as they love their country.

Posted January 23 • The Copy Book

Music Video William Hurlstone, The Magic Mirror Suite: VI. Interlude

Posted January 23

Expression Compare these five ways of saying the same thing, and say what each one adds.

Posted January 22 • Think and Speak

Anything to Declare? When the residents of Miramont Place in Pimlico declare independence, they mean to be taken seriously.

Posted January 22

Servants of the People A US Congressman tells the House why they mustn’t censor the press.

Posted January 22 • The Copy Book

How the Cobra Got His Spectacles John Wood shares the wonder of the Indian cobra’s hood, in science and in myth.

Posted January 21 • The Copy Book

Naughty Eppie Silas Marner has to harden his heart and teach little Eppie a lesson she will remember.

Posted January 20 • The Copy Book

Music Video Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children’s Intermezzo

Posted January 20