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By Jose Maria Obregon (1832–1902), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Arthur Clough marvels at the vision of a man who could cross the Atlantic without knowing there was a farther shore.
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By Just L'Hernault (1832-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Whenever Charles Miner suspected an ulterior motive, he would say quietly ‘That man has an axe to grind!’
By Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), via WIkimedia Commons. Public domain.
It was one of those rare occasions when a game of cricket had not been interrupted by the weather, but would the Church be so forgiving?
By Edmund Blair Leighton (1852–1922), Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Every Sunday, the Englishman is raised to heaven by the choir, and then taken to her bosom by Mother Earth.
© AJD, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tudor mansion of Compton Wynyates is full of secrets and puzzles, some macabre, some downright peculiar.
By Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
David, fresh from another close encounter with Saul’s men, shares his advice for living a charmed life.