Subjects

History

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The Sayers-Heenan Fight

Victorian England was agog at the prospect of Tom Sayers meeting a confident but unproven challenger from the USA.

440

The First Fleet

Having brought hundreds of convicts to New South Wales, Arthur Phillip then had to conjure order out of their chaos.

441

Hearts of Steel

The Maharaja of Jodhpur called on his subjects to do their bit and stop the Nazis.

442

A Light to Lighten the English

Even before he was born, St Dunstan was marked out to lead the English Church and nation to more peaceful times.

443

Candlemas

A February celebration for which the faithful have brought candles to church since Anglo-Saxon times.

444

The Setting of Edith’s Star

Edith left behind her a distraught Archbishop Dunstan, but also a legacy of love for the suffering.