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The Calendar ‘English Style’
By Clay Lane
An English monk warned of a flaw in the world’s most widely-used calendar.
452
The Character of Cecil Rhodes
By Basil Williams
The ruthless diamond magnate and Prime Minister of the Cape divided opinion in his own lifetime as he still does today.
453
Clive of India
Robert Clive helped to establish a lasting bond between India and Britain, laying the foundations of modern India.
454
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
Only an anonymous tip-off prevented England losing her sovereignty as well as her King.
455
‘Better Habits, Not Greater Rights’
By Samuel Smiles
The extraordinary productivity and social mobility of the Victorian era is to the credit not of the governing class, but of the working man.
456
The Boston Tea Party
In the time of King George III, Parliament forgot that its job was not to regulate the people, but to represent them.
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