The blessing of trade free from political interference was
one of most important insights in British, indeed world history.
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The Persistence of Thomas Clarkson
ByClay Lane
Today, the slave trade is a £150bn global business. Back in the late 18th century,
it was making a lot of influential people very rich too, but some in England were determined to stop it.
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Richard Arkwright
ByClay Lane
Arkwright invented the factory, without which modern life would be impossible.
478
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Music bySamuel Coleridge-Taylor
A gifted composer of classical music in the romantic tradition, admired by Stanford, Elgar, and Sullivan.
479
The Science of Salix
ByClay Lane
Edward Stone wondered if the willow tree might have more in common with the Peruvian cinchona tree than just its damp habitat.
480
The Siege of Arcot
ByThomas Babington Macaulay
Twenty-five-year-old Robert Clive’s extraordinary daring helped to
prevent India falling into the hands of the French King.
