His alpaca-wool mills near Bradford proved the social benefits of private enterprise in the right hands.
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Somerset’s Case
ByPrince Hoare
After James Somerset was loaded onto a British slave-ship bound for Jamaica,
Granville Sharp and other committed Christians turned to the courts for justice.
483
The Star that Winked
ByClay Lane
John Goodricke’s observations of Algol won him the Copley Medal
while still in his teens, despite his disability.
484
The Story of Handel’s ‘Water Music’
ByClay Lane
Handel’s German boss fired the composer for spending all his time in London. When they met again, it was... rather awkward.
485
The Story of ‘Messiah’
Music byGeorge Frideric Handel
The first thing George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ‘Messiah’ did was to set a hundred and forty-two prisoners free.
486
The Tale of Beggar’s Bridge
ByClay Lane
The proof of Thomas Ferres’s rags-to-riches tale is quite literally written in stone, but
popular lore adds some tantalising and romantic detail.
