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The Tea-Cup Revolutionary
By Clay Lane
Josiah Wedgwood, a village potter whose disability meant he could not use a potter’s wheel, brought about a quiet revolution in English society.
488
There is No Liberty without Self-Control
By Edmund Burke
Anti-Christian governments don’t make us free, they just impose their own, illiberal morality.
489
Timothy Hackworth
Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) turned steam locomotives into a reliable commercial success.
490
A Touch of Silk
Music by John Field
A Dubliner with a roving eye and a gift for melody, John Field challenged Europe’s pianists to demand more of themselves.
491
Zadok the Priest
Music by George Frideric Handel
Handel’s anthem sets to glorious music words sung at English coronations for over a thousand years.
492
The ‘Jay Treaty’
The Jay Treaty can be seen as the start of the ‘special relationship’ between Britain and America.
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