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Cat Stories

J’Accuse

A faithful feline bides his time until two criminals are brought to justice.

The First World War

John Buchan

After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.

The First World War

Precision and Dispatch

The first setbacks for the German Empire in the Great War came courtesy of ANZAC troops.

Greek History

Manto Mavrogenous

In 1822, a rich and beautiful young woman took the cause of Greek independence into her capable hands.

Greek History

An Appeal to the Ladies of England

Manto Mavrogenous hoped that her fellow women might show more solidarity with Greece than many men had done.

Lives of the Saints

On Holy Ground

A traveller went into a Shropshire pub looking for information about a patch of grass with peculiar properties.