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The Nativity

From The York Corpus Christi Pageants

While Joseph is away trying to find light for the darksome stable, Mary brings into the world the Light of everlasting Day.

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Posted December 13 2021

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The Ox and the Ass

From The York Corpus Christi Pageants

The chill of the night is relieved by the warmth of the beasts in their stalls, prompting Mary and Joseph to reflect on the promises of Scripture.

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Picture: By an anonymous Italian artist (15th century), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted December 10 2021

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The Firebird’s Nest

Like the legendary phoenix, the Christian must spend his life making a nest fit for his rebirth in fire.

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Posted November 24 2021

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Christmas Under Cromwell

By John Evelyn

In 1657, Sir John Evelyn celebrated Christmas in a church for the first time in years. Unfortunately, someone told the authorities what he was doing.

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Picture: After Samuel Cooper (1609–1672), via the National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: ? Public domain.. Source.

Posted November 5 2021

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Surrey vs Hampshire

From Sporting Magazine

‘Rain stopped play’ but it did not stop the ladies of Surrey and Hampshire from finishing their epic struggle at the Newington ground.

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Picture: By Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), via the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain image.. Source.

Posted October 23 2021

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Time Itself Will Ruin Us

By Sir John Eliot

Sir John Eliot told the Commons that what worried him wasn’t the sabre-rattling of foreign leaders, it was incompetence and corruption at home.

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Picture: By Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted October 20 2021

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