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Lives of the Saints

Cuthbert’s Cordon

A man steals a mother sparrow from her chick, but St Cuthbert isn’t going to let him get away with it.

Lives of the Saints

Cuthbert and the Wry Face

A man who seems to have everything loses his good looks to a dreadful disease.

Lives of the Saints

Cuthbert and the Iron Grip

A boy goes bird-nesting in Cuthbert’s church, and finds himself all in a heap.

Cat Stories

Ring for Service

A cat belonging to a Carthusian monastery in Paris gets a free lunch, but who is exploiting whom?

Lives of the Saints

Cuthbert, the Eagle and the Fish

St Cuthbert reminds a young monk that the labourer is worthy of her hire.

Abolition of Slavery

Press Pass

Young inventor James Watt’s life in London was overshadowed by the perpetual fear of being snatched.