Subjects

History

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Britain’s Jews

After a thousand years of uneasy cohabitation, Edward I decided that there was no place for Jews in his Kingdom.

560

The Grand Mechanic

The more that pioneering engineer George Stephenson understood of the world around him, the more his sense of wonder grew.

561

A Cut above the Rest

With the aid of a slice of beef, a Perth puss takes feline scheming to a new level.

562

A Nation’s Greatness

Richard Cobden saw Britain’s international standing in terms of peaceful trade rather than military interventions.

563

The Seven Years’ War

Georgian Britain braced for war as relations with France in North America, India and mainland Europe took a turn for the worse.

564

A Woman’s Logic

Emmeline Pankhurst recalls how she brought some much-needed reason into the operations at Chorlton workhouse.