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Liberty and Prosperity
No Dog Exchanges Bones with Another
How do we get the help of millions of people we don’t know? Only by trade.
by Adam Smith 1723-1790
Extracts from Literature
Mrs Bold’s Thunderclap
There comes a point in some relationships when words just aren’t enough.
by Anthony Trollope 1815-1882
Poets and Poetry
Love’s Last Knot
Richard Crashaw offers the hope of eternity for wedded love.
by Richard Crashaw 1613-1649
Classical History
Keep away from the Games!
The wise old philosopher had learnt that popular entertainments rot the soul.
from ‘Letters to Lucilius’ by Seneca the Younger ?4BC-?AD65
Lives of the Saints
How Benedict Biscop brought Byzantium to Britain
The chapel of Bede’s monastery in Sunderland was full of the colours and sounds of the far-off Mediterranean world.
by St Bede of Jarrow 672-735
Cat Stories
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose!
(That’s cat-tails, obviously.) And who ever said cats were unpredictable?
by Charles H. Ross 1835-1897