Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
By George Bellows (1882-1925), via the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
William Cobbett was delighted with one young woman’s protest against Mr Pitt’s ingenious ways of raising money.
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By the Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Thorold Rogers looks at how Governments have tried to make trade ‘fair’, and concludes that they would have been better ensuring it was free.
By Francis Holman (1729–1784), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Adam Smith contrasted the Government’s handling of the national economy with the way most families handled theirs.
© Eric Jones, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
During his Welsh campaign, Henry II asked one of his allies what he thought the future of Wales would look like.
Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
It rankled with Henry II that Wales did not pay to him the honour she had paid to his great-grandfather, William the Conqueror.
By Ernest Goupil (1814-1841), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Charles Darwin was on hand in 1836 to witness the catastrophic effects of a series of earthquakes in Chile.