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The Voyage of the ‘Mayflower’

By Clay Lane

A crackdown on dissent in England’s established Church drove a band of Nottinghamshire townspeople to seek new shores.

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The Power of Balance

By George Canning MP

George Canning warned the Commons to be very careful about their plans for reform.

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The Spectatress

By George Canning MP

George Canning urged Britain not to bring Continental Europe’s topsy-turvy politics home by getting too closely involved.

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Edith Cavell

By Clay Lane

The experienced nurse could not stop saving lives, even at the cost of her own.

233

The Day of ‘No’

By Clay Lane

On October 28th, 1940, the Kingdom of Greece surprised everyone by refusing to become part of the German war machine.

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‘Thy Necessity is Yet Greater than Mine’

By Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke

Elizabethan courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney shows that a nobleman can also be a gentleman.

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