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Mystery at Compton Wynyates

By Allan Fea

The Tudor mansion of Compton Wynyates is full of secrets and puzzles, some macabre, some downright peculiar.

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Picture: © AJD, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.

Posted January 31

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The Voyage of John Cabot

By Edith Louise Marsh

On the Feast of St John the Baptist, June 24th, 1497, Venetian navigator John Cabot claimed North America for the King of England.

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Picture: © Mike Edwards, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.

Posted June 24 2023

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The Tale of Robert Tomson

By Mandell Creighton

Robert Tomson was a typical Englishman and it nearly killed him, but it also made him a fortune and won him a bride.

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Picture: By Georg Braun (?-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (<1540-1590). Source.

Posted April 28 2023

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Seeds of Empire

By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

The British Empire may be said to have started when Elizabethan importers got into a fight with the Dutch over the price of pepper.

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Picture: © Nick Allen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.. Source.

Posted November 22 2022

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Sing Us a Song of Zion

By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

The Sultan of Aceh in northern Sumatra welcomed his guests from Christian England with an unexpected gesture of friendship.

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Picture: By Johannes Vingboons (1616–1670), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted November 21 2022

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An Admirable English Custom

By Desiderius Erasmus

Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus urged Fausto Andrelini not to miss out on England’s enchanting contribution to good manners.

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Picture: By Hans Holbein the Younger (?1497-1543), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted June 29 2022

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★ Redeemed for Five Shillings Elfric, the tenth-century English abbot, suggests a practical way of thinking about the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

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The Moral Case for Family Farms Richard Cobden called on Parliament to support small, family-owned farms.

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Hiawatha Takes a Photograph Lewis Carroll records a suburban photoshoot in the style of Longfellow.

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Nouns of Number William Cobbett gives his son James some helpful examples of collective nouns.

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Hiawatha’s Inspiration Henry Longfellow tells us how his tale of a heroic Native American warrior came to him.

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Near Synonyms These words have very similar meaning but they are not the same — can you show the difference?

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Music Video Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha: And They Said Farewell Forever

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Music Video Leroy Anderson: Irish Suite: II. The Minstrel Boy

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The Travellers and the Axe Two men find an axe, and then find some trouble, but they aren’t keen on sharing either of them.

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The Prophecy of Peter of Pomfret Peter foretold that King John would cease to be England’s sovereign, and he was right, though John still wore his crown.

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One Delicious Grinding Snip If little Maggie Tulliver is going to get her hair cut, it’s going to be done on her own terms.

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Artful Lizzy Bennet Elizabeth Bennet stonewalls her way through a disagreeable encounter with Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

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Jigsaws Combine each group of ideas into one sentence, in as many ways as you can. See if you can work in one or more of the words suggested.

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Film Video William Shakespeare: The Quality of Mercy (from ‘The Merchant of Venice’)

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The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat In most contests the choices are win, lose or draw, but what happened here remains a mystery.

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