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Bungling Tinkers!

By Sir Sidney Low

Sir Sidney Low blamed the recent catalogue of war and revolution on out-of-touch diplomats who had tried to hammer the peoples of Europe into artificial unity.

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Picture: By George Cruikshank (1792–1878), from the Bodleian Libraries via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted December 15 2020

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The Making of Tommy Atkins

By Major-General Sir George John Younghusband

In all his years of soldiering at home and abroad, Major-General George Younghusband had never heard British soldiers talk like those in Kipling’s tales.

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Picture: National Library of Scotland, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.. Source.

Posted November 9 2020

3

The Gift of Life

By A. G. Gardiner

When columnist ‘Alpha of the Plough’ was asked to select his most memorable moment of the Great War, he told the story of HMS Formidable.

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Picture: From the National Museum of the US Navy, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted October 30 2020

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The Unknown Warrior

By A. G. Gardiner

On the day that the Unknown Warrior was laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, ‘Alpha of the Plough’ wondered if the country would prove worthy of him.

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Picture: By Francis Owen Salisbury (1874-1962), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. . Source.

Posted August 12 2020

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A Great Human Effort

By John Masefield

The Gallipoli landings in 1915 did not achieve the Admiralty’s goals, but for John Masefield they remained one of the proudest moments of the Great War.

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Picture: Australian War Memorial Collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted November 28 2019

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The Gallipoli Landings

By 1915, the Allies were struggling to break through Germany’s Western Front, and so began looking for another line of attack.

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Picture: By Charles Dixon (1872-1934), Archives New Zealand, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 generic.. Source.

Posted November 26 2019

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Phrases Use phrases such as ‘to the town’ in sentences, with nouns or with verbs.

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The Marks of a Tyrant Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle explains what it is that defines a tyranny.

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Keep It Short Plutarch argues that it when it comes to strong speech, less is always more.

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Anagrams Shuffle the letters of each of these words to make new ones. See if you can match the number indicated.

Posted February 23 • Think and Speak

Polyword: Mere Make as many words as you can using the letters of one nine-letter word. Can you beat our score?

Posted February 21 • Think and Speak

Go to the Ant Solomon recommends taking lessons from one of God’s smallest but most hard-working creatures.

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Chariots of Steam Erasmus Darwin imagines how steam power will change the world.

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Fragments Develop these short phrases into complete sentences.

Posted February 15 • Think and Speak

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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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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