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There are five posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1853. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

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‘Nobody Wants to Invade You’

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.

Japan’s First Railway

By Clay Lane

As Japan’s ruling shoguns resist the tide of progress, a Nagasaki-based Scottish entrepreneur steps in.

India’s First Railway

By Clay Lane

The opening of the Bombay to Thane line was the real beginning of British India.

The Character of Cecil Rhodes

By Basil Williams

The ruthless diamond magnate and Prime Minister of the Cape divided opinion in his own lifetime as he still does today.

Presumption and Innocence

By Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens chastises those who alter the plots of classic tales to push some social agenda of their own.