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January 13, 2017

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon

by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

February 25, 2017

The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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"American Salmon" by Rudyard Kipling

August 9, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from American Notes, by Rudyard Kipling (published 1891). All spelling in the original. The race is neither to the swift nor the battle to

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Strumplets, Part I

August 8, 2018

The girl lay in the road, clothed only in dirt. Her tongue, caked with dust, pushed out of her mouth and her limbs lay twisted. The soles of her small feet were

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The Hundred Years' War (Part 1)

August 8, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from An Introduction to the History of Western Europe, by James Harvey Robinson (published 1902) Extent of the king of England’s realms before Edward I (1272–1307)

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"The Shop of Ghosts" by G.K. Chesterton

August 6, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is a chapter extracted from Tremendous Trifles, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1909). All spelling in the original. Nearly all the best and most precious things in the universe

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Some Places To Visit

August 1, 2018

While we are definitely committed to sharing important cultural aspects via the written word, sometimes there is no substitute for boots on the ground. In this case, we are talking about some

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"Men and Knaves" by Theodor Körner

July 28, 2018

Men and Knaves (1813)by Theodor Körner The storm is out; the land is roused;Where is the coward who sits well-housed?Fie, on thee, boy, disguised in curls,Behind the stove, ‘mong gluttons and girls!A graceless,

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“The Harp of Alfred” by G.K. Chesterton

July 26, 2018

Editor’s note: The following verses (Book III) are excerpted from The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton (published 1911). This fictional confrontation in song between heathenism and Christianity, set in

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On His Blindness

July 11, 2018

John Milton When I consider how my light is spent, E’re half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is Death to hide, Lodg’d with me

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"Society"

July 5, 2018

Editor’s Note: We share another thought-provoking poem by our Poet Laurete, Ian Mcleod. Seriously, if you have not yet purchased his books on poetry, or his novels, you are missing out. These

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Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War (Part 8)