England Confides
Lieutenant John Pasco not only flew the most famous signal in British history, he improved it.
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Britain’s Defence
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These are some of the events and ideals that kept Britain a sovereign country through centuries of danger.
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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.