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Stories of the Royal Humane Society

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

An Idler In The Wilds

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Burston Rebellion

Read by Steve C


Thomas George Higdon


The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…

Rough Talks by a Padre

Read by Steve C


Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy


Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC was an ordained Anglican priest, who in the early stages of World War I volunteered for duty as a chap…

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

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Robert Fortune


An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…

Stone and Wood Carving

In Arts and Crafts Essays

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Various


A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscio…

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In Stories of the Lifeboat

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Frank Mundell


There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …

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