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Jan 31, 20215 min read

Jan 30 - Cromwell and the day of two Executions

Today in 1661 the puritan, Oliver Cromwell, and former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was ritually executed more than two...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

Jan 21- The Pilgrim Fathers pray on US Soil

Today in 1621 the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their first...

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Jan 13 - Mary Slessor and Twins

Today's pod looks at the life of a remarkable Scottish Woman, who dedicated her life to saving twins from infanticide amongst the Okoyong...

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Jan 12 Digging up the Bible

Today in 1897 we remember an amazing discovery in ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt. Two English archaeologists, Bernard...

Jan 21, 20211 min read

Jan 5 - Twelfth Night

The fifth of January is the twelfth day of Christmas and so today we look at the rich tradition of Twelfth Night. In Spain, Twelfth...

Jan 21, 20212 min read

Jan 1 - Amazing Grace

On Jan 1 1773, the Anglican priest and former slave trader, John Newton, was delivering his new year sermon in the town of Olney,...

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