Sack-cloth and ashes
This edited article about the language of the Bible originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 392 published on 19 July 1969. Mordecai wearing sack-cloth with ashes cries out bitterly among his...
View ArticleNicolo, Maffeo and Marco
This edited article about Marco Polo originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 812 published on 6 August 1977. Marco Polo crossing the Persian deserts still largely unexplored today, by Ron...
View ArticleGold-fever
This edited article about gold originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 827 published on 19 November 1977. The Californian goldrush by James E McConnell Gold fever! In the 19th century, it...
View ArticleStevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde
This edited article about English literature originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 410 published on 22 November 1969. Robert Louis Stevenson based his famous story on William Brodie, who...
View ArticleRoman gluttony
This edited article about Ancient Rome originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 417 published on 10 January 1970. A feast at the court of Emperor Nero by Roger Payne Ancient Rome grew...
View ArticleUnlucky Logie Baird
This edited article about inventors originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 889 published on 3 February 1979. John Logie Baird works on his pioneering experiments with image transmission...
View Article“Flem’s mouldy fluid”
Alexander Fleming in his laboratory In 1928 a Scottish doctor named Alexander Fleming was growing bacteria for investigation in little glass dishes in a room in his hospital by Paddington railway...
View ArticleHero of Niagara
This edited article about Blondin originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 683 published on 15 February 1975. Blondin (Francois Gravelet) pushes a wheelbarrow across a tightrope over Niagara...
View ArticleFlora Macdonald
This edited article about Scotland first appeared in Look and Learn issue number 521 published on 8 January 1972. Bonnie Prince Charlie bids farewell to his saviour, Flora Macdonald by Pat Nicolle The...
View ArticleThe glass bottle
This edited article about bottles originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 675 published on 21 December 1974. The Milkman Can you imagine a world without bottles? It’s hard to visualise a...
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