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Ralph Waldo Emerson and the ‘shot heard round the world’

25 May 2018

On this day in 1803 American writer and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born. Known today as a leader of the Romantic Movement, he wrote the well-known Concord Hymn that features on the Concord monument... Read More

Field Marshall Wavell was too kind

24 May 2018

On this day in 1950 British Field Marshall Archibald Percival Wavell died. Wavell was a well-known general in the Second World War where he came up against Rommel in North Africa. After a career of... Read More

M Scott Peck, spiritual traveller and exorcist

23 May 2018

On this day in 1936 the American Psychologist and writer M Scott Peck was born. His best-selling book, The Road Less Travelled, with its unusual views on feelings and behaviours has led thousands to reconsider... Read More

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