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Education can save your life – the story of the Neck Verse
3 March 202117 January 2023

Education can save your life – the story of the Neck Verse

Articles by Harley Richardson1 comment

One testament to the power of education is that many people credit it with having ‘saved their life’. But whether that’s because knowledge and learning opened up a path to a rewarding career or because it helped someone escape difficult personal circumstances, ‘education saved my life’ is usually meant metaphorically. In medieval England, however, it was literal. Having an education […]

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