Mr Austin Dobson and Mr Edmund Gosse Composing a Ballade Finish:Float frame Morris dancers at Thaxted in

Morris dancers at Thaxted in Essex perform on the village green

Left to right: John Entwistle

King George V at the Cup Final

his demand that Scotland provide him with military assistance against France led to the Scots refusal and the foundation of the 'Auld Alliance' between them and the French

A neat play on words as Punch illustrates the popularity of golf in Scotland as well as increasing meteorological knowledge

Mr Austin Dobson and Mr Edmund Gosse Composing a Ballade Finish:Float frame Morris dancers at Thaxted in'Mr Austin Dobson and Mr Edmund Gosse Composing a Ballade', 1904. 'Scene: the Board of Trade. Time: office hours in the early 'eighties. Mr Austin Dobson and Mr Edmund Gosse Composing a Ballade are taken unawares by their President, Sir Josiah Chamberlain'. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904).