London’s Roman ruins are increasingly accessible – here’s where to see them
Over the last 80 years we have rediscovered Roman London in the city’s basements and sewers At some point in the 400s, a Saxon wandering in Roman Londinium’s ruins dropped his brooch on top of the ...
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A threesome with his wife and mother-in-law: the scandalous story of why one Anglo-Saxon king skipped his coronation
A notorious tale of royal scandal claims King Eadwig abandoned his own coronation feast for a ménage à trois. But did it really happen – or was it a medieval smear campaign? Historian Katherine Weiker ...
10 Places You Didn’t Know Were Connected to King Arthur
Several Arthurian sites surround this town: the king is said to have built nearby Brougham Castle and the (Roman) fort at ...