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Who were the Anglo-Saxons? The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. Find out who they were and where they came from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain? Find out what ...

Beneath medieval Bamburgh Castle on England’s northeast coast lie the remains of a royal Anglo-Saxon fortress that was once the seat of the kings of Northumbria. (Colin Carter Photography/Getty Images ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...

The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.

Welcome back! I’m off to New York for the Reuters NEXT conference on December 3rd and 4th, where we will offer a sneak peek of Breakingviews’ predictions for 2026 and look back at what we got right ...

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In The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco describes a labyrinthine monastic library large enough to lose oneself in. The novelist ...

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AFTER living with a Sunbury family for the past year, labrador puppy Saxon is ready to start seeing eye dog training. The pampered pooch has had much love from his owners of the past year, the ...