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The Sex Scandal in the Bayeux Tapestry

In the middle of the most famous embroidery in English history, the story of 1066 suddenly stops.

14 October 202634 min

St George and the Soul of England

There is something magnificently English about the patron saint of England being a man who was almost certainly Cappadocian Greek, who never visited England.

23 April 202614 min read

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Britain’s myths and legends: who we are and where we’ve come from.

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The great scandals of history, with Zac and Lucy going back to the evidence.

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