We've been watching the brilliant Michael Wood's series King Alfred & The Saxons, and that means I cannot for the life of me get these out of my head:

Oh, my gods!...

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Saxon-Viking negotiations...

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Viking and Garfunkel...

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Meanwhile, the British Library is digitising all their Mediaeval Manuscripts section, so you can actually read them here

The fantastic Ronald Hutton made a half hour documentary about Gerald Gardner for Australian tv. Here it is:

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I'm thinking that this is something well worth watching and sharing. You can buy the dvds or download it for free.

Mesolithic life before Stonehenge found at Amesbury

19 April 2013 Last updated at 00:26

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Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Amesbury in Wiltshire where excavations have revealed that the history of people living in this location dates back much further than previously thought.

New evidence from the dig, at a site called Vespasian's Camp, ( Read more... )

Not sure how long this radio programme is being archived for, so snap it up now (wherever you are in the world):

"India has a new deity, the Goddess of English, worshipped by former Untouchables who see the language as their deliverer from poverty and ignorance. Zareer Masani investigates.

The English language and the educational legacies of the Raj ( Read more... )

How appropriate for this time of year: 
Europe's oldest prehistoric town unearthed in Bulgaria
31 October 2012 Last updated at 14:56


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Stonehenge up close: digital laser scan reveals secrets of the past

Most detailed analysis yet of prehistoric stone circle shows how masons spent more time making key areas look the best
Maev Kennedy 
The Guardian, 
Tuesday 9 October 2012
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Local loaves for Lammas
Campaigners for real bread are attempting to revive the ancient harvest festival of Lammas, or loaf-mass

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Silchester Iron Age finds reveal secrets of pre-Roman Britain
A single olive stone unearthed at the ancient town of Silchester is among the extraordinary finds that are leading archaeologists to rewrite British history

Maev Kennedy
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 31 July 2012 20.00 BST


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Originally posted by bobby1933 at Hooray for the U.K.'s Mass Observation Day

elaine4queen - mass observation day is this saturday

Thanks to e4q

No its not when everybody goes to church
or (as Elaine says) when we spy on one another.
Its when everyone who chooses to
tells the world who they are and what they are doing
and whether this day is typical for them.
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