Anglo-Saxon bones
There aren’t many material traces of the Anglo-Saxons visible in London, at least within the bounds of the old medieval city.
There aren’t many material traces of the Anglo-Saxons visible in London, at least within the bounds of the old medieval city.
The title of this post sounds like it might belong to a story by Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers. But in this case, we know whodunnit from the start.
In 1874 John Ruskin, art critic, Fellow of Christ Church, and Slade Professor of Fine Art, was riding out in the countryside around Oxford when he noticed the terrible state of the road that ran through the village of North Hinksey.
On a recent trip to Glastonbury, I noticed a couple of reports in the local newspaper about the sabotage of water management infrastructure on the Somerset Levels.