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Bronze Age Britons travelled long distances to attend communal feasts of grand proportions, sometimes with livestock in tow, shows new studies. A team of archaeologists from Cardiff University conduct
In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land
Few things feel more British than downing tools between breakfast and lunch for a hot drink and something sweet, declares Jane Emily Phillips
Britain is one of the last constitutional monarchies in the world, and the king or queen still plays a ceremonial role in the governance of the state. When Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022, she was bur
“One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,” goes the old proverb. The meaning is simple: if you are going to be punished for a small crime, you may as well commit the bigger one. In the early
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