Today I had amost enjoyable day out with a college friend from Oriel and it was an opportunity to talk about plans and hopes for the future...

Yesterday I visited the British Museum to see their current exhibition Vikings:life and legend . The day was organised by the new Director...

I have been meaning to finish writing this post for ages, and over the Christmas and New Year holiday I have found both my notes and the op...

Today is the 1325th anniversary of the death of St Cuthbert in 687, and his traditional feast day. The modern calendar commemeorates him on ...

King Athelstan presenting a copy of Bede's two lives of St Cuthbert to the saint in his shrine at Chester-le-Street in 934. This is ...