What did ‘London’ look like over this period ... Almost everything around us was named by the Anglo-Saxons or later Londoners. Only the Brent (and thereby Brentford), the Thames and the ...

As Northern Ireland continues to bask in sunshine – although perhaps not for much longer – here are some things to do to make the most of it that won’t break the bank, especially if you’re lucky ...

This was despite, or maybe because of, being what we would now call Anglo-Irish ... [Allingham] – ‘Why did the English go there?’ T.— ‘Why did the Normans come to England?

One theory suggested round towers were built by the Vikings to watch over the local Irish. Ironically, it was also suggested that they were built by the Irish churches to look out for Viking raids.

The Anglo-Saxons had ... and shows what life was like in England after the Norman conquest. It details land ownership, jobs, what animals people owned and what laws were in place.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well someday become the foundation of a common citizenship,” Winston Churchill prophesied in his famous speech at Harvard ...

The royal capitals provide us with excellent accounts of what life was like for an ancient people ... The ancient capitals were once great power bases in Ireland. A capital served as a ...

Although the English pushed back the Scandinavian invaders, the effort so weakened the Anglo-Saxons that they were defeated by William at the Battle of Hastings, also in 1066. The Norman Conquest ...