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The hero with the shovel…

Something a bit more recent. The young man shown in the thumbnail on the left is Frederick Potts. He holds the very special distinction of being the only person in the history of Reading to be awarded the Victoria Cross … Continue reading

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The Staffordshire Hoard

I promise that this will not become an archaeology site. However the past couple of years have seen some very special finds in Britain. The zoomorphic mount shown left is part of the famed Staffordshire hoard, but the links below … Continue reading

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City of the Dead: Calleva Atrebatum

A couple of really excellent articles about Calleva Atrebatum – Silchester to you and me. The first is a brief history of the town from the BBC, and the second is a Guardian article about an extraordinary find from last … Continue reading

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Be careful with the historians that you read…

It is hard to know how to react to this news article (orginally posted on the old site). On first consideration any historian who posts secret Amazon reviews of his rivals’ books as having “no insights to make it worth … Continue reading

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