One of the most famous Anglo-Saxon kings was Alfred, one of the only kings in British history to be called 'Great'. His father was king of Wessex, but by the end of Alfred's reign his coins ...

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Watch King Alfred the Great argue with his older brothers, then defeat the Vikings using his cunning hit-and-run tactics, summoning the spirit of Ed Sheeran. Meanwhile, across the world, Ant and Dec ...

Devotees of the old British TV series “Inspector Morse” may remember “The Wolvercote Tongue,” an episode set, like all the morose detective’s cases, in Oxford, and involving a tour group ...