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An extract from my latest piece for History Today : I recently read a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1937, when The Hobbit had just...

The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, in the Benedictional of St Æthelwold  ( BL Add. 49598, f.102v ) On þone fifteogðan dæg þæs monðes bið seo ...

BL Harley 603, f.66 Today is Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival celebrated on 1st August. Its name comes from Old English hlaf , ...

Swithun in the Benedictional of St Æthelwold (BL Additional 49598, f.97v) Today is St Swithun's Day, when the weather-gods obey the...