Casting Light upon the Shadow

Come with me if  you will, to the pretty Cotswold town of Winchcombe. But this is not an ordinary journey, far from it. Today we are going b...

It’s probably one of the more famous incidents in Anglo-Saxon history: An invading Viking king is killed by being thrown into a pit of snake...

August in Old English was  Weod-mōnaþ  (Plant month). Bede, writing in the eighth century, said it was so called because this is the month w...

  It's July already and in the northern hemisphere that means that Summer is usually well into its stride, we've passed the Summer S...

  June already! In Old English this month was called Ærra Līþa "Before Midsummer", or sometimes  Brāh-mānod "First Summer...

The year is flying by, and I can hardly believe we're already in May. In Old English, this month was known as Þrimilce-mōnaþ "Mont...

  And just like that, we're into April already. 2025 has gone really quickly. Let's dive in with some facts about this month: April ...