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How Alfred the Great Defeated the Viking Invasion

In 878, Wessex stood alone. Alfred the Great made a final stand at Edington against Guthrum’s Viking forces—and the outcome ...
Faced with Viking invasions and a kingdom on the edge, one ruler turned defeat into survival—and survival into legend.
October is the day in the Anglican and Catholic calendar to remember King Edward the Confessor, English saint and king. He ...
Mel Gibson's highly-anticipated sequel to the 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ, is moving forward with a new cast, ...
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Athelstan was the first king of all England, and Alfred the Great’s grandson. He reigned between 925 and 939 AD. A ...
It really took off from there.” Calverstown-based author Peter Gibbons had long thought about writing, and was a journalling ideas scribbler. But with a busy family life and a job in the insurance ...
Four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is turning back the clock at 41 years of age - with the quarterback throwing for ten ...
The second Monday of October is both Columbus Day and Indigenous People’s Day in the United States. Here's what's open.
The NFL is more wide open than it’s been in years. There are no dominant teams this season, no unbeatens through six weeks.
Jerome is The Sun’s Defence Editor and covers all things military and war. He leads our coverage of the <a href=" in Ukraine and has spent months on the frontline. Before that he was in <a href=" to ...