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What part of Britain did King Arthur come from?
Locating King Arthur’s Country
Aug 12 • Bernard Mees
Did the Romans found London?
What did the place-name Londinium originally signify?
Aug 5 • Bernard Mees

July 2026

Beowulf’s rune-encrusted sword
Why did the Anglo-Saxons write on early sword fittings?
Jul 29 • Bernard Mees
Anglo-Saxon Britain and the Isle of the Dead
How long did memories of the goddess Nehalennia last?
Jul 15 • Bernard Mees
Why write a book on King Arthur and the languages of Britain?
What linguistic analysis of the Welsh annals reveals
Jul 1 • Bernard Mees

June 2026

Did Franks participate in the Anglo-Saxon migrations?
The Chessell Down and Loveden Hill inscriptions
Jun 17 • Bernard Mees
King Arthur and the origins of bardic poetry
How old is the list of his battles?
Jun 3 • Bernard Mees

May 2026

Hengist and the Treachery of the Long Knives
How old is the story of the Saxon massacre of the Britons?
May 20 • Bernard Mees
The origin of the Jutes
How the people who founded Kent received their name
May 6 • Bernard Mees

April 2026

The death of King Arthur
How astronomy and climate science brought him back to life
Apr 22 • Bernard Mees
The origin of Edinburgh
The Celtic kings of Castle Rock
Apr 8 • Bernard Mees

March 2026

When was English first spoken?
The story of the Weser runes
Mar 25 • Bernard Mees
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