A storyteller played music on a small harp or a lyre to accompany their stories and poems. Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan, but ...

A new BBC drama about the Battle of Hastings will feature a diverse group of actors - as historians slam 'colour-blind' casting to a period 'when Britain was at its least multicultural'.

My ancestors - the early Anglo-Saxons - came to Britain in a boat not much bigger than this one. Are you coming with me? Hah! Go in a silly little boat like that? Suit yourself! Bigger isn't ...