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Cornucopia – Turkish history, culture, art

We thought it was time to include a plug for Cornucopia, a wonderful resource for discovering so much that is excellent in Turkey. This twice-yearly magazine on art and culture is augmented with a website with articles, an online store for … Continue reading

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The Undley Bracteate – The First Recorded Sentence In English.

The Undley Bracteate, an Anglo-Saxon gold medallion the size of a 10p piece, was discovered at Undley in Suffolk in 1982. The Anglo-Saxons were a functionally illiterate group and wrote nothing down; they never saw the benefits of using their … Continue reading

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