In 937, the newly unified kingdom of England faced a massive coalition of Viking, Scottish, and Brittonic forces. This episode explores the Battle of Brunanburh and how Athelstan’s hard fought victory ...
The formal date of England’s creation as a country is contested. Some say we turned 1,100 in 2025, marking the year when the Anglo-Saxon Athelstan was crowned “Rex Anglorum” — king of the English — in ...
It's one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Britain and it could have happened in Wirral.