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A Devon cathedral is recruiting a new community choir to write and perform songs based on a 10th Century book of riddles.

The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship have told of their aspirations to eventually sail it down ...

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A Scottish tradition of giving people a family name or a nickname based on their appearance, or where they are from or who ...

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