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How to read the Paston Letters #9½

Bills bills bills

Jan 13

Richard II and the Three Kings

'And that's Capricorn, is it?' 'No no no, that's just him'

Jan 6

A Christmas (out)fit for a king?

Rewind to a dancing doublet, cockles of silver – and a very happy new year

Jan 3

Give the gift of The H Files

On Christmas Day 1454, King Henry VI of England, who’d been in a catatonic stupor for seventeen months, suddenly recovered consciousness.

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Digging up kings #4½

Lord Byron wades in

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Welcome to The H Files

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