Simon Sandall News Today

Forget footy, lockdowns or the economy: if theres one issue that can spark lively debate in Australia, its whether you should be able to bring your own bottle ...

NETFLIX’S star-studded film The Dig highlights the exciting discovery of a great Saxon treasure at Sutton Hoo in 1939. A few years earlier in 1932 Winchester had its own moment of excitement when excavation at Olivers Battery unearthed one of Hampshires finest Dark Age treasures, the Winchester hanging bowl. For many years it was held by the British Museum, but is now in the City Museum, Winchester. The full story of its discovery by a local archaeologist can be googled and read in a Hamp...