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Drayton Lodge, a 15th century Grade II listed building near Norwich built by Sir John Fastolf who inspired Shakespeare's Falstaff, has been saved from collapse.

What events happened on 5 November in history? Dominic Sandbrook rounds up the events, births and deaths…

Medieval Christmas Existing elements of pagan midwinter rites fused with the developing theology of Christmas in an appeal to the senses of both sacred and lay. As the European winter deepens the course of the sun gets nearer the southern horizon until it seems to stand still for a few days, before slowly rising again to usher in the spring. Ancient peoples were of course aware of this phenomenon and the Romans, from their words for 'sun' and 'stand still', called it solstitium, source of our word 'solstice'. By the Julian calendar, the system of months and days we still use (first ...

Keith Skipper Published: 4:56 PM December 20, 2020    Norfolk's wintry delights form an enchanting Christmas card to stand above a crackling fire at armchair reading time - Credit: Trevor Allen As memory’s fire crackles, and we prepare to hang up stockings of hope no matter how many darn holes have been added since last time, I hear a host of rich local voices calling us through diaries, letters and books spanning well over 500 years. Margaret Paston wrote many of the celebrated family epistles opening a window on the 15th century during one of the most turbulent periods in English histor...