Yule and the Winter solstice
Today – December 22nd 2015 – is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Midwinter, Yule or Jol was a major event in early cultures, including Germanic and Scandinavian (although …
Today – December 22nd 2015 – is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Midwinter, Yule or Jol was a major event in early cultures, including Germanic and Scandinavian (although …
Rendlesham was the likely first royal town of the powerful Wuffinga Saxon royal dynasty. Edmund, the last native king of king of East Anglia, may have also been the last …
Sutton Hoo is one of the country’s most significant archaeological sites, and the jewel in the crown of Secret Suffolk. A visit here is almost essential.
From 450 onwards the East …
The A12’s bisection of Blythburgh could easily destroy any atmosphere this important village might retain. But walking down Church Road, a sense of expectation builds. Then the roar of traffic …
A wodewose (derived from the Old English wudu – wood or forest) is a ‘wild man’; a hairy forest-dwelling embodiment of nature, closely linked in its symbolism to the green …
The flint round-towered churches of Suffolk are some of its most enigmatic and atmospheric. Sometimes remote and isolated, often hidden from view behind a screen of trees, these towers loom out …