There are six songs to learn and seven dramas to explore, including Alfred the Great, Athelstan, the story of Beowulf (told in three episodes) and the end of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty in 1066 at The ...

A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found.

The Anglo-Saxon dynasty came to an end and the time ... or word patterns - create different rhythmic patterns in the music. Nigel claps different word patterns, using words and phrases from ...

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But this is the story of Beowulf, a poem once told in timber-framed barns in Anglo-Saxon England, to the raucous noise of the mead-swilling crowd. Described by historian and broadcaster Michael ...