Archive for: October 2015
As 31 October looms, many people around the country will once again be marking Halloween with what have become traditional activities – carved pumpkins, trick-or-treating and fancy dress. Many people herald this as an Americanised festival of ghosts and ghouls – but did you realise that most of ...
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English Heritage historian Dr Michael Carter explains the significance of his new discovery in the archives of Rievaulx Abbey, which illuminates one of the darkest chapters in the abbey’s history....
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