Re-invented by the Victorians, under the name of Boadicea, Boudicca was presented as an idol of nationalism, of British warrior tradition and, somewhat incongruently, as a figurehead of imperialism, ...
It could be the year of great discoveries. Just weeks after remains found under a car park were confirmed as Richard III and archaeologists have reportedly stumbled on Alfred the Great, now the hunt ...
There are some lines of William Cowper inscribed on the plinth of the bronze statue of Boadicea near Westminster Bridge in central London: "Regions Caesar never knew/Thy posterity shall sway." The ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Boudicca led Celtic tribes in an uprising against the Roman occupation of Britain around 61 AD. Her ...
Early on a Norwich autumn morning, and I was standing naked in a hotel room. On the bed lay my new walking clothes: walking trousers, expensive pants at the cutting edge of underwear technology, ...
“Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome. Moreover, all this ruin was brought upon by a woman...” Few figures have statues ...
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