Cultural hegemony of our great language, comrade! Ironic that the word 'hegemony' has a Greek origin, though... Hope you're getting some fantastic pictures and seeing many ancient things. Good mornin… (View Post)

It's rather shocking how the main three parties seem utterly disinterested in the centre ground and are (mostly) busy rushing to ape Reform. The Lib Dems aren't, but with their policy of flinging cas… (View Post)

I'd need to check but I think by the end Alfred styled himself as Rex Angul-Saxonum[sp], King of the Anglo-Saxons. I'm inclined to agree with you, though, that the first king of England was the now m… (View Post)

Never read that, but Pollard's biography of Alfred has him going there when he's a pretty young boy (I think, it's also been a while). (View Post)

Yes, but he wasn't king at the time. (View Post)