By 43AD, when southern Britain became a Roman colony under emperor Claudius, the island was populated by speakers of several Celtic languages.
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Early writers on probability had explained how the ‘house advantage’ didn’t need to be large for a gambling enterprise to profit enormously. But gamblers and gambling operators were slow to catch on.
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
There’s more to ‘survival migration’ than an escape from poverty or war: even the middle class can feel they have to leave to survive.
Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
New research suggests the gut bacteria of red and grey squirrels differ significantly, potentially explaining the decline of the native red and the success of its grey counterpart.
Maths plays a crucial role in new research which finds that bats “leapfrog” their way home at night.
A loan deal for the Asante artefacts offers an opportunity for these objects to return home.
Bard Hedd Wyn was killed in action in France in 1917.
The Mari Lwyd and the plygain are two prominent Welsh traditions celebrated over Christmas and the new year.
New research reveals the digital divide that was exposed by the COVID pandemic.
The Rebecca riots saw Welsh farmers disguised as women destroy tollgates as a way of challenging what they believed was an oppressive taxation system.
The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
Britain has lost large areas of semi-natural habitat since the 1930s.
More than 800 lives were lost in the Royal Charter storm but it also led to improvements in weather forecasting.
Four hundred and forty men and boys were killed in the Senghenydd colliery disaster, with the youngest victims aged just 14 years old.
Vladimir Putin’s propaganda about the Russian invasion of Ukraine reflect themes once propagated by Vladimir Lenin.
Variations in the thickness of tectonic plates may explain why Britain experiences many more earthquakes than neighbouring Ireland.
There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.
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