What makes King Lynn’s Red Register so unique: A UNESCO-recognised book that preserves medieval England’s hidden history
A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of England’s earliest surviving paper-based archives. It is the kind of object most visitors would walk past without realising they are looking at something that predates printing presses, predates modern record keeping, and still somehow survives the…
Alaska’s rivers are turning rust-orange and scientists say the cause has been frozen for thousands of years
On a late-summer flight over northern Alaska’s Brooks Range, stretches of river that should look like glass suddenly appear stained the colour of iron oxide. From above, they resemble rust spreading through a cracked engine block. On the ground, the change is even more unsettling: clear tributaries turning opaque orange within a few bends, with fish habitat disappearing under fine…
British woman bought her husband a Valentine’s Day gift box, days later, it killed him
The wife of a British artist has launched legal action against an artisan cheesemaker after an inquest concluded that a listeria-contaminated cheese contributed to his death.Roger Parkes, a painter and chef from Chichester in West Sussex, died in February 2023 after falling seriously ill days after eating cheese from a Valentine's gift box purchased by his wife, Carina Parkes, The…
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What makes King Lynn’s Red Register so unique: A UNESCO-recognised book that preserves medieval England’s hidden history
A worn volume bound in faded red leather has been formally recognised…
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