Meet the metal makers Metal came relatively late to Britain. But it was here that a remarkable new compound was perfected. It was called bronze. Paul Budd reports. Offa versus the Welsh Offa's Dyke used to be thought of as just a boundary line.
New research suggests it was built in earnest for defence against the kingdom of Powys.
David Hill explains. Rognvald the Wrong. John Malam recalls finding Orcadian relics in an Essex junk shop.