Without Alfred and his children there would never have been an England with its English language, literature and culture. The story of his triumph when all had seemed lost is one the greatest dramas of England’s history.
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Autumn will soon be dressing the skirt of trees around Arundel Castle as it towers over the quaint streets of the town clustered below. For 900 years this symbol of power and permanence has silently watched the river Arun’s steady flow past.
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Sissinghurst ‘was Sleeping Beauty’s Garden: but a garden crying out for rescue’ (Sarah Raven). This unforgettable garden, with its romantic Elizabethan mood, is full of garden dreams in waiting. This is Kent, the ‘Garden of England’.
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A Listening Heart 