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A stunning treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon coins reveals how rebellion, loyalty and fear shaped England in the wake of 1066.

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James Bond, with his shaken martinis and exotic escapes, is widely recognised as fiction’s most enduring spy. But his creator, Ian Fleming, didn’t conjure up Bond’s outlandish adventures from thin air ...