The knights of medieval Europe are among the most recognized warriors of human history. They played a key role in the society and warfare of the Middle
25 January 2021 • 12:01am
A tomb effigy lies in prayer at Salisbury Cathedral as people rest after being vaccinated
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SIR – Jane Moth (Letters, January 23) is absolutely right about the grief and gloom in the BBC news coverage of Covid. I stopped watching the six o’clock news 10 days ago.
I keep abreast of the news and am aware of the seriousness of the situation, but it has been a release not watching daily close-ups of dying patients and grieving relatives. I feel able to face daily difficulties in better heart, but can still sympathise with those less fortunate.
However, he was stripped of his position of commander after a devastating defeat near Llandeilo, South Wales. Caerphilly Councillor Lindsay Whittle said: “Gilbert De Clare built Caerphilly Castle in the 13th century. An ally of Henry III, he had the castle constructed to keep the unruly Welsh people down. He is also said to have led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury, hardly the sort of person you should be naming a development after. “I’m very surprised that a house-builder with its headquarters in Wales should show such insensitivity. Didn’t someone at Redrow do some research on De Clare?