Back at the New Wolsey, the spring season continued with the launch of the UK tour of Once – again sharing many of the same cast members who were featured in the original 2018 production. Again the re-staging was a huge hit and played to packed houses featuring Emma Lucia as the enigmatically named ‘Girl’ and Daniel Healy as ‘Guy’. It was the perfect, feelgood start to what we assumed would be a marvellously creative year.
Daniel Healy and Emma Lucia as Guy and The Girl in the New Wolsey Theatre s production of Once which returned to the theatre in February 2020 before heading out on a UK tour
1.75in-tall figure dates back to the 7th Century but remains in fantastic condition
Experts believe it is a gaming piece similar to chess that formed part of a set
It was bought by a private collector for £120k with Timeline Auctions of Mayfair
A 1,400-year-old bronze chess piece that was unearthed in a field in Norfolk has sold for more than £120,000 at an auction.
The 1.75in-tall item, which depicts an armed horse rider, was discovered by an anonymous metal detectorist near Bradwell in Great Yarmouth.
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Experts believe the carving, which shows a mounted soldier with centre-parted bobbed hair, large pellet eyes and a moustache, dates all the way back to the 7th Century – making it a relic of Anglo-Saxon Britain.