THE END OF AN ERA
Dec 29, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS: SPENCER MIZEN
“The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us to the barbarians. Between these two means of death, we are either killed or drowned.” From the arrival of the Normans in 1066 through to the threat of Nazi invasion in 1940, the residents of Britain have faced periods of intense – and potentially catastrophic – change on numerous occasions. Yet as the above plea proves – reportedly issued by beleaguered Britons
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