Human Interest

'What language did St Augustine speak when he came to England in 597? His feast day falls on Monday, and his achievement should not be underestimated. Within a century of his arrival in Kent, every English kingdom had adopted Christianity.'

Eleanor Parker on the story of St Augustine. 

'In the late 6th century, a man was sent from Rome to England to bring Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons. He would ultimately become the first Archbishop of Canterbury, establish one of medieval England’s most important abbeys, and kickstart the country’s conversion to Christianity. But who was St Augustine, and how did his mission succeed?'

'A bone believed to be a fragment of St Thomas Becket's elbow has been carried into Canterbury Cathedral, 845 years after he was murdered there.'