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What is it about the Viking Age that drives so much interest? A common view is that it was a violent period across Europe, beset by raiding, conquest and plunder, led by people from Scandinavia. But ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Rest Is History, the British podcast series hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, is being feted by Apple. Apple Podcasts has named the series, which comes from Goalhanger, the ...