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Following the discover of the Anglo-Saxon gold hoard in Staffordshire, PhD student Paul Gazzoli had his own ‘tounge in cheek’ comments highlighted on the Times Online pages. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6849999.ece

The 2009 competition had seven indivudial entries and one group entry, reading passages in Old English, Old Norse, Latin and Gothic.The 2009 winner was Moa Hoijer (Prelim to Part I, Hughes Hall), who read from the Old Norse text Völundarkviða in forna (Helgakviða Hundingsbana II). This year there was one special recognition prize, which was […]

There were eight entrants in this years competition, reading a mixuture of Old English, Medieval Irish and Latin passages. The 2008 winner was Shem Jarrold (Prelim to Part I, Pembroke), who read a section of the Medieval Irish text A Mór Maigne Moige Síuil (or, On the loss of a pet goose). This year there […]