I’d like to raise a tankard of mead to toast the Jorvik Viking Centre in York as our pioneering visitor attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. I hesitate to call Jorvik a museum.

We have New York, but England has old York, one of the country’s top tourist destinations outside of London. The town offers ...

The image - from our Press archive - shows Bill Rogan and Bill Hudson fitting a sign on the new Viking Hotel in York. Officially opening on January 1, 1969, the hotel became the second tallest ...

it was declared to be Treasure and York Museums Trust purchased it. The ring is made of 95% gold and weighs over 300g. In Viking England, armlets were given by powerful lords to secure allegiance ...

The band may have been a decorative edge, or the beginning of a red-coloured leg of a longer stocking. This object is on display at JORVIK Viking Centre.