In this episode we talk about people of colour in the middle ages, whether Vikings should count as humans, and what that great big tall tower in Kells reminds us of.

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• Here’s some information about the Book of Kells at Trinity College Dublin
• And here is a gallery of the Lindisfarne Gospels at the British Library
• You can find Seamus Heaney’s translation of the poem “Pangur Bán” here.
• You can find an example of insular script as used in the Book of Kells here. You can also see it all over the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels!

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