Dr. Miles Russell

It is. I mean, Arthur is such an incredible character. He's a world character, really. You know, he's famous everywhere. And I think his story is one that just keeps getting reinvented for every generation. You know, he's one of those characters from the past where it's now very difficult to disentangle the historical truth from the sort of mythology and the fantasy that's built on it.

It is. I mean, Arthur is such an incredible character. He's a world character, really. You know, he's famous everywhere. And I think his story is one that just keeps getting reinvented for every generation. You know, he's one of those characters from the past where it's now very difficult to disentangle the historical truth from the sort of mythology and the fantasy that's built on it.

It is. I mean, Arthur is such an incredible character. He's a world character, really. You know, he's famous everywhere. And I think his story is one that just keeps getting reinvented for every generation. You know, he's one of those characters from the past where it's now very difficult to disentangle the historical truth from the sort of mythology and the fantasy that's built on it.

But because the story's been enlarged and enlarged and enlarged over time, every generation makes the Arthur that they want. So we see in the last few decades, there's been TV series, there's been films, there's been computer games. It's just building on that mythology. So probably of all characters in the past, King Arthur is probably one of the most famous, really. He's world renowned.

But because the story's been enlarged and enlarged and enlarged over time, every generation makes the Arthur that they want. So we see in the last few decades, there's been TV series, there's been films, there's been computer games. It's just building on that mythology. So probably of all characters in the past, King Arthur is probably one of the most famous, really. He's world renowned.

But because the story's been enlarged and enlarged and enlarged over time, every generation makes the Arthur that they want. So we see in the last few decades, there's been TV series, there's been films, there's been computer games. It's just building on that mythology. So probably of all characters in the past, King Arthur is probably one of the most famous, really. He's world renowned.

Absolutely. Yes. Yes. I mean, it's I guess, you know, King Arthur is one of those characters who's always fascinated historians and archaeologists alike trying to get back to the actual physical truth of him. Did he? The argument is always going that there are those who believe he was a real character operating at the end of Roman Britain and those who believe his complete fantasy.

Absolutely. Yes. Yes. I mean, it's I guess, you know, King Arthur is one of those characters who's always fascinated historians and archaeologists alike trying to get back to the actual physical truth of him. Did he? The argument is always going that there are those who believe he was a real character operating at the end of Roman Britain and those who believe his complete fantasy.

Absolutely. Yes. Yes. I mean, it's I guess, you know, King Arthur is one of those characters who's always fascinated historians and archaeologists alike trying to get back to the actual physical truth of him. Did he? The argument is always going that there are those who believe he was a real character operating at the end of Roman Britain and those who believe his complete fantasy.

And within that, they're trying to find some middle ground of trying to actually place him. because it's such an emotive time. You know, when you're talking about the end of Roman Britain, we're talking about the beginning of the kingdoms of what becomes England, what becomes the principality of Wales, the kingdom of Scotland.

And within that, they're trying to find some middle ground of trying to actually place him. because it's such an emotive time. You know, when you're talking about the end of Roman Britain, we're talking about the beginning of the kingdoms of what becomes England, what becomes the principality of Wales, the kingdom of Scotland.

And within that, they're trying to find some middle ground of trying to actually place him. because it's such an emotive time. You know, when you're talking about the end of Roman Britain, we're talking about the beginning of the kingdoms of what becomes England, what becomes the principality of Wales, the kingdom of Scotland.

It's all these formative stories or these foundation myths all begin at that, all coalesce at that one time. So, so Arthur's there at the epicenter of all that. So they're trying to, you know, he's got great resonance today, trying to find out who he was, where he existed and what he actually did.

It's all these formative stories or these foundation myths all begin at that, all coalesce at that one time. So, so Arthur's there at the epicenter of all that. So they're trying to, you know, he's got great resonance today, trying to find out who he was, where he existed and what he actually did.

It's all these formative stories or these foundation myths all begin at that, all coalesce at that one time. So, so Arthur's there at the epicenter of all that. So they're trying to, you know, he's got great resonance today, trying to find out who he was, where he existed and what he actually did.

It's a history of the kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Historia Regum Britanniae, I give it its Latin title, and it's written in around 1136 AD. So it's written a very long time after the events that it describes. It divides opinion.

It's a history of the kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Historia Regum Britanniae, I give it its Latin title, and it's written in around 1136 AD. So it's written a very long time after the events that it describes. It divides opinion.

It's a history of the kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Historia Regum Britanniae, I give it its Latin title, and it's written in around 1136 AD. So it's written a very long time after the events that it describes. It divides opinion.

I think it's fair to say in the past it was viewed as one of the most important texts relating to the history of the Britons, giving them their lost voice. But in the last 200 years, people have tended to be a bit more critical of it and say, well, actually, it appears to just be either complete fantasy. It's made up or it's some kind of misguided fantasy.

I think it's fair to say in the past it was viewed as one of the most important texts relating to the history of the Britons, giving them their lost voice. But in the last 200 years, people have tended to be a bit more critical of it and say, well, actually, it appears to just be either complete fantasy. It's made up or it's some kind of misguided fantasy.