King Alfred’s day and by chance I find myself in Wantage where he was born. Would that our present government would undertake even half of Alfred’s program of restoration set out on the base of his statue. Tweet added by Malcolm Guite @malcolmguite

Malcolm Guite

2 years

King Alfred’s day and by chance I find myself in Wantage where he was born. Would that our present government would undertake even half of Alfred’s program of restoration set out on the base of his statue.

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‘Sir’ Richard 🙂🤔

@DickiebirdBrown

2 years

@malcolmguite @ClerkofOxford Great monument, but the missing apostrophe…

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Malcolm Guite

@malcolmguite

2 years

@DickiebirdBrown @ClerkofOxford Yes I noticed that. Clearly Alfred’s educational reforms hadn’t yet reached Wantage!

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Alfred W Croucher

@keanfei47

2 years

@malcolmguite That’s why he was called “Alfred the Great”

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John Jamieson

@jjamo262

2 years

@malcolmguite @holland_tom The most perfect man in history.

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Sarah Starling

@SarahRoyston4

2 years

@malcolmguite @ClerkofOxford As a resident of East Anglia, I would thoroughly endorse Alfred's policy of handing governance of eastern England over to Scandinavians.

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daphne la fleur 🇺🇦

@daphnelafleur

2 years

@malcolmguite Didn’t know there was a statue in Wantage as well as in Winchester. This Alfred has an axe not a sword and does not look like he is about to drop it on his foot !

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