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Hiding on Holy Island and plotting a new party: is this Dominic Cummings' big comeback?

After months spent hiding away on a remote island, Boris Johnson's maverick former adviser is making a haunting Halloween reappearance at this week's Covid inquiry. Katie Strick asks what he's up to now

Evening Standard

What does Australia’s median rent of $600 a week get you in each capital city?

From a ‘charming’ two-bedroom house in Brisbane’s West End to a ‘neat and tidy’ house in Hobart’s Lindisfarne. Which city is the best value for renters?

The Guardian - AU

The Vikings on Tyneside - and the legacy of the seaborne invaders from the North

The first Viking longships appeared off the North East coast in 793 when the monks of Lindisfarne felt the full force of the fearsome new warrior invaders from Scandinavia

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Government confirms it will not proceed with Holy Island fishing ban

Residents on Lindisfarne had been on 'tenterhooks' as they awaited a decision from the government

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Memorial to St Cuthbert restored to Lindisfarne after nearly 500 years

English Heritage to unveil new monument after original removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries

The Guardian - UK

Ancient Anglo-Saxon and Christian artefacts to go on display for first time on Holy Island

Britain's first known prayer bead necklace is one of many treasures making their first appearance at Lindisfarne Priory

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Hit and run police appeal after cyclist knocked down by car near Lindisfarne causeway

The victim was launched into the air after he was hit by a car while cycling in Lindsfarne

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Dominic Cummings buys rare Holy Island home but not all locals are welcoming

Boris Johnson's former senior advisor is reported to be renovating a £161,000 cottage on Lindisfarne

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Dominic Cummings buys home on Holy Island - sparking anger among locals

The disgraced former Downing Street bigwig is renovating a £161,000 cottage on the tourist hotspot Lindisfarne

Daily Mirror

The Lindisfarne Gospels: the story of how a medieval masterpiece was made

Sometime around the turn of the 8th century, on Lindisfarne, a windswept island off the English coast in Northumbria, a monk by the name of Eadfrith sits down and sharpens his quill. He dips it into the black ink pot before him and, guided by the light of flickering candle,…

The Conversation

The Lindisfarne Gospels review – was Eadfrith the monk Britain’s first great artist?

This mind-bending illuminated manuscript was created in AD700 by Eadfrith, a monk who was as entranced by pattern and abstraction as Jackson Pollock

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