Passing phase

My ancestors came from what 1,000 years ago was the Kingdom of Strathclyde and probably spoke Cumbric (a Celtic language akin to Welsh).

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Oct 2013, 01:00 BST

I see no merit in dividing Great Britain again along the lines drawn up by rival Norman warlords, who divided a relatively peaceful part of the world and started 300 years of intermittent warfare just to satisfy what in the global turn of history is probably a passing phase.

Stephen Bowman

Summerbridge, Harrogate