`   I appreciate and welcome your criticism:  *Northumbria was a separate entity from the succeeding united England and this is conveniently categorised in threes. *Danish contributions are subsumed within the general Anglo-Saxon designation...RE: Alfred & 1066I don't like it either but that's the fact of our national history as portrayed by officials. *The Tudor-Stuart-Hanover period is a single one of imperial colonialism. *Chronology IS lacking; please be generous! *Peripheral gives outsiders a clue as to the atmosphere and ambience of this obscure culture, since the world knows much more about Southern England due to its colonial-secretarial administration. *Surely we can do without the ``touchy parts``, being described with words like ``ultra``.  Let's do more meeting of minds!   `