The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'

The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with ...
Mental Floss

10 Facts About Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Good evening. Before Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone presented cautionary tales of arrogant people behaving badly and getting their comeuppance, there was Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The 10-season ...
Forbes

Alfred Nobel’s Legacy

SWEDEN - NOVEMBER 11: Medal for the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to British physicist Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) in 1906. The design shows a relief profile of Alfred Nobel, designed and ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

What's unusual about Cyclone Alfred, and is climate change affecting how it moves towards the coast?

Tropical Cyclone Alfred started off life in an unusual way, born in the South Pacific as a triplet, alongside siblings Rae and Seru. Alfred has some other quirks to its name — least of which is that ...