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Collection of medieval European manuscripts documenting the Hundred Years’ War, dating back to 15 March 1347. They document the Battle of Crécy, where English longbowmen defeated French cavalry in Picardy, marking a decisive victory for King Edward III. The manuscripts, originally held at Westminster Abbey, were transferred to the Tower of London in 1356 and acquired by the French National Archives in 1792 following confiscation during the French Revolution. The collection includes works by Geoffrey Chaucer, Jean II of France, and Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), as well as loans from the Hanseatic League and German merchants to fund the campaign.

Beaufort West lies in the Great Karoo and most people regard it merely as the town you pass through on your way from Cape Town to Johannesburg. However, people do live there and one of them is the poet and singer Gert Vlok Nel (b. 1963). This documentary, shot in 2005, was made by a Dutch filmmaker and deals with Nel and a few of the kind of the people who feature so prominently in his work. Nel himself only speaks through his poems and ballads, but his father Albert, with whom he lives, is a little more communicative. Other individuals also comment – mostly on their own lives – and through them the film provides a perspective on what it is like to live there. None of those interviewed are prominent people, but it is their ordinariness and the evocative cinematography that convey a basic sadness that echoes the writer’s work. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 2006 the film was nominated for two Golden Calf awards, including the one for Best Short Documentary.