This Festschrift in honour of a remarkable couple of archaeologists gathers twenty essays on the archaeology and history of English Christianity in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. As the editors say in their preface, the title and the contents of the volume are meant to reflect the Biddles' achievements ‘in those areas where archaeology and history meet, and, so frequently, intersect’ (p. iii). The collection embraces essays whose scope and breath vary considerably: from a punctual analysis of the scenes on a decorated Roman silver jug (by Kenneth Painter) to a study of the relationships between Anglo-Saxon settlements and cemeteries from the fifth to the mid-ninth century (by Helena Hamerow); from an investigation on the possible origin and purpose of a partially surviving cross-shaft preserved at Elmstone Hardwicke (Glos.) (by Michael Hare) to a detailed analysis of the form and function of containers used for baptismal water in England before the advent – in the second half of the eleventh century – of immovable stone fonts (by John Blair). Although a short review cannot do justice to a multi-faceted volume like this one, nor take into account every single contribution, it seems fair to note that some essays revisit well-trodden paths while some others bring to light new evidence, as is the case, for instance, for Alison Telfer's interesting paper on London and its transition from the late Roman to the Saxon period, which presents the results of the still unpublished recent excavations at St Martin-in-the-Fields, where it is possible to recognise the presence of a Saxon settlement no later than the sixth century. In spite of the variety of topics dealt with in the collection, which is typical of most Festschriften and which, at any rate, serves to highlight the many areas to which the honorands have made fundamental contributions, it is possible to identify some major running themes. These include the possible continuity of Christianity in the post-Roman period, the ways in which the Anglo-Saxons perceived and made use of the Roman past, and the development of medieval Winchester through a combination of literary, documentary and archaeological evidence discussed in a cluster of essays placed at the end of the volume. Perhaps even more cohesion could have been reached through a more frequent use of cross-references among those essays which deal with related themes. All in all, this is an impressive collection on which both its editors and its contributors must be congratulated. Very sadly, Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle died before the volume was officially published; however, as indicated on the Winchester Studies website, the editors were able to present her with an advance copy a few days before her death.