Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11) is considered to be one of the best analogues for the Holocene. In the UK the long lacustrine sequence at Marks Tey, Essex, spans the entirety of the Hoxnian interglacial, the British correlative of MIS 11c. We present multiproxy evidence from a new 18.5 metre core from this sequence. Lithostratigraphy, pollen stratigraphy and biomarker evidence indicate that th...