Our interests are primarily British ancient and medieval, Stonehenge, Wessex, new archelogical digs but we're quite undiscriminating when it comes to British history and UK tourism, so we ’ll pretty much blather about anything that catches our eyes. We also intend to make a note of all the topically relevant books read, and a list of all the topically relevant books sitting in a pile glaring at us.
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THESE beautiful Bronze Age gold bracelets are the highlights of finds at the site of a new road. The bracelets, nearly 3,000 years old, were spotted lying on top of a pile of earth dug up from a trench. Archaeologists are digging on the site of the planned road near Ramsgate, Kent, before builders move [...]
Pope Benedict will soon be arriving in the UK. I am surprised at the lack of tacky Papal souvenirs for sale on the streets of Britain. Past Papal visits in other countries have produced such wonders as this Pope Soap on Rope So in the spirit of his arrival, I offer you simple instructions on [...]
When Pope John Paul II arrived in 1982, he famously kissed the ground and declared: “Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion [...]
They were crammed together and buried side by side, stripped of all clothing and personal possessions. Force of circumstance determined this most impersonal and undignified resting place. For the men buried in mass graves at a ruined York church were the soldiers of Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentary army. Skeleton army: The remains found in York, one [...]
If you are heading northwards into Shakespeare country independantly, choose the route the Bard himself would have travelled. Stratford-upon-Avon from Chipping Norton through chocolate box Olde England When Shakespeare made his way from London to the family home in Stratford-upon-Avon, it is safe to assume he did not shove his quills in the boot of [...]
