#Saxon

Johanna Dale

SXMedievalist

As someone who 1st saw the C7th chapel of St. Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell from a boat I have always found descriptions of its setting as being 'remote' and 'isolated' a

Hunter

TheCptBlackPill

I would argue that there are profound differences between Thomas Jefferson and David French Jefferson was an Enlightenment era liberal. No one would ever confuse Jefferson with French even though

Tom Holland

holland_tom

Wondering if any novel has ever had as profound an influence on how the English-speaking world understand a period of history as A Tale Of Two Cities, and the only

EHS

EcclesHistSoc

I'm also interested in the long afterlives of saints' cults, especially in England after the Reformation. Saints' cults survived in a number of different ways... Firstly, they were perpetuated by

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: There is a peculiar plot found in many Eurasian fairytales: Brothers (mostly three) have to complete a task (like kill a dragon), which will get them a princess and

Lydia Massiah🌿📚

lydia_massiah

Culbone Church, reputedly the smallest in England, is pre-Norman & listed in the Doomsday book. My sons running the Somerset coast path near Porlock yesterday came upon it. No roads

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

As Christmas nears, here's a lovely late 15th-/early 16th-century portable nativity scene from a gold ring, found Sleaford, Lincs :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/642395 A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine ring featuring

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

#TheDig has been causing quite a buzz this past week and we thought it would be a good time to revisit two archaeological digs that uncovered intriguing burials at our

Chris Kenyon

BoxbikeLondon

1/ Barnstorming speech by Clyde Loakes @Labourstone at #HealthyStreets2018 - ‘I have been a councillor for a long time, since I was 27…I’ve spent more time dabbling in bins than

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-PepysJuly 30th 1665Up betimes and after my Monster made with Sugar Puffs comes to our cul-de-sac, by appointment, @zatzi Annunziata Rees-Mogg to teach

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

The last week of Advent is the season of the O Antiphons. Sung at Vespers, in the early dusk of a midwinter evening, they are ancient songs of longing and

Andy Kesson

andykesson

I finally got to watch #TheDig tonight. An astonishingly beautiful film about the past then, the past now, the present then, and maybe even the present now. I can't hope

Rokewood

Rokewood

I am reprising my initial responses to #TheDig, which @rokewife & I watched last night, to create a separate thread #TheDig is an outstanding film. An exquisitely-crafted bitter-sweet love letter

Chase Yú

FromCNwithLove

“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world,” (Napoleon Bonaparte).The return of China & India- professor Kishore Mahbubani You only get the negative about China from

John Ibbitson

JohnIbbitson

A journalism student recently asked by email: How do you become a columnist? Do you have any advice? Here is the answer: 1/n The most important thing is never to

Andy Obuoforibo

andyRoidO

Hi, Kids! Wanna know why the Washington Monument changes colors midway up?Once upon a time, there was a Political Party that hated immigration, and ran stuff into the ground.No, not

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