Aka: Eadgifu Swanneshals; Edith Swanneck/The Fair. I lived a millenia ago, in protection/friendship, in eastern shires and #InTheShadowOfTheCrowhurstYew
Today is the start of Shrovetide, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday - traditionally a time for letting off steam with riotous games, feasting and carnival before the Lenten fast began.
An Anglo-Saxon sermon for Quinquagesima, the Sunday before Lent: https://t.co/5XABjif6Pl
Who was the legendary Viking warrior Thorkell the Tall, and precisely how tall was he? His story has more twists than you might expect...
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Ok, some things became clearer in Ep 2, but I reviewed Ep 1 only, and it's still drab in every sense. And why do we still have strong women portrayed as 'evil/scheming' as if that's the only way they could 'match' the men? Time for that to change, imo.
The Mystery of Buildings in the Eleventh Century https://t.co/dJfQpy7fmn @headlinepg@ImogenTaylorPub Please share. The Handfasted Wife remains on kindle offer for July. Take a look.
“In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.”
The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
This Spring we're teaming up once again with Worthing-based archaeologist @JSArchaeology for a series of FREE, guided archaeology walks, taking in Highdown Hill, Kingley Vale and Bignor Hill.
📷 Helen Gilbert
📍 The path down from the Devil's Humps towards Kingley Vale
“Heavy rains that often fall in February have flooded the low-lying meadows in the broad valley.���
‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson