Silkworms

Saturday, 26 October 2019, 13:55.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Happy Birthday, Mum x

5 Incredibly Well Preserved Roman Buildings

Friday, 25 October 2019, 11:42.Reading time less than 1 minute.

An American Werewolf in London

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 15:47.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I loved this filum. But whenever we all lose ourselves stranded in a strange place – in desperate need of food and drink – and find a pub……… …….No matter the name of said pub. We STILL call it The Slaughtered Lamb. In joke. Y’all wouldn’t understand (?!)

Monte Cristo

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:06.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No. Not the Count of… In the UK my family called it Gypsy Bread. Others call it Eggy Toast. I might be feeling a bit hungry right now ? P.S. The very WORST Croque Monsieur sandwich I’ve eaten was in… …PARIS

What Hygiene Was Like For Medieval Peasants?

Monday, 21 October 2019, 11:49.Reading time 1 minute.

Had to go for an eye test today. Sigh. But the optometrist was one of the nicest men I’ve met in a long time. He asked me what I did for a living (LOL) Anyhoo – he’s a history buff too and we got talking about the history of medicine and nature and modern pharmaceuticals […]

Devletli, İsmetli, Nakşidil Valide Sultan Aliyyetü’ş-şân Hazretler

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 11:30.Reading time less than 1 minute.

She has fascinated me for many years. One day I’ll get to the bottom of this story :o)

Leghorn

Friday, 18 October 2019, 15:03.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OK. This gets weirder by the day! Still investigating my ancestors and I came across this strange but connected fact… LEGHORN. What does it mean? Let’s go to the all-seeing – Wiki : Livorno Now. What does that have to do with the 1770’s, the Romanov, Scotland. the Imperial Navy and the Admiral? Go away […]

World’s Oldest Photographs

Friday, 18 October 2019, 12:49.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Believe That ???

Friday, 18 October 2019, 12:38.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Road to Akarmara

Friday, 18 October 2019, 12:21.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Mysterious Locked Doors That Can Never Be Opened

Friday, 18 October 2019, 12:01.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Rock Me, Amadeus

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 12:05.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It was (apparently) in Vienna that Elizabeth Bathory – The Blood Countess – started her murderous career. FALCO…Lindsey Davis Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen LOL

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.