The Romany in England…

Monday, 17 June 2019, 9:22.Reading time 11 minutes.

Strange dates and iffy radiocarbon tests. This caught my eye because of Norwich – my maternal family city. Gypsy paradox on the territory of England and its resolution Tyurin A.M. Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Annotation: According to written evidence, Roma in England appeared at the beginning of the 16th century. However, the remains […]

Wise Up: Hemp

Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:09.Reading time less than 1 minute.

From Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory by Kimberley L Craft. From Mr Wise Up

Ancient Machine Parts

Sunday, 16 June 2019, 10:16.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Superb video! Thank you, JonLevi

Sad but True

Thursday, 13 June 2019, 6:19.Reading time less than 1 minute.

YouTube – Sprinting Towards Obsolescence. Well said, that man!

“They are too thin and bare to hide offences.”

Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 4:51.Reading time 1 minute.

The line above is from Henry VIII by Shakespeare. It seems that this play is little performed and little known. Maybe because it started in tragedy…the burning down of the Globe Theatre in c.1613 as the show was on. Rather careless, methinks. I’d originally thought the cast and crew would be the same but they […]

Mudfloods, Comets and Volcanoes Oh My Pt.1

Monday, 10 June 2019, 15:33.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here Comes the Rain Again

Monday, 10 June 2019, 14:30.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was fortunate enough to see The Eurythmics live in Berlin. It was a dark, tiny, backstreet venue but….BOOM! Annie Lennox just has one of those voices that is as good, if not better LIVE. Plus…She’s an Aberdonian. Plus, Plus…The Rain is HERE! Feck it.

REAL Ancient Technology

Monday, 10 June 2019, 12:16.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Mr Wise Up knows! Great video :o)

Voivode Vlad Draculesti

Monday, 10 June 2019, 8:04.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I love it when stuff comes together :o) Right at the beginning of this journey I ‘knew’ that there was something new to learn about the man we all know as Dracula. I might take back every bad thing I’ve ever said about Wikipedia. But then again …! OK – House of Basarab “Basarab’s father Thocomerius also […]

India

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 14:17.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Originally INDIA. INDES meant FAR AWAY. Did you know about the Great Wall of India? It may be Tartarian!!!!!

Columns

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 13:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Semi-circular columns in fact. The image above is St Cecilia Cathedral, Albi. Albi is the heart of Cathar country. The Albigensian Crusade?? Rewind to Moscow….. Original Tartarian Churches had these semi-circular columns.

Who was Marco Polo?

Friday, 7 June 2019, 5:11.Reading time 3 minutes.

From NC…..The Colour of the Kingdom 1. INTRODUCTION. WHO IS MARCO POLO? What is actually described in the famous book by Marco Polo? The reader may say wearily: again – Ancient Russia. The answer is: not only Russia – indeed described by Marco Polo under the names of Tataria, India and China – but also some other countries […]

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.