“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I’m nothing special. But I know how to research history. Cashel is connected to Muirchertach Ua Briain and therefore Magnus Barelegs/Norway/Wales/Dinefwr and the Ravens of Ravens of Dinefwr. I pulled ALL of my original research sources for this (MY) novel in progress…in progress…still in progress from this website. Why? Because about 10 years ago I […]
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O Giddy Aunt. This is my favourite love to hate story. If you read the original by Dumas or the multiple “mystery solved” books or even watch the film below ….. ….No. I retract watch the film below. Apart from watching the brilliant comedies of Irons, Malkovich, Depardieu, Byrne and Hugh Laurie, this film is […]
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It’s amazing what knowledge you can pick up from other people. I already knew about his good (mad, bad, dangerous to know) mate, the Russian helicopter pilot who was shot down in Iraq. He flew a Hip. Survival of the Fattest? Hip? Link? The helicopter that drops the cargo in Mongolia for Clarkson, May and […]
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What do you do if you go to the Highlands of Scotland and get greeted with “Come Ben?” Well. You say, “Thank you.” And then walk into their home. But why “ben” and not “in?” It’s all to do with the architecture of the Butt and the Ben. In Ye Olden Days, the butt was […]
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“To all you old buggers, like me, out there, what are your memories of the Toc H? I remember it as being an addition to the NAAFI. They used to go round in old vans dishing out tea and butties on ranges and on the outskirts of camp.“ When you’d been up since before dawn […]
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Let’s go back to the beginning? HE SAID : SHE SAID : I, I got a new life, you would hardly recognize me, I’m so gladHow can a person like me care for you?I, why do I bother, when you’re not the one for me?Oo-hoo-hoo-oo-ooIs enough enough? I saw the sign and it opened up […]
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GB 4th of January 2020 I can say, hand on heart, that NOT ONE SINGLE FEMALE youtoober has EVER banned me. All my #bans have been from men. God’s Honest Truth! No wonder soi-disant MEN hate me. Wooohooooo :o)
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Freddie is BACK :o) I have worked – In Real Life – with Parsi peeps. If you look into Freddie, you will find that his parents were Parsi. Forget the BS MS History, eh? Bismillah (Arabic: بسم الله) is a phrase in Arabic meaning “in the name of God”, it is also the first word in the Qur’an, […]
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It was only days ago that I was told about Jack Ramsay – Royal Marine. I had no idea. Oh. Yet another reason to love that Gobshite Scot, GR. My Dad joined at 14. My brother joined at 17. My husband did the full course at 24. Mum, Dad, Chris and I went down to […]
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For some people this is automatic. We don’t mean to do it. And it’s never malice aforethought. It just happens. Like a few months ago when I was shouted at in my local chemist. “Why are you not wearing a mask?” BECAUSE I LIKE BREATHING – I shouted back. Or…“You are exempt. Why?” THAT’S BETWEEN […]
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OK. Here we go. I DEMAND (not request or ask politely) …I DEMAND that the new youtube history experts give us ALL – SOLID, VERIFIABLE, UNEQUIVACAL PROOF about Orphan Trains REPOPULATING EMPTY TOWNS AND CITIES. FFS. Even the totally messed up WikiCrapedia says : “The phrase “orphan train” was first used in 1854 to describe […]
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Yesterday I was hit with…OMG. I watched an amazing film last night. You have GOT to watch it. A cross between Se7en and Jack the Ripper called….er…. Me: The Limehouse Golem? Seen it! See link above. April last year!!! Jane Goldman? Oh. Yes. She wrote the screenplay and is married to a famous UK talk […]
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