Bronze Age | Going Postal

The mummies of Cladh Hallan

17th May 2021 Going Postal 0

If I said to you the word ‘mummies’, archaeologically speaking what comes to mind? (As an aside, that reminds me of one of my favourite British Library catalogue subheadings describing a book – ‘Mummies. For [more…]

Vaping

17th March 2021 0

This article was prompted by Distant Cumbrian when he posted a query on behalf of his sister. Question: – Name two Argentinian footballers from the ’66 World Cup named after cigarettes? Answer: – No.6 and [more...]
Basic Principles: More Than Meets The Eye

24th August 2020 0

Every primer on economics cites the familiar factors of production, land, labour and capital, as prerequisites for productive activity. Sometimes entrepreneurship is added to represent the gifted brain who brings the other three together in [more...]
Cnuteneering, Part Twenty One

24th June 2021 0

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more...]
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1997

25th June 2021 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1997 Featured Album: Van Morrison – The Healing Game This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on that much [more...]
Crossword No. 161

13th March 2021 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of A Bear’s Diary, War Crimes or The Unseen Path. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner [more...]