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King Arthur And The Battle Of Hastings

8th February 2022 bobo 0

Old, unhappy far-off things, and battles long ago… How do we know about King Arthur? Please note that this is not a rehash of the old “Did King Arthur exist?” historical chestnut. Whether or not [more…]

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Book Review: Arthur & the Lost Kingdoms by A Moffat

25th April 2021 1642again 0

My review of John Morris’ The Age of Arthur caused quite a stir and clearly there remains much interest in the British Dark Ages, and especially in the thorny issue of Arthur and his existence.  [more…]

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Book Review: The Age of Arthur by John Morris

11th April 2021 1642again 0

One of the most controversial books about the end of the Roman presence in Britain and the Sub-Roman Britain which survived until the modern shape of a Britain divided into England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales [more…]

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A New Dark Age

12th November 2020 Godfrey Bloom 0

I have been struggling for a reasonable historical analogy to illustrate  where the western democracies are going today. As we have clearly entered a new dark age I do not intend to  hypothesise when exactly [more…]

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A New Dark Age

19th June 2018 Æthelberht 0

Godfrey Bloom recently made an appearance on Infowars with Alex Jones where he stated we are heading into a new Dark Age. I don’t think he’s far off the mark at all. We’ve already had [more…]

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