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The good ship Fredericus Quartus, Part Two

4th May 2024 Joe Slater 2371 Comments

The good ship “Fru Alida” Even less well known than Denmark’s triangular trade is the history of Danes and Norwegians as victims of slavery. North African pirate raids were a problem that affected coastal communities [more…]

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The good ship Fredericus Quartus, Part One

27th April 2024 Joe Slater 2206 Comments

Transatlantic slavery was ended in 1833 by Britain after a campaign by William Wilberforce. It is one of the key dates in British history, and Wilberforce is a name known to everyone. Britain may have [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty

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Monday Good morning friends, and a happy Easter Monday to you. It is also April Fool’s Day. I promise you I will not be telling you any April Fools Day’s stories, at least not deliberately. [more…]

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Buried Treasure: The Peat Bog Murder Mystery

4th August 2023 Always Worth Saying 1933 Comments

Amongst a century of detritus at the BBC there lies some buried treasure. Between layers of fake news, preachy left-wing documentaries and un-funny comedy, the BBC’s iPlayer hides a gleaming gem of an old archaeology [more…]

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Goin’ fishing

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Want to go fishing? OK be down at the harbour for 1.30 a.m. we’ll have got the 1 am forecast, fuelled up, did that before we tied up yesterday, wife organised two tons of ice [more…]

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