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Topic: Really? | |
TelMiles Replies: 1 Views: 4268 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:17 am Subject: Really? |
Aaaand in the build-up to the referendum on Scottish independence a letter from Robert the Bruce to Edward II, written in the build-up to Bannockburn, is 'discovered by chance' by a professor at Glasg ... | |
Topic: Argy Bargey. | |
TelMiles Replies: 2 Views: 4955 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:09 pm Subject: Argy Bargey. |
Conclusions matter not, assumptions are everything. | |
Topic: The Isle of Wight | |
TelMiles Replies: 31 Views: 67820 |
Forum: British History Posted: 5:19 pm Subject: The Isle of Wight |
Wight is a mythical creature if I'm not mistaken. A wraith type thing. Maybe that's why it's called the Isle of Wight. Maybe people were scared of the island, saying "don't go over there, it's fu ... | |
Topic: Argy Bargey. | |
TelMiles Replies: 2 Views: 4955 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:47 pm Subject: Argy Bargey. |
I'm assuming all those that want to 'return' the Falkland islands to Argentina, also support British sovereignty over Ireland? | |
Topic: Just a thought | |
TelMiles Replies: 53 Views: 25643 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:28 pm Subject: Just a thought |
(that link won't work for me)
Yeah, I can see that some areas would be considered beautiful, hence the sacred groves and such (if that's what they really were), but I think that in a world that was ... |
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Topic: Will the Real Cynesians Please Step Forward? | |
TelMiles Replies: 206 Views: 114960 |
Forum: History Posted: 2:02 pm Subject: Will the Real Cynesians Please Step Forward? |
On the subject of "Ogre", the Welsh name for England was "Logres" (I believe that is still the case, but with a different spelling)...Put in an apostrophe and it becomes "L'og ... | |
Topic: Matters Arising | |
TelMiles Replies: 3607 Views: 992895 |
Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 1:09 pm Subject: Matters Arising |
Those areas which receive the least state aid voted for the party which on past experience is most likely to give them tax cuts.
Surely this is too general and somewhat wishful? My family have always ... |
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Topic: Just a thought | |
TelMiles Replies: 53 Views: 25643 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:27 am Subject: Just a thought |
Whilst walking through the woods close to where I live, I began to think about the spread of urbanisation on our countryside. That then led me on to wonder if, for example, medieval man had the same a ... | |
Topic: David Dimbleby. | |
TelMiles Replies: 6 Views: 6858 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:28 am Subject: David Dimbleby. |
Is David Dimbleby of the AE persuasion? Did anyone watch the first episode of The Seven Ages of Britain last week? It was pretty orthodox stuff until he went to visit the woman who owned the land at S ... | |
Topic: The Troy Game | |
TelMiles Replies: 203 Views: 139521 |
Forum: History Posted: 5:01 pm Subject: The Troy Game |
Reading this latest exchange about race and intelligence has took me back to my childhood. I grew up in South London in a large semi-detached house, and had a large family. I am white. Next door was a ... | |
Topic: AE on Telly News | |
TelMiles Replies: 2205 Views: 541806 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 1:18 pm Subject: AE on Telly News |
No, I didn't take anything. Was pretty bad though, and I've had flu a lot, and this one was a bad one. Maybe being ill all those times has made my immune system that bit stronger? (is that a paradox?) | |
Topic: AE on Telly News | |
TelMiles Replies: 2205 Views: 541806 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:15 pm Subject: AE on Telly News |
Many times, but saying I had swine flu sounds sexier. | |
Topic: AE on Telly News | |
TelMiles Replies: 2205 Views: 541806 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:20 pm Subject: AE on Telly News |
I had swine flu. | |
Topic: Great Minds Think Differently | |
TelMiles Replies: 55 Views: 48214 |
Forum: Psychology Posted: 2:08 am Subject: Great Minds Think Differently |
Just back on the web after a brief hiatus and would just like to say that, like Mick, I am right handed, but lead with my left whilst boxing. I also swap my knives and forks between hands and, despite ... | |
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition | |
TelMiles Replies: 2712 Views: 685102 |
Forum: British History Posted: 12:42 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition |
I would say that the Arthurian romances, whilst they have obvious Christianity in them, are not Catholic propaganda, as the Pagan element is quite high too. They are quite clearly a gathering together ... | |
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