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Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition | |
Hatty Replies: 2735 Views: 802410 |
Forum: British History Posted: 12:01 pm Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition |
The senior archaeologist at Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Carl Thorpe, posted on Time Team's Facebook page about the Copplestone Cross
This monument is situated at a busy road junction on the A377 ... |
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Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi | |
Hatty Replies: 481 Views: 207774 |
Forum: British History Posted: 12:20 pm Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi |
Another episode in the cameraman's film career describes shooting Dr Joann Fletcher finding what might turn out to be Nefertiti's elusive burial site, not in a grand pyramid but a dusty cave alongside ... | |
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi | |
Hatty Replies: 481 Views: 207774 |
Forum: British History Posted: 5:25 pm Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi |
A cousin who has worked as a cameraman and photographer for the last five decades forwarded the manuscript of a forthcoming book about his experiences. I've reached the third section of the account ab ... | |
Topic: Red and Green Flags | |
Hatty Replies: 109 Views: 86191 |
Forum: British History Posted: 8:44 am Subject: Red and Green Flags |
'Descriptio nobilissimae civitatis Londoniae' is treasured as being the first topographical description of London, predating John Stow by four centuries. Is this another 'oldest' record brought to lig ... | |
Topic: Red and Green Flags | |
Hatty Replies: 109 Views: 86191 |
Forum: British History Posted: 12:04 pm Subject: Red and Green Flags |
Great find, Wiley! Interesting that Samuel Pegge was a vicar - antiquarian as clergymen are frequently involved in our red and green flag investigations.
Samuel is listed as 'the Elder' in Wiki w ... |
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Topic: Questions Of The Day | |
Hatty Replies: 4668 Views: 949695 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 10:49 am Subject: Questions Of The Day |
The Guardian published an obituary of Rudolf Vrba, written not by Jonathan Freedland but by Ruth Linn. It mentions the delay of the report by Vrba and Wetzler, the two escapees from Auschwitz
It i ... |
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Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES | |
Hatty Replies: 2767 Views: 1012654 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:05 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES |
The Megalithic Empire joined Medieval England's Facebook group and occasionally posts comments which are largely ignored, but a TME comment on a recent post about Margate's shell grotto garnered 97 li ... | |
Topic: Questions Of The Day | |
Hatty Replies: 4668 Views: 949695 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 8:58 am Subject: Questions Of The Day |
Jonathan Freedland, who presents The Long View on BBC Radio 4 and is a Guardian columnist, has been taken to task for 'rewriting history' in his 2022 biography about Rudolf Vrba, a Hungarian biochemis ... | |
Topic: AE on Telly News | |
Hatty Replies: 2271 Views: 741262 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:51 am Subject: AE on Telly News |
I watched the Newsnight programme on iPlayer because Gabriel Gatehouse had posted a clip from it on Twitter/X and found the format has changed to a three-sided discussion with one or two contributions ... | |
Topic: AE on Telly News | |
Hatty Replies: 2271 Views: 741262 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:51 am Subject: AE on Telly News |
The unnamed Newsnight presenter is refreshingly irreverent towards his guests. The other night the pundits musing about US election tactics and Kamala's big speech to the Democrats were evergreen Bonn ... | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Hatty Replies: 1744 Views: 446840 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 12:15 pm Subject: War on Terrorism |
Supporting Palestine is a pillar of the 1979 revolution.
Iran's control over its proxies seems questionable, not dissimilar to the USA's inability to moderate Israeli policy (despite their much-va ... |
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Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Hatty Replies: 1744 Views: 446840 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 10:51 am Subject: War on Terrorism |
Netanyahu has plainly stated that his goal is 'total victory' in Gaza and time and again Israel has scuppered the negotiations. Whether Iran wants the genocide to stop is a moot point but appears to b ... | |
Topic: War on Terrorism | |
Hatty Replies: 1744 Views: 446840 |
Forum: Politics Posted: 9:43 am Subject: War on Terrorism |
The idea that anyone can carry out complex negotiations involving a ceasefire and hostage release with Sinwar in this situation is bonkers.
The idea that Sinwar would trust anyone else to carry out ... |
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Topic: Who Built The Stones? | |
Hatty Replies: 203 Views: 141105 |
Forum: Megalithic Posted: 2:14 pm Subject: Who Built The Stones? |
New Mineral analysis indicates Stonehenge’s Altar Stone originated from Scotland is a report posted up by The Megalithic Portal on the suspected Scottish origin of the Stonehenge Altar Stone, though ... | |
Topic: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition | |
Hatty Replies: 2735 Views: 802410 |
Forum: British History Posted: 9:03 am Subject: Inventing History : forgery: a great British tradition |
Just been reading a book by an archaeologist and right at the end it describes the state of the resting place of Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
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