This day November 27th in 1703 was the last day of a ferocious storm in Britain. It was the most dramatic in the nation’s recorded history and would inspire a novel “The Storm” by Daniel Defoe. Britain may be a land used to rain and clouds and soggy summers BUT it is not a country […]

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Yesterday I visited the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. It has long been a favourite of mine and I try and go there when in Oxford. It is a place full of interesting literary and historical connections. The pub was built in around 1650.  It MIGHT have been built a little earlier as there are stories […]

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The Nine Worlds It is ironic that the mythology of Ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome are more familiar to many people that the ancient stories of the Norse, Anglo-Saxon and Germanic races which are the ancestors of a huge portion of the people in Northern Europe, America and Australasia. This article looks at the Universe […]

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Google Plus launched a few months back and the Social Network some people are calling “The Facebook Killer” is growing quickly. To me it still seems basic compared to Facebook BUT it has some interesting features such as: Circles – These are best imagined as pigeon holes to put your contacts in. So you can […]

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Six sentence Sunday #3   I recovered my senses as Cuthbert’s second arrow left his bow and flew towards the wounded foe. It hit him in the throat and the man’s hand flew up to grasp the arrow, shock and disbelief showing in his wide eyes. Then he tumbled full length onto the grass; already […]

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I recently wrote an article about the Anglo-Saxon Gods of Old England – those that our ancestors worshipped before England became Christian. Just as Christianity is linked to the powerful symbol of the Cross and Judaism to that of the Star of David or the Menora, these gods had their own symbols that would be used on […]

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