Okay, a lot of people have already remarked on how dangerous it is to shoot anything so ominous as a white stag: Rare white stag killed by police after running through Merseyside streets.
As if the land was not lying Waste already, and Wally the Walrus left these shores for Iceland (sensible odobenid).
Where is the Fisher King lying with an ( Read more... )

What I read
Finished Boys will be Boys, which was still very familiar although it is many years since I last read it. Wonder if Turner would really have liked to be writing something a bit more serious about matters of popular culture; and would have liked to be nerdish in the archives of the publishing companies, because there are sometimes ( Read more... )

Further to the request for categories listing of five things:

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Police operation launched after priceless Welsh relic, thought to be the 'Holy Grail' is stolen.

We wonder if whoever it was nicked the Dee Crystal from the Science Museum* (subsequently recovered) is now at large.

*Not, we gather, the recommended method of acquisition:
My friends who are experienced in these matters tell me that the stolen ( Read more... )

Or, John Sutherland, I can find more really overlooked gems than you can, nyah-nyah.

Though this is complicated by my fondness for the oeuvres in toto of neglected writers rather than cherry-picking individual books. However, will give it a whirl.

D A Nicholas Jones, Never Had It So Good (1963.

Sara Maitland and Michelene Wandor, Arky Types (1987 ( Read more... )

Dept of Clio wants a codfish: English Heritage has criticised a documentary on The History Channel for using its contributions out of context to make “highly speculative conclusions” about King Arthur holding court in Chester:
English Heritage claimed it was under the impression the programme’s main theme was the development of warlord societies in ( Read more... )

Vikings ripped off by fake swords:
Some Viking swords were among the best ever made, still fearsome weapons after a millennium. The legendary swords found at Viking sites across northern Europe bear the maker's name, Ulfberht, in raised letters at the hilt end. Puzzlingly, so do the worst ones, found in fragments on battle sites or in graves ( Read more... )

I am possibly only person in entire world who could read this and think 'Yay! It's Solution Three!' (1970s sf novel by beloved Naomi Mitchison):
Another commitment Robinson has taken on is as one of the Elders, a group of 13 global senior citizens including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and Jimmy Carter (plus a chair kept symbolically ( Read more... )

Was almost tempted to click on the v dubious-looking email, no subject, from merlyn@stonehenge.org. Well, you would, wouldn't you? The attachment probably gave instructions on how to recall Arthur from Avalon at England's need... Or whereabouts of stone with sword stuck in it. Or at the very least, a great offer on white samite.

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Katharine ( Read more... )