The fantastic Ronald Hutton made a half hour documentary about Gerald Gardner for Australian tv. Here it is:

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Mesolithic life before Stonehenge found at Amesbury

19 April 2013 Last updated at 00:26

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Aerial archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Amesbury in Wiltshire where excavations have revealed that the history of people living in this location dates back much further than previously thought.

New evidence from the dig, at a site called Vespasian's Camp, ( Read more... )

Hie thee over to BBC Radio 4's website and listen to mythographer Marina Warner's 10-part series on the Brothers' Grimm and their quest for the primal fairy tale: episode 4 of Grimm Thoughts is just ending, and the previous episodes are available for the next few days.

Brilliant.

25 years ago, a body was found not far from here. Police were excavating the general area they'd been told a woman had been chopped up, barbecued and buried by her husband after he'd strangled her in a fit of rage, on the basis of the husband's lover's confession (he hoped thereby to cut a deal with the police regarding his arrest for running a ( Read more... )

Even more than usually brilliant episode of Fry's English Delight this week, in which Stephen Fry discusses language and gender with Prof Deborah Cameron, talking through the research into how language is used in the context of gender roles.

Highlights:

• One of Britain's most experienced gender reassignment surgeons' succinct explanation of how ( Read more... )

Was Marden Henge the builder's yard for Stonehenge?

Stone tools, flakes and the remains of a final feast at the site in Wiltshire hint that the huge sarsens that now stand at Stonehenge were brought to Marden Henge first

View an interactive guide to the site

Maev Kennedy
guardian.co.uk, ( Read more... )

I feel compelled to write this:

Siva is the god of destruction who dances creation. I've been thinking about this, creating metaphors and concrete examples for the idea that "destruction" and "creation" are the same things.
( In Which The Unexpected Happens & Things Are All Right )