One for the folklore and oral tradition hobbyists:

Here's a Health to the Barley Mow

From the sexy, savage' Cornish May Day rites of Alan Lomax's Oss Oss Wee Oss, to Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane's footage of ferociously fought traditional football; from children's games in London's bombed East End to intricate sword and step dances, this ( Read more... )

cavalorn , they're doing it again!

Big picture link from the BBC homepage to this terrible article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A18190677

Ben Goldacre has already done a marvellous takedown of the 'research', reported in the Daily Mail and its streetwalking sister Metro, which claims to show that pre-Roman sites in the South of England are arranged in precise geometric patterns that mean the Bronze Age and Iron Age peoples of Britain 'must have had' much better mathematical and ( Read more... )

Gorgeous sand animation from Ukrainian talent show - you have to watch this! I only wish I knew more about Ukrainian history so I could understand what she was depicting a bit better.

Just glanced for the first time today at the inscription on the cornerstone of the building where I work. Rather wonderfully, it says that this was originally 'Mr Fagan's Home for Naughty and Erring Boys'. I'll have to have a proper look and give you the full inscription at some point ( Read more... )

cavalorn on Thanksgiving