Sunday, 11 March 2018. Madoc and the Discovery of America. Horn Gwennan, brought to the Gele,. To be given a square mast,. The driveway at Odstone is said to be formed from an old pier wall where legend has it that Prince Madoc set sail in 1170 and landed in Mobile, Alabama. Madoc plaque at Odstone House.

A companion to the website Medieval Writing. Concerning itself with medieval handwriting and its cultural setting, now expanded to encompass aspects of medieval heritage and material culture. Gradually putting medieval photos on Flickr. Sunday, March 26, 2017. Here is a bit of gratuitous female bling from Methley, Yorkshire, because bling looks so good in alabaster.

Explores late quaternary human prehistory, culture and climate. Saturday, March 31, 2018. The Special Challenges of Being Both a Scientist and a Mom. Being a woman, a scientist and now a mother in a system created for and by white men with stay-at-home partners obviously has its problems. Many of us are either pushed out or decide to set sail for smoother waters.

Monday, 2 April 2018. A visitor to London, exploring the Borough of Lambeth, and, having viewed the Garden Museum. Part of the Millbank Penitentiary can be seen, under construction, on the right. Sir Samuel Morland built a fine room, anno 16.

Building States on the Iberian Frontier. I am getting ahead of my backlog somewhat to say it, but the two ses.

Early Irish Christianity and Early Medieval Ireland. Blogging about Research on Archaeological Blogging via an Archaeological Blog Undergoing Research. As part of this, she is very interested in hearing from you, dear blog readers. Ah go on, help an archaeo student out.

I like talking about books, reading books, buying books, dusting books. er, just being with books. Rebecca Burns, with Shelly Davies. Billed as a collection of short stories, The Settling Earth. In the first story, A Pickled Egg. In the next story, Mr William Sanderson Strikes for Home.

Sunday, January 8, 2017. There are, however, a couple of moments involving the Ring and humor that are themselves quite telling about the characters involved. But even before this last jest.

Wednesday, 27 April 2016. Red Moon - the Soviet Lunar Programme. One of the most spectacular exhibits in the current. In the Ocean of Storms. By Alexei Leonov - cosmonaut and artist. Image of dark side of the moon taken by Luna 3 1959. Soviet poster celebrating manned spaceflight. Vladimir Komarov became the first Soviet fatality of the space race in April 1967. The mighty but complicated and unreliable N1 rocket.

Friday, January 6, 2017. BLADUD AND THE FOUNDING OF BATH. King Bladud with one of his pigs, Bath.