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2021 marks the 40th anniversary of a remarkable archaeological discovery at St Bees Priory in Cumbria that links Britain and Lithuania (thread) In summer 1981 archaeologists excavated ‘St Bees
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On this night 30 years ago, Lithuania (which had declared independence 10 months earlier) faced its first test as a nation reaffirming its independence. The key events of the night
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I get so excited about Epiphany. I know for many people it's just another day, but for me there's something so... well, MAGICAL about a feast that celebrates the vision
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Without getting into the ins and outs of the ‘Is Christmas pagan?’ debate, it’s worth dealing with some faulty assumptions people often make about the ‘Christianisation’ of pre-Christian traditions (buckle
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A reminder, especially if you self-publish, that you MUST deposit a copy of your book with the copyright deposit libraries: @britishlibrary, @bodleianlibs, @theUL, @natlibscot, @NLWales and @tcdlibrary https://twitter.com/jdmccafferty/statu
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Christmas elves are everywhere at the moment, but have you ever wondered *why* elves and fairies have pointy ears? Short answer: they are wild ass ears. Let me explain… (thread)
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BL MS Harley 2977, a surviving Rituale of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, offers a glimpse of the ceremonies for St Edmund's Day and other high points of the
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As we count down the hours to St Edmund's Day, an art history mystery from Essex: the painting of the martyrdom of St Edmund that once hung in Greensted church
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Memory is a very different thing from record. I used to keep a detailed diary, and I'm always struck that I didn't even mention some of the moments that stick
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A historical fallacy I sometimes see people falling into is the assumption that medieval and early modern people who died for expressing heterodox beliefs died for the *right* to express
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Often, what baffles people about ancient paganism is not its numinous spiritual connection with the natural world, but its unabashed pragmatism. Erecting an altar to the Genius of the latrine
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It's 20 years today since I was last in Lithuania. This is one of the treasured objects I brought back - Rūpintojėlis (the pensive Christ), a distinctively Lithuanian portrayal of
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