I found this Guardian story on the find of an Anglo-Saxon bed burial very interesting. This is the first I have heard of bed burials without a coffin. Interesting that the word for bed and grave were the same, and that beds were common enough to be buried.
After apologies to almost everyone in the world at this point I am considering adding a ‘Clarkson Apologizes‘ tag to the site.
The Summer of Fear season is still going strong on the bottom of the world as sharks make a run for the title. This story is classic Summer of Fear material, check out the picture of the Shark, that is classic red meat. That is no fish, it is a monster! Run for the hills! [...]
The Guardian has a classic article in a genre I call Stay At Home And Let Me Tell You About It. This type of article comes around because the world has gotten flatter and people who in the past could never go anywhere very far are now traveling the world. It used to be if [...]
Interesting article on London’s Forty Elephants gang which runs from the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. May have to look up the book if I am ever over the pond again.
English Punt Wars flare up. Best quote: We’ve had argy bargy, touts fighting over tourists, pushing and shoving, yes. But everyone is a bit shocked because it is not something we have known before. That is the England I love, filled with argy bargy.