We do not know their John Gutenberg, or Richard Arkwright, though the poets would fain make them to have been gradually learned and taught. According to Gower,– “And Iadahel, as saith the boke, Firste made nette, and fishes toke. Of huntyng eke he fond the chace, Whiche nowe is ...
Originally, the Parcae, believed to have been influenced by a triad of Celtic goddesses, may have been birth goddesses, but this role evolved into something more all-encompassing. One could not escape the Parcae, or rather, Fate. Similarly, one could also not escape the Furies. The Remorse ...
My interest isn’t in the origin of the tune or even in the boughs of holly interesting as they both may be. This year’s History Jar advent is all about the hall – and there are a lot of them one way another – some of them are still family homes whilst others are ruins. I s...
but I wouldn’t be able to tell from just looking at someone whether they’re Thai or Burmese or Chinese or Malay. (And there are dozens of different minority ethnicities in each of these countries, anyway, further confusing the issue). So I’d find it...