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So how did the Northumbrian King / Saint Oswald end up with so many churches dedicated to him in the German speaking Alpine lands? And where do a polyglot raven, mermaids and cold baths fit in? Interesting listen...
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Lots of Alpine churches are dedicated to a king from northern England. Why? Good question. This week on the Reichs & Republics podcast, we explore the strange medieval cult of St Oswald, featuring an incorruptible arm, a talking raven, mermaids and a very chilly approach to marital chastity 🐦⬛👑🧜♀️
Out now. Tune in on any platform.
Ever wondered what 1980s Yugoslavia thought about UK place names?
Another map for @JHCPAL
From Sarajevo 80s Museum
Also on this day in 1917, my gt uncle was part of a push to stop reinforcements from attacking Canadian troops at Passchendaele by an assault on Gheluvelt. It was a complete disaster. He was killed and has no known grave. I've written about him here ⬇️
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Just Eat apologises for AI food mistakes after social media ridicule bbc.in/4jAIj9J
Susan Collingwood-Cameron. Gt gt gt niece of Cuthbert Collingwood.
A proper champion of her ancestors legacy, on Trafalgar Day.
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I’ll be across @BBCNewsNI outlets with this breaking story
BREAKING @bbcnewsni Jailed ex DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is being investigated by London police about an alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament.
The former MP has been accused of raping the woman in Westminster in 2016, at the very heart of the political establishment.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94g…
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Anniversary today of the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Importance was to crush Napoleon's ambitions of dominating the waves, though he crusaded on land on & off, until Waterloo in 1815
Knowing how much @JHCPAL like a map, I thought she'd like this one, created for the Festival of Britain in 1951. It was designed by commercial artist Cecil Walter Bacon
More at davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet…
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A well written piece on the 'Offerton Cauldron' by @apwecho features in @TheNorthernEcho today... thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2… – at Durham, England
On Instagram _ellawillis talks about NE dialect and pointed out recently the number of words in the NE for good things (canny / mint / belta etc) and one that was a young'un we used all the time; hellish. Glad to see it's not forgotten, but sadly not as common as it was
If you haven't watched this, then now is the time.
Top tier TV
It seems that @Channel4 currently has the complete series of the outstanding #WW2 documentary "The World at War" available to watch through its on demand service.
*Highly* recommended (in case anyone was vaguely unaware). channel4.com/programmes/the-…
From their IG account, this photo by northern perspectives of Cockfield Fell shows that industrial archaeology can look even more spectacular from the air. If you can access IG there's some great images there
May interest @neheritagelib
One for @JHCPAL ....
IT'S A VENNEL!!!
What do you call an alleyway? Across Britain, there are more than a dozen dialect words for a narrow passageway, with 'ginnel', 'cut' and 'snicket' among the most common
Alley: 84%
Passage: 31%
Ginnel: 14%
Cut: 7%
Snicket: 6%
Entry: 6%
Close: 6%
Gully: 4%
Jitty: 4%
Wynd: 2%
Vennel: 2%
Twitten: 1%
Tenfoot/eightfoot: 1%
Pend: 1%
Whilst this might be true, the real objection is that it is barbaric.
As my friend @Mpolymer says, in terms of actual practicality, the idea of giving martyrs a massive audience to martyr themselves seems very unwise. It is not a deterrent. It will actually become a recruiting tool for terrorists.
The true story of Lambton Lion Park 🦁 A classic / strange Co Durham attraction youtu.be/GtsgVgWIgnw?si=G9g0…