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Special Report: How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and onto the world stage | Reuters
By Andrew MacAskill, Andrew R.C. Marshall ISLE OF SHEPPEY, England (Reuters) – Warm weather brings tourists to the Isle of Sheppey, a flat, marshy island near the mouth of the River Thames. Each summer, they fill Sheppey’s many caravan parks … Continue reading
Old Norse Influence on Northern English
Árni Leifsson and Andrew R (and possibly others) have pointed out that in the word ‘gymbr,’ the /-r/ ending is actually part of the stem! Seems I need to brush up on ON morphology a bit. However, I still don’t … Continue reading
‘Good on her’: how Jackie Weaver became an internet star | Guardian
Handforth residents, a comedian and young political activists helped explosive parish council meeting go viral t was the distraction the nation didn’t know it needed: a poor-quality recording of an online meeting of a Cheshire parish council, called by two … Continue reading
Sue Takes on the Sutton Hoo Helmet | Curator’s Corner S6 E5
The excavations at Sutton Hoo during 1939 were unique for a number reasons. We’re not sure the exact number of reasons (like Irving, maths really isn’t our thing), but there were definitely enough for Netflix to make an original, dramatized … Continue reading
Bad omen? Tower of London raven missing, feared dead | Guardian
Merlina, known as the queen of the Tower of London’s ravens, has not been seen for weeks. Photograph: Tower of London/Twitter Legend says at least six ravens must be kept at the castle or the kingdom will fall One of … Continue reading
Dr Rahul Rao | Churchill Debate| Proposition (5/8)
Thursday 17th May 2018. The Motion: This House Believes Britain Should be Ashamed of Churchill. Dr Rahulo Rao continues the case fore the proposition, as the fifth speaker of eight in the debate. Motion Defeated.
Michael Apted: TV documentary pioneer and film-maker dies aged 79 | BBC News
He is remembered for the 7 Up documentary series which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964. He also directed Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist and the 1999 Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. The original … Continue reading
Tides and Tempests: Photographs from the English Coastline Document the Rhythms of a Tumultuous Sea
“Clearing Fog.” All images © Rachael Talibart To introduce her new body of work, Rachael Talibart writes that “the rhythm of the tides, tethered to the waxing and waning of the moon, shapes our very sense of time.” The U.K.-based photographer … Continue reading
Jenny Agutter on Walkabout
Actress Jenny Agutter, one of the stars of Nicholas Roeg’s ‘Walkabout’ talks about making the film.
A London Accent from the 14th to the 21st Centuries
If you’d like to read more about the history of south-eastern English pronunciation, I’d recommend the Cambridge History of the English Language series. I used volumes II and III extensively for this video, but if there are mistakes, they’re far … Continue reading
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