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Bledda’s cross? Let’s find out, CHAPs!

April 16, 2024 slowchilterns

One of the pleasures of history and archaeology is that you can never know the whole picture. For all the howls of frustrations from certain groups who complain about ‘rewriting our history’: that’s what historians and archaeologists do. All the … Continue reading Bledda’s cross? Let’s find out, CHAPs!

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Careless writing and an Eton mess – UPDATE

October 13, 2017October 16, 2017 slowchilterns

A few years ago, in a book which wasn’t really about Sherlock Holmes, I read an assertion that (to paraphrase slightly) The Hound of the Baskervilles was commonly believed to be set in the 1870s. As there are clear indications in … Continue reading Careless writing and an Eton mess – UPDATE

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