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I was born in a little-known corner of England where my ancestors were a hearty blend of famine-fleeing Irishmen and sailor-killing smugglers. From a young age, some of my teachers remarked that I had ‘’an unusual obsession with macabre history and showed little to no interest in the schoolwork provided for me.’’ Well, if only they could see me now! For the past decade, I’ve been running this self-styled British empire in my own corner of the internet that has earned a beloved following of people who range from mildly curious and eccentric to the downright weird, and I love all of them equally.
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Britain’s Women Warriors Who Weren’t Shy ABout Shedding Blood

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Let’s face it – Britain has a reputation when it comes to fierce women warriors. About 95% of that reputation goes (whether deservedly or not) to Boudicca – or Boadicea to her...

An Englishman in Lom, Bulgaria: If These Waters Could Talk

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I’ve always been drawn towards small towns with three-letter names because, although they might sound somewhat shit, they tend to be full of surprises. Lom, a Bulgarian town straddling the banks of...

Is This Man The Shetland Island’s Bin Laden?

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It's October 1st, 2003. Now, it's unlike villagers to gossip but some of them on the Shetland Islands have been doing just that. Some have written to George W Bush and asked...

Medieval Words, Slang & Phrases We Still Use In Britain Today 

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Linguistically speaking, the Middle Ages don’t seem like they’d be all that different from the way we speak today. After all, Shakespeare is perfectly comprehensible, right?  To that, we have a couple of...

The World Turned Upside Down: 7 Harrowing English Civil War Facts

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The English Civil War was, as might have been pointed out once or twice in the past 400 years, kind of a drag. There was a whole bunch of fighting and looting...

What Was It Really Like To Step Into an English Medieval Tavern?

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If there’s something that’s fallen into shocking and sad disuse, it’s the concept of a tavern. Back in the day, it was de rigeur to rock up after a hard day’s riding,...

On The Witches’ Trail: 6 English Places Scarred By The Witch Hunts 

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The English Witch Trials were one of the darkest periods in that country’s history. Taking place over a roughly 300-year period (beginning in the 1400s and lasting until the 1700s). The era...

Ye Olde Starre Inne: Solid Bitter, Haunted Morgues & Civil Wars

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With the scent of a freshly brewed York bitter in my nose, I stare out of the distorted window of Ye Olde Starre Inn and down the slanted alley that leads to...
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I was born in a little-known corner of England where my ancestors were a hearty blend of famine-fleeing Irishmen and sailor-killing smugglers. From a young age, some of my teachers remarked that I had ‘’an unusual obsession with macabre history and showed little to no interest in the schoolwork provided for me.’’ Well, if only they could see me now! For the past decade, I’ve been running this self-styled British empire in my own corner of the internet that has earned a beloved following of people who range from mildly curious and eccentric to the downright weird, and I love all of them equally.
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