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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

Going Colonial
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...
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Britain’s Women Warriors Who Weren’t Shy ABout Shedding Blood

Dark History
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...

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

Dark History
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...

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...
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I Stayed in a British Swingers Hotel (for Research Purposes)

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‘’Look, there’s no better conversationalists than swingers,’’ Harry, a veteran swingers in his fifties, ‘’Most people think it’s all about sex, but that’s only 20% of it in my opinion.’’ And with...

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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...

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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,...

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

Mud, Blood & Ale
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...

Surviving English Civil War Pubs: An Ale-Splattered Adventure

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One of the great things about England is that they have a bunch of pubs. Another great thing about England is that it has a genuine history because actual things happened here....

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Cold War Hangovers: The UK’s Nuclear Bunkers

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I Stayed in a British Swingers Hotel (for Research Purposes)

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‘’Look, there’s no better conversationalists than swingers,’’ Harry, a veteran swingers in his fifties, ‘’Most people think it’s all about sex, but that’s only 20% of it in my opinion.’’ And with...

Surviving English Civil War Pubs: An Ale-Splattered Adventure

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One of the great things about England is that they have a bunch of pubs. Another great thing about England is that it has a genuine history because actual things happened here....

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The Middle Ages was, it will surprise nobody to learn, a really shitty time to be alive. Between non-existent hygiene standards, horrific plagues, and roving gangs of black-toothed murder-r*pists (if Game of...
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