Isn't the 25 December date an artefact of the Gregorian calendar change and England lagging so long it needed to change by 10 days, the same reason as tax day is 5 April not 25 March (term day)? (View Post)

O/T but interesting - a deep-frozen sabretooth has been discovered and studied. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_content=nul… (View Post)

But in any case most of it is from Wiltshire, albeit across a watershed or two. It's only the ickle little stones that are from Cymru. (View Post)

Also somewhat surprised by the insistence on blaming the Turks, but not the Italians. (View Post)

Sure, they did usually get different reatment in detail (which the book covers, actually). But I might plead in my defence that the Canadians, for instance, would get similar treatment to the British… (View Post)