Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- #Paul's #prayers
- the #Christian's #clothing
- #Bible readings
- Jesus' crucifixion
- Book review: #AngloSaxons and #Britons
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There are some people who will take any opportunity to kill and torture - Gaza is giving many of them an opportunity and (they hope) a chance to hide their crimes.
Of course this has to come to law, but I am glad that evidence of these crimes is being collated.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25064765.british-citizens-reported-police-gaza-war-crimes/
The Guardian · Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
'Non-#monogamous people are just as happy in their love lives as those with only one partner but are not “significantly” more #sexually satisfied than traditional couples, research suggests.
#Polyamory, #openrelationships and swinging are among the many forms of #consensual non-monogamy. Polyamory has become increasingly #mainstream, with a recent poll showing that one in 25 #Britons have experienced it. A further one in 14 said they would be open to exploring it.'
The Guardian · Non-monogamous as happy in their love lives as traditional couples – study
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a #popular song written by #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical #StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show. Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 #IvorNovelloAward for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. At the #1963GrammyAwards, it won the award for #SongOfTheYear and was the first by #Britons to do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFpVW7ALvc
Since russia invaded #Ukraine, 15 #Britons are known to have died in the conflict.
The Guardian looks at those who have lost their lives on the frontline.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/10/the-britons-killed-fighting-for-ukraine-against-russia
The Guardian · The Britons killed in Ukraine during the war against Russia
Cymenshore was a place in #SouthernEngland where, according to the #AngloSaxonChronicle, #ÆlleOfSussex landed in #AD477 and battled the #Britons with his three sons Cymen, Wlencing and #Cissa, after the first of whom Cymenshore was held to have been named. The spelling Cymenshore is a scholarly modernisation of the #OldEnglish Cȳmenes ōra, which is now lost. Its location is unclear but was probably near #Selsey.
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Racist extremists have made patriotism & right wing rhetoric the same thing, hence why I believe it's our duty to deny them the continued opportunity to keep doing so, by stripping them of the things they identify with, that belong to ALL #Britons.
Let's lay them bare & force them to publicly adopt the identity they do in private, the swastika. Currently the use latent symbols from numerology like 88 which represents the 8th letter of the alphabet HH or Heil #Hitler.
Thinking about a new book "The New Governance of #Religious Diversity" which considers "multiple secularisms, present across different global contexts..." (https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2024/11/how-should-states-govern-religious-diversity-key-insights-from-our-new-book/)
And also thinking about an interesting article on Yougov.co.uk (https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/50933-is-it-time-to-disestablish-the-church-of-england) about the increasing number of #Britons who want the #ChurchofEngland to be separated from the State.
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a #popular song written by #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical #StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show. Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 #IvorNovelloAward for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. At the #1963GrammyAwards, it won the award for #SongOfTheYear and was the first by #Britons to do so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFpVW7ALvc
Many people can’t even provide enough food for today, let alone several days in advance. What are the government doing letting this situation arise?
Attention, #Great_Britain!
#Russian propagandists claim that your government obliges you to buy canned food, drinking water, and batteries. Propagandists also recommend you buy iodine and an #English_Russian dictionary, hinting at nuclear war.
They've stopped being funny. Remember #Skabeyeva's tales on how #Britons eat squirrels?
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
Three #Britons killed, suddenly there is an outcry
CADBURY CASTLE :
IS IT A MODEL FOR CAMELOT?
Here are links I gathered together recently. The main illustrations I have in mind are the one at the top plus the row below it. (see Illustrations link below.)
Though other candidates have been proposed, chances are quite good that Cadbury Castle may have been the model for Camelot; and, as we know, there's simply not a more congenial spot.
Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Castle,_Somerset
Illustrations
Suggested Dates for the Battle of Badon (Mons Badonicus)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_conflict_in_Anglo-Saxon_Britain
(It is my opinion that the Battle of Badon took place in the range of 492-494 AD, squarely in the fifth century.)
It seems to me the topic of the historic Arthur deserves a major rethinking. Lucky for us, this process was begun by Christopher Gidlow, which he presented in his book, "The Reign of Arthur."
It is commonly understood that Picts and Saxons did, in fact, attack Britain in the fifth century; and the Britons did mount a successful counterattack. It is widely accepted that the Battle of Badon (Mons Badonicus) is an actual historic event. The earliest sources attribute this decisive victory to Arthur. In short, Arthur did exist. One early source credits the Badon victory to Ambrosius Aurelianus, which brings in the venerable thought that Ambrosius Aurelianus equals Arthur.
We keep learning more about the Arthurian period - and before it and after - through such means as archaeology, aerial photography, scans that penetrate deep into the ground, fresh looks at old texts, and on and on.
A genealogist took Geoffrey of Monmouth's "House of Constantine" seriously, if not necessarily literally, and plotted a plausible family tree including Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther. Could the historic Riothamus be the same person as Aurelius or Uther? According to some scholars, Saint Ambrose seems to have had family in Britain, suggesting some connection to Geoffrey's Aurelius Ambrosius and/or to the historic Ambrosius Aurelianus. Who knows?
Most theories do not prove out. A thing one person "knows" contradicts what another person "knows," if you get my drift. But we can keep inching forward by considering new information, giving new looks to old information, and sorting out most ideas while keeping a few.
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History of the Kings of Britain (Historia Regum Britanniae)
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For years I have wondered where the limit is for things that #Britons would call “mild annoyance”. I think I'm finally enlightened. Every issue is just a mild annoyance until it suddenly goes deep f*ing sh*t.
#MythologyMonday: `The eating of some animals was generally forbidden. Caesar said that the #Britons would not kill nor eat hare, hen, or goose. Yet such taboo beasts could, upon certain occasions, be sacrificed.`
Sources: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
‘I couldn’t stand the pain’: the #Turkish holiday resort that’s become an emergency #Dental centre for #Britons who can’t get treated at home https://theconversation.com/i-couldnt-stand-the-pain-the-turkish-holiday-resort-thats-become-an-emergency-dental-centre-for-britons-who-cant-get-treated-at-home-224762?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via ConversationUK
The Conversation‘I couldn’t stand the pain’: the Turkish holiday resort that’s become an emergency dental centre for Britons who can’t get treated at homeThe crisis in NHS dentistry is driving increasing numbers abroad for treatment. Here are some of their stories.
#FolkloreSunday: `The eating of some animals was generally forbidden. Caesar said that the #Britons would not kill nor eat hare, hen, or goose. Yet such taboo beasts could, upon certain occasions, be sacrificed. There is evidence that the #Briton queen #Boudicca sacrificed a hare to divine her people’s future.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
https://twitter.com/AnnSheepdip/status/1326117252433911808?t=AHTcjzEwWBs-iKgnlQf_0A&s=09
#Britons at risk of lower #pay than #migrants under new #visa #salary rules
Threshold increase could prompt companies to pay foreign workers more than UK ones
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/25/british-workers-risk-lower-pay-migrants-visa-salary-rules/
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Immigration
The TelegraphBritons at risk of lower pay than migrants under new visa salary rulesThreshold increase could prompt companies to pay foreign workers more than UK ones
'the #Tory low #tax, #FreeTrade pitch: a hard sell in a world that needs neither
#JeremyHunt has an almost religious belief that the #InvisibleHandOfTheAmarket works – even when it punches #Britons
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/19/the-guardian-view-on-the-tory-low-tax-free-trade-pitch-a-hard-sell-in-a-world-that-needs-neither
#ToryPoliciesInAction #IdeologyBeforePeople
The Guardian · The Guardian view on the Tory low tax, free trade pitch: a hard sell in a world that needs neither
#Britons living abroad regain right to vote in #UK elections as 15-year rule ends. UK now in line with other major democracies which allow lifelong voting rights #righttovote #democracy https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/16/britons-living-abroad-regain-right-to-vote-in-uk-elections-as-15-year-rule-ends
The Guardian · Britons living abroad regain right to vote in UK elections as 15-year rule ends