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Romano-Britons: a strange brand of reactionaries

Romano-Britons: a strange brand of reactionaries From Byzantine Ambassador Henry Hopwood-Phillips: "These theories, however, were based on a criminal omission. They missed the fact that the Britons were not crypto, sub or pseudo-Roman but Romani Britanni and conservatively so. Britain...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 10, 2023 10:52 AM

How can Theresa May survive Brexit? | Standpoint

How can Theresa May survive Brexit? | Standpoint "In 1955, Paul Bloomfield published a book, Uncommon People, which begins: 'An Elizabethan country squire, a gentleman of some local prestige in the north of Leicestershire, married twice and had nine children....

Posted by Michael Bates on November 22, 2018 11:45 PM

Tuppence over the rope

Tuppence over the rope Vagrancy in old England: If you couldn't afford sixpence for a bed in a doss house, you could sleep sitting up, leaning over a rope, for a mere two pennies. At dawn the ropes would be...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 20, 2016 8:39 AM

British History Online | The core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles

British History Online | The core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 1, 2015 4:24 AM

Understanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence

Understanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence "I was born in 1943.  The money used in our village was:- farthing, haypenny, penny, thrupenny bit, sixpence, shilling, two bob bit, half crown, ten bob note, pound note and five...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 11, 2014 11:46 PM