Recent content by Alcuin

I like a rounder face, incredibly pale skin, light eyes and dark brown or black hair

The most obvious and easily-explained answer, from both a religious and scientific perspective, is of course to have and raise children. Beyond that I think even the most atheistic of individuals can find guidance, solace and inspiration in the form of the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Thracians seem to have been quite well represented amongst the Legionaries, likewise Iberians, Batavians and Gauls

Will the EU collapse? Hopefully.

Most chariot burials in Britain have been found in the area I now live, the East Riding of Yorkshire. Apparently it was ruled by a tribe known as the Parisi, whose name and seemingly-continental culture suggest a link to the Parisii who founded Paris. I wonder if this cultural cross-pollination...

Tristram Shandy, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights & Gawain and the Green Knight

Michael Scott seems a friendly chap, though even to my English ears his Italian sounds quite comical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF3w05EhFQw Mary Beard scares me to be honest with you, she looks like a womble that's escaped from a government research facility, entering the world of...

That's an absurd argument that can be applied to every Empire, Kingdom, etc in history. One may as well blame all Anglo-Scottish political issues on the Romans for having built Hadrian's Wall across Northern England, forever dividing Britain in two and allowing an artificial wound across the...

I'd say team sports, because they were deliberately created and structured in a way that encouraged young men to maintain physical fitness and pursue individual brilliance with the parameters of a team game

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created him in the late-19th century You could say 'History of Britain', 'Britain's History' or 'British History'. They all mean the same thing

I should also add that I'm interested in the Picts, mediaeval Welsh kingdoms and Irish history

- The first inhabitants of Britain at the end of the Ice Age, as evidenced by the sites and related artefacts from Howick, Star Carr, etc - Neolithic Britain and the construction of the great megaliths, in particular the Stonehenge landscape and Orkney - Bronze/Iron Age Britain and the...

The Swiss Army Knife.

It's a shame the comparatively poor building materials, endless rain and waves of violence-precipitating migrations/invasions have led to the gradual loss of Roman architecture in England and Wales over the last 1,600 years. I know a few wonder why Britain doesn't really have a surviving grand...

To paraphrase that great 21st century philosopher, Noel Gallagher, you are like a man with a fork in a world of soup.