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The Roman invasion of Scotland

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Henry Elkins in Britain, History, News // 0 Comments

Spotted today upon the website of – THE INDEPENDENT

A keen researcher of family ancestors, Henry will be reporting on the centenary of World War One. More Posts

Saturday TV sport

September 8, 2024 // 0 Comments

My aspiration of a whole day as a couch potato sipping a Desperado lager was destroyed by the six-hour disappearance of our cat Maisie. As I was the last to see her when I [...]
England v Sri Lanka: bad light, bad decision

September 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

Fact: 44 overs were lost at the Oval yesterday because of bad light. Fact: ticket price for the Oval = £ 80. You might have thought that – with floodlights, a pink [...]
Classic Movies/Sky Arts

September 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

This series, presented by Ian Nathan, has returned. No Dr Bonnie Greer, but instead a young American critic and film historian Christina Newland. Neil Norman is also a [...]
Sharks reach finals day

September 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks made easy work of beating Lancashire Lightning to reach the final. Lancashire Lightning could not call upon Jos Buttler but still fielded T20 regulars Phil Salt [...]
The Third Man

September 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

The 75th anniversary of the launch of the classic movie The Third Man is being celebrated this month with a re-showing. What made this Alexander Korda/David Selznick [...]