Tag Archives: History

CCC064: That’s Bullshit!

Posted on December 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

“Bullshit!” “Probably, yea. The bull was always the farmer’s most valuable asset. So he kept it in the cosy shelter of a barn. Whereas the cows were more likely left in the field until the severest winter weather forced the … Continue reading →

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First Lady Britannia

Posted on January 2, 2025 by crispina kemp

Who’s that atop that column? That, my friend, is Britannia, the First Lady of this land. What, like a president’s wife…? Like a goddess. She old, then? She found her name in the first century BCE; given her by the … Continue reading →

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In Nine-Hundred-Thirty-Three

Posted on November 23, 2024 by crispina kemp

Woe is me I’m lost at sea In nine-hundred-thirty-three I’d thought: a Viking’s life for me I’ll head out north For Iceland, and that vicinity But I’m not Viking born and bred I can’t navigate, I’ve not the knowledge in … Continue reading →

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Captain Jack Sparrow Wasn’t The First

Posted on June 29, 2024 by crispina kemp

You think the first pirates were those of the Caribbean? I’m telling you, piracy is as old as seafaring. The Phoenicians – those great Mediterranean traders – they knew about pirates. The Romans, too, they were plagued by them. Theory … Continue reading →

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CCC134: And in that year…

Posted on June 3, 2021 by crispina kemp

Breydon Water, my go-to place when I need to escape the pressures of the day. It never fails me. I stand on the bank and look over the water… and I see ships. Long ships. Viking ships. A fleet of … Continue reading →

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Wickhampton Grazing Marshes

Posted on September 26, 2020 by crispina kemp

Big Picture, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek Where once was the Great Estuary, the confluence of three rivers, now are grazing marshes the support the sweetest grasses. In times past those grasses attracted drovers from the North, even … Continue reading →

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What Pegman Saw: Conquered

Posted on November 25, 2019 by crispina kemp

Upon first contact in BCE 58 the local tribes accepted Rome’s outstretched hand. By BCE 56 they had realised its reality. The Coriosolitae, Veneti, Osismi and Namnetes, the Esuvii, Lexovii, Ambiliati and Diablintes, joined with the more distant Morini and … Continue reading →

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In Athens

Posted on November 19, 2019 by crispina kemp

In Athens the citizens gathered at the ecclesia to discuss and agree a solution to the increasing problem of their laws. Passed by word of mouth and laced with blood feuds, impossible to track and to apply with justice. Word … Continue reading →

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What Pegman Saw: Wishy’s Treasure

Posted on September 30, 2019 by crispina kemp

Mist-veiled, Wishy sat on the rock and sobbed. Look what they’re doing! Robbing her of her sacred gifts. Who are these men anyway, grubbing around in her lake now the water level’s down? Didn’t they know the curses they brought … Continue reading →

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Decayed Technology

Posted on July 6, 2019 by crispina kemp

Time was, a windmill was the last word in technology. Every village and town must have at least one. Wind-driven, it could be sited away from the rivers. It wouldn’t get flooded when the winter snows melted. This was, after … Continue reading →

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