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Review: Elizabeth Boyle, ‘Closing the Book on Celtic’.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by nenna

Having donned a ridiculously fluffy hood and finally graduated from Cambridge, I thought I had escaped the clutches of ASNaC (a friendly acronym for my degree in ‘Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic’) for good. Less than three weeks after strolling down … Continue reading →

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Who Are Mitt Romney’s Anglo-Saxons?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by JB

This week, the internet is full of macros like this, thanks to Romney’s aide’s comment that Obama ‘doesn’t understand Anglo-Saxon heritage.’ I think Mr. Sutton Hoo Helmet on the right is rather more handsome, don’t you? Romney’s general idiocy aside, … Continue reading →

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Can You Make A Psalter Out Of Alphabet Soup?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by JB

John Gillis can. Well, almost. Gillis is the book conservator who has been in charge of restoring the Faddan More Psalter, which was found in a peat bog in Ireland in July 2006. Where the bog came in contact with … Continue reading →

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