This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. Links for multi-post subjects go to the first post (even if it’s before this month), you can follow the internal navigation links from there.<\/p>\n
“Crewel” Gennifer Albin<\/a>. A rather disappointing YA dystopia. Library book.<\/p>\n “Enchanted Glass” Diana Wynne Jones<\/a>. Childrens’ fantasy book about magicians & fairies. Library book.<\/p>\n “Poltergeist” Kat Richardson<\/a>. Sequel to Greywalker, urban fantasy about a ghost-seeing PI in Seattle. Library book.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 3<\/p>\n Marillion playing at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury, 9\/11\/2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steven Wilson at the Royal Albert Hall, 20\/10\/2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n Camera Shy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Expedition<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gathering<\/a>.<\/p>\n Past Glory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tattered<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 5<\/p>\n The Book of Common Prayer<\/a>. In Our Time episode about the history & contents of the Book of Common Prayer.<\/p>\n The Corn Laws<\/a>. In Our Time episode about the Corn Laws of the early 19th Century.<\/p>\n Galen<\/a>. In Our Time episode about Galen, the 2nd Century AD Greek physician.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n “The Arts of War: Assyrian Narrative Art” Nigel Tallis<\/a>. Talk at the British Museum Members’ Open Evening in November 2013.<\/p>\n “Ritual and Religion in Egyptian Mines and Quarries” Hannah Pethen<\/a>. Talk given at the EEG meeting in November, about the rituals and mythology that the Ancient Egyptians had surrounding mining.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 2<\/p>\n Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 1<\/p>\n Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life<\/a>. David Attenborough talks about Darwin, Darwin’s theory of evolution and Attenborough’s own past.<\/p>\n Cave of Forgotten Dreams<\/a>. Film about the Chuavet cave paintings.<\/p>\n Dan Snow’s A History of Congo<\/a>. Depressing look at the last 150 or so years of the history of Congo & how this has left the country in a state.<\/p>\n David Starkey’s Music and Monarchy<\/a>. David Starkey tells us all about the influence the English monarchy has had on English music starting from Henry V through to the present day.<\/p>\n Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide<\/a>. Programme about the 50 year backstory & history of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n Games Britannia<\/a>. History of games in Britain, we only watched the first episode.<\/p>\n A Hundred Years of Us<\/a>. Aired to coincide with the 2011 census this is a look at how British culture has changed over the last hundred years.<\/p>\n The King’s War on Witches: Revealed<\/a>. Rather good Channel 5 documentary about James VI & I’s witchhunts.<\/p>\n Metal: How it Works<\/a>. Series about the history & use of various materials (only the first episode is about metals).<\/p>\n Nelson’s Caribbean Hell-hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered<\/a>. Sam Willis follows an archaeological excavation in Antigua, uncovering 18th Century Navy burials.<\/p>\n The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors<\/a>. Series about the history of the Ottoman Empire presented by Rageh Omaar.<\/p>\n Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/a>. Simon Armitage talks about the poem Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, and his translation of it.<\/p>\n Stories of the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisted<\/a>. Julian Richards returns to digs that were originally filmed for Meet the Ancestors more than a decade ago & sees what new things have been learnt.<\/p>\n Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy<\/a>. Cut down version of Ultimate Tut<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Viking Sagas<\/a>. Rather weak programme on the Viking sagas presented by Janina Ramirez.<\/p>\n When Coal Was King<\/a>. Timeshift episode about the culture of coal miners in the 1940s & 50s. Not a full post.<\/p>\n Total:<\/b> 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is an index and summary of the things I’ve talked about over the last month. 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