Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Guest Post: Was St Patrick Welsh? An expert reviews the evidence

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Simon Rodway , Aberystwyth University I wandered the streets of Galway, on St Patrick’s Day 2002, wearing a t-shirt which stated “St Patri...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Guest Post: The myth that the English have a common Anglo-Saxon origin

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Duncan Sayer , University of Central Lancashire The idea that there is a common Anglo-Saxon ancestry based on biology is gaining currency ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Guest Post: Jesus as a sausage roll echoes the Gospel of John

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M J C Warren , University of Sheffield With more than 1,000 outlets across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, Greggs the baker ...
Friday, June 09, 2017

Guest Post: What it's like to be gay and a Muslim

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Rusi Jaspal , De Montfort University The Orlando shooting was a hate crime against gay people – even if, once it emerged that the attack...
Sunday, June 04, 2017

Guest Post: Faggots, punks, and prostitutes: the evolving language of gay men

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Peter Robinson , Swinburne University of Technology Joe Jackson’s 1982 hit Real Men was the first time I had heard gays referred to as ...
Friday, June 02, 2017

Guest Post: A brief history of Polari: the curious after-life of the dead language for gay men

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Paul Baker , Lancaster University In early February, the Church of England College expressed regret that in an evening liturgy in Cambri...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Guest Post: Boxing Day's journey from Pepys to shopping petitions and parliament

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by Nelson Blackley , Nottingham Trent University British members of Parliament have been debating whether shops should remain open on Bo...