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Monthly Archive for: "January, 2019"
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 Pensioners v’s Millennials
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By Ken West
In pensioners, Social Life
Posted January 29, 2019

Pensioners v’s Millennials

The Times now includes a column written by a millennial, a young woman who can identify the terrifying prospects of modern life. Not wanting to demur, it strikes me that no Times columns are [...]

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 What is Tuberculosis In The UK?
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By Ken West
In Death & Funerals, Health, Neolithic
Posted January 25, 2019

What is Tuberculosis In The UK?

Tuberculosis emerged 17,000 years ago and has never been eradicated. London is now the TB capital of Europe. We are not aware of it because it is underground. The capital and other large cities [...]

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 Wildwood of Prehistoric England
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By Ken West
In Environment, Neolithic, Pagan Economy
Posted January 22, 2019

Wildwood of Prehistoric England

The wildwood of prehistoric England sounds rather like a Robin Hood film but stay with me. The wildwood describes the original forest after the Ice Age. None of this now exists in England and [...]

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 The Unsustainable English Lawn
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By Ken West
In Gardening
Posted January 18, 2019

The Unsustainable English Lawn

In my recent book I mention that Zuri, in 2200 BC, never knew a lawn, that lawns never existed in prehistory. In truth, that might not be strictly correct. A lawn is defined as a flat area of [...]

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 Signs of Prehistory In The UK
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By Ken West
In Neolithic
Posted January 14, 2019

Signs of Prehistory In The UK

For me, signs of prehistory in the UK reside in three areas. I spent my early years in Shropshire. It has bad memories but I loved the countryside. The Stretton Hills include Caer Caradoc, a [...]

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 British Flowers Better For The Environment
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By Ken West
In Environment, Gardening, Paleo food
Posted January 11, 2019

British Flowers Better For The Environment

“I promise that I will never buy you a bunch of flowers.” It’s a promise that I have kept to my wife because British flowers have disappeared. It doesn’t make me seem [...]

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 Is Community Good or Bad?
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By Ken West
In pensioners
Posted January 7, 2019

Is Community Good or Bad?

Is community good or bad? Perhaps the first question is what constitutes a community? The people of Glasgow see themselves as a tribe, and comedian Billy Connolly is their icon, their leader. [...]

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 Why Was Stonehenge Built?
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By Ken West
In Neolithic, Stonehenge
Posted January 4, 2019

Why Was Stonehenge Built?

Why was Stonehenge built? Many experts have put forward reasons, principally related to the seasons and the cycles of the sun and moon. Perhaps less supported have been theories about the stones [...]

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