Cornwall and very many other national communities are minorities within their respective state, or even within their own historic territories. I have been collecting a…
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We really need to talk about …. Bogus British Histories
The Guardian published two recent editorials supporting languages (“Disappearing tongues: the endangered language crisis” 22 Feb 24, and “Endangered Greek dialect is ‘living bridge’ to…
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Matron or Man-Mother?
Thought for the day: Padel has the patron saint of Madron as a male, Matronus. But the meaning is the root *Matrona, an Italo-Celtic, Latin…
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Musings on the name ‘Tintagel’
No one can seem to agree on the meaning of the name ‘Tintagel’, even though its ancient name appears to be well known as *Durocornovii.…
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