The Rebirth of England and English
The following review originally appeared in the Wessex Chronicle volume 2, issue 2 (Summer 2000) THE REBIRTH OF ENGLAND AND ENGLISH by Fr. Andrew Phillips(Published by Anglo-Saxon Books price £9.95…
Wessex Attractions: Figsbury Ring
Figsbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort near Salisbury with an older, possibly Neolitihic enclosure. 18th and 19th century antiquarians misattributed it to the Romans, as was often the…
Wessex On Screen: The Silence
The Silence is a 2010 BBC 4-episode mini-series set in Bristol, though filmed on Dublin. It tells the story of a young deaf woman who witnesses the murder of a…
Wessex Attractions: Newbury Racecourse
Newbury Racecourse has been located at its current site since 1905, though horse races had been taking place in Newbury for 100 years before that, initially at Enborne Heath and,…
Let Them Eat K-rations
The government has announced a £24.1 billion investment in defence at a time when the rest of the economy is struggling due to the ongoing effects of Covid-19, and when…
Wessex Attractions: Saltram
Saltram is a stately homes described by Pevsner as "the most impressive country house in Devon", and built on the site of a much smaller Tudor house. It came to…
The Union of the Snake
Alexander DePfeffel Johnson is in trouble with the Scots again, following his controversial claim that devolution in Scotland has been "a disaster", a claim he has since tried to walk…
Wessex in Fiction: Rebels and Traitors
Rebels and Traitors is a historical novel by Lindsey Davis set during the English Civil War, partly in Oxford. At around 750 pages, it is considerably longer than Davis's previous…
Wessex Regionalists Oppose Stonehenge Tunnel
The following is the text of a press release sent out to media across the region The Wessex Regionalists condemn the decision by central government in London to proceed with…
Essential Wessex: TheTolpuddle Martyrs
We raise the watch-word libertyWe will, we will, we will be freeGeorge Loveless, LibertyTweet After the Swing Riots (which will be the subject of their own article in due course)…
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