Ealdhelm and the Ash
This post was originally published on Dr Eleanor Parker's Patreon blog, A Journey Through The Anglo-Saxon Year, as a patron request from our secretary. We republish it here with her…
St Ealdhelm’s Day 2015: Salisbury’s Chequers
This article originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 16, Issue 2 (Summer 2015) Jim Gunter’s annual tour for St Ealdhelm’s Day this year visited Salisbury. Jim’s notes for the our…
From Moscow To Murmansk: A Somerset Soldier On The Arctic Convoys (Part 2)
This article originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 15, Issue 2 (Summer 2014) The story so far… When war was declared in 1939, a 21-year-old Able Bodied Seaman from the…
From Mendip to Murmansk: A Somerset Sailor on the Arctic Convoys (part 1)
This article originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 15, Issue 1 (Spring 2014) The battleship, HMS Rodney – the flag ship of the C-in-C Home Fleet – was on patrol…
Wiring Wessex
Note: This article originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 14, Issue 3 (Autumn 2013) “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country, since industry cannot be developed…
Review: 8 Minutes Idle
This review originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 15, Issue 1 (Spring 2014) Starring Tom Hughes, Ophelia Lovibond, Montserrat Lombard, Antonia Thomas, Pippa Haywood, Paul Kaye. Directed by Mark Simon…
Review: Time’s Anvil by Richard Morris (Phoenix, 2013)
This review originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle volume 16, issue 3 (Autumn 2015) In part, this book is the autobiography of an English archæologist. In part, it’s a history of…
Interview: Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia
This interview originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 14, Issue 1 (Spring 2013). It follows last week's obituary for Metropolitan Kallistos Timothy Ware was born in Bath and educated at…
Book Review: The Dialects of England by Peter Trudgill
This review originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 1, Issue 4 (Winter 2000-1) This book was an important one for Wessex Society. It featured the dialect maps (reproduced above) which…
British Europe
This article originally appeared in Wessex Chronicle Volume 17, Issue 1 (Spring 2016) Wessex Society’s aims, as set out in our constitution, include “promoting Wessex as a cultural community within…