GERMAN STUDENTS VISIT MALMESBURY. STUDENTS from Niebüll in Germany are enjoying a trip to their twin town of Malmesbury. The visit marks the towns celebrating almost seventy years of friendship.
GERMAN STUDENTS VISIT MALMESBURY
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Summer Sun Safety
Topical or what? With the current weather conditions a blog by Dr Hugo De La Peña MD, PhD, FRCP on summer sun safety couldn’t be more apt.
Shrove Tuesday Traditions
Observed across the world, Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday, is more than an excuse to call someone a tosser and a day when it’s okay to throw food around the kitchen.
A brief Valentine’s Day History
Hate it, love it or feel merely ‘meh’ about the whole thing it’s impossible to ignore. I refer of course to Valentine’s Day. So here we are with a brief Valentine’s Day History.
SAILABILITY AT WHITEFRIARS
It’s arguable that the Cotswold Water Park ranks as Europe’s largest centre for water sports with its 150 lakes spread over forty-two square miles. t started out almost by accident, in the middle of the 20th century, as a result of much excavations for aggregates in the upper Thames region. As these diggings became exhausted natural flooding occurred, extending below the water table.
Does Xmas make you cross?
Does Xmas make you cross? What am I talking about? I’m referring to Xmas the abbreviation of Christmas rather than the event itself.
The 12 days of Christmas
A conversation with friends triggered this seasonal blog post. It transpired that there some people who are confused about just what constitutes the 12 days of Christmas. Though my knowledge ran that far I thought a bit of digging around the period and the eponymous song might be interesting. I learnt a lot.
All About Advent
Advent, the period of preparation for Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus, begins on the Sunday nearest to 30th November.
We know that the Advent period focuses on expectation and imagine it to serve as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the period running up to Christmas. And indeed this is so – but there’s more to it than that. Isn’t there always? As this article about Advent on Christianity.com explains:
Moving the Clocks
Moving the clocks – have you ever considered how and why we go through this process twice a year? One that, I won’t lie, I detest with the white hot intensity of a thousand burning suns. Yes – I loathe it that much!
We say Autumn – you say Fall
If you hold the belief that ‘fall’ is an American barbarism might want to think again. As this online etymology dictionary points out ‘fall’ (in simple terms) comes from the Old English ‘feallan’, past tense ‘feoll’, past participle ‘feallen’ – meaning to drop from a height; fail, decay or die.
Trick or Treat? A Halloween history
Hello once more dear listeners. Following on from my recent post about the term ‘Fall’ (autumn) here we are again with a bit more linguistic debunking – with some customs and traditions thrown in for good measure. This time regarding Halloween and Trick or Treat?
Eggciting Easter Customs make Easter Cracking
Easter, like any other, is a festival synonymous with many symbols and customs.
Swindon In 50 Buildings
A Ken White Retrospective
Secret Swindon
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
Dona Bradley Architectural Illustrator
We Are Swindon
