Jan 2, 2023 | Archaeology, History
Britain is an island within which we find three distinct national territories; Scotland, Wales and England. The other matter of its geography which is important to us here is the fact it is close to the continent of Europe. What that means is that settlers, refugees and invaders have had very easy access to Britain across its history of human habitation.
Dec 22, 2022 | History, Mythology
The Consciousness of Trees is the latest work by Jack Adams and will be published as a hardback book in October 2023. The following is the preface to the book presented as a ‘taster’ of what is coming soon. Trees Study: Earth Has More Than 3 Trillion Trees...
Oct 31, 2021 | Culture, Observations
Murder and death in Hollywood is usually to be found in a franchised script in which those who are killed are of no importance. They are unimportant without back story. This post is about how we view killing in Hollywood culture, how that references American society...
Sep 12, 2021 | History, Mythology
13.9.2021 – Update on accompanying videos. Three videos were published on YouTube on the 10th, 11th, and 12th September 2021 as three parts under the title “The Mythology of 9/11”. On Sunday 12th September 2021, I was advised that a complaint of...
Jul 6, 2021 | Antiquarian Books, History
Voices from the past. Voices from the past survive in the memory of old books. Many of these books are not valued by book collectors but to the mythographologist they are priceless. Sadly, our contemporary culture, rooted in voracious consumer exploitation and viscous...
Feb 11, 2021 | General, Mythology
Vulcan 01: beyond the caldera The first part of Vulcan, a work about the mythology of global capitalism, is produced on the mediacast page today. In the introduction, beyond the caldera, we consider some of the issues facing us with the rise of global capitalism as...
Jan 30, 2021 | Archaeology, General, Mythology
Simon Roper produces superb YouTube content on Saxon language and its place in English today. A Conversation with Simon Roper When I first came across Simon’s YouTube content I was completely captivated with the insights into the language of the past. Simon is...
Apr 14, 2020 | Beer, Pubs
Sneak Thief Landlords and Pub Survival is a story of viral contamination which could threaten our pub heritage in 2020. Whilst we are all looking in one direction, the sneak thief steals behind our backs and robs us of something we treasure. Today, 14th April 2020, as...
Mar 31, 2020 | Beer, General, Pubs
The Mayflower : Our pubs change with the times because they are a part of our culture. Culture itself can be defined as ‘the interface of the human psyche with the environment’, consequently, in more simple words, as the world changes so does our culture. Therefore as the world changes so do our pubs change.
Mar 9, 2020 | Beer, General, Pubs
Old London Pubs and Landscapes.Seven Sisters, North London, 2018. Old London Pubs and Landscapes Old London pubs and landscapes and their history 200 yrs ago is always interesting. In this article we can see some of what London looked like before development and place...
Feb 20, 2020 | General, Poetry
The Beginning of the Universe (as told by Mrs Rupert Bear) This was my first poem, written in 1991. Written to a brief for The Independent newspaper weekly poetry competition, it won first prize. Rupert Bear Annuals had always appeared in my Christmas stocking as a...
Feb 12, 2020 | General, History, Indigenous Australia, Latest News
Bones or Remains researching the history Researching the history for Bones or Remains has been a focus of my work for the last 20 years. The following text is from my notes for the book and starts to look at some of the issues around the history of our involvement...
