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Ricky Broome
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Recovering academic who just can't seem to quit
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But thank you all for bearing with me on this alphabetical countdown - LITTLE KINGDOMS IS NOW OUT (or at least, it has been for a few days / weeks depending on where you are)

More info; www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...

Hope all readers enjoy!
Little Kingdoms
Before England, Wales, and Scotland were created, before Alfred the Great and the Great Viking Army, before even a raid on Lindisfarne, the kingdoms that…
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New diet fad jusy dropped: only eating food from the pelagic zone
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Me: "Fëanor at the burning of the ships. Gildor at the fall of Gondolin. Sam and Frodo on the slopes of Mount Doom. Boromir at Amon-Hen."

The session chair after 5 minutes of this: "Sorry to interrupt, but what does any of this have to do with medieval history?"

Me: "Medieval what now?"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Me trying to figure out how the IMC organising committee assign session numbers
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a board with papers on it .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Likewise
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I just use an old tablet with the ReadEra app installed. Not fancy, but it does the job. The app is great for both pdf and epub.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Persian Versions, or Per-Versions for short
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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But who is to say an earthwork is a linear border? Who is to say the Pictish kingdom of Cé stopped at X point and went no further?

Long have people used such marks in the landscape to find little kingdoms, often uncritically; people, instead of place, ought to be prioritised, as they once were
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In the book they talk about an orc picnic, which, if anything, raises even more questions than the idea of an orc menu.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Nice
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM