Now, THIS was a fun episode. Catch Debbie from burd ellen chatting with @JonWilksMusic on the latest episode of #TheOldSongsPodcast, all about 'When I was on Horseback / The Unfortunate Rake' [Roud 2]. Thanks to EFDSS for their ongoing support. tradfolk.co/podcasts/the-o…

Movement of workers from other parts of the British Isles produced areas of localised dialects e.g. around Dockyards & the Kent coalfields. It's said an influx of people from Staffordshire to Kent brickworks caused the High Brooms area of Tunbridge Wells to have its own dialect.

odysseus: i'm leaving now. menelaus is in charge. i've left notes for each of you with instructions achilles: mine just says "achilles no" odysseus: and you can apply that to any situation

Some examples of speech from the Weald of Kent found in an edition of the Kentish Times (1936).

Now at no. 1! ❤️

A selection of the 45 flowering plants either wild or feral on my December #flowercount around #Stroud done on 2nd Dec, a day late #wildflowerhour down from 58 I think in Nov, but still a lot!

A society where most people have to work damn hard to make profits for the wealthy few and don’t even get paid enough to pay for food and heating (which makes profits for the few) without getting in to debt which also makes profits for the wealthy few … is not a free society.

This Sunday, join storytellers Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis as they narrate enchanting stories of Gloucestershire Folk Tales. 🧚🐉📚 Afterwards we'll serve hot drinks and mince pies - what better way to spend a cosy December Sunday afternoon? ☕️ museuminthepark.org.uk/calendar/2022/…

Royal Mail have publicly admitted they have a £1.7bn ‘war chest’ to destroy postal workers Admin team sat here thinking how utterly inspirational, uplifting and humbling it is that 115,000 CWU members still refuse to bow down 🥹 RT if you will stand with your postie forever

Wanting a #Christmas #GhostStory fix? Join me for spooky #GhostTales from #Suffolk - on Thurs 22 Dec, at 9pm for the The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum #storytelling #folklore #ghostlore thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/suffolk-…

A #feralflower rather, this Winter Heliotrope had strayed from border to verge, seen yesterday... #wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

It's Twelfth Night tonight & traditionally the night for Wassailing. We're running a wassail at Mike Pringle this Sunday at the more family friendly time of early afternoon (1pm-ish start) and it would be great to see you there. #wassail #community #seasonalevents

A person or animal that were awkward on their feet might have been called STROMMOCKS or STRUMMUCKS. For example an old horse with feet that sprawled around and trod on their work. Other variants of this were SLOMMUCKS and SPOLLUCKS.

Jaw-dropping discovery: Iraqi & British archaeologists find 4500yo Sumerian palace in Girsu, one of the oldest known cities. Palace thought to contain shrine to Gilgamesh & cuneiform tablets which cd fill gaps in the Epic itself. Thrilling work. Details: theguardian.com/science/2023/f…

Looking forward to this!

In a slightly mad undertaking I'll be driving from Wiltshire to just north of Aberystwyth, doing a gig and then driving home in one day. It'll be totally worth it to be part of the Goblin Market of the Goblin Masquerade, organised by the fab Halo Quin - author, storyteller, witch. Elsewhere. goblincircus.carrd.co

Thank you for featuring me in this FilkCast episode!

Hi EE. Broadband connection has been down all morning. Is this due to last night's storms? Any idea when service is going to be reinstated? Online outage monitors are reporting issues across the country for EE but nothing mentioned on your social media accounts or website 😠

Hey EE, my broadband has been down since yesterday afternoon and there's no notification as to what is going on. Will this be fixed soon?