Long ago, the stories of King Arthur were written by hand. Scribes mixed their own colors, drew dragons in the margins, and shaped each letter with care. This year, we're inviting children who love stories and love art to become these scribes. They'll read the old tales, learn

Watching the Bill Clinton interview clip... Oh, Bill, you old horndog. I knew two guys (older men) who were noted birddogs. One would leer (gross). The other would quietly appreciate. Guess which one got more play? The second, of course.

The world is going to shite but it's nearly St Patrick's Day so it's not all bad 🇮🇪☘️

Fun fact: Tolkien got the word ‘eleventy’ from Old English. After 70, 80, and 90, Old English kept going to tenty, eleventy and twelfty: hundtēontiġ, hundenleftiġ, hundtwelftiġ. This is thought to be a trace of an ancient base-12 number system once common among Germanic tribes.

Defend your culture; live in it deeply.

Bechbretha The Bechbretha (bee-judgements) is a special law text dating from the 7th century concerning the legal intricacies around honeybees (Old Irish: Bec). “Fer fo-gaib fróth mbech hi faithchi théchtai (is sí ind faithche théchtae la Féniu ní ro-saig guth cluicc no gairm-

C. S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer:

Today is the feast of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, 'Lady Day'. In England it was once the spring quarter-day, when contracts would begin and servants took new jobs, and until 1752 it was also the start of the New Year. A day for new beginnings, new life of many kinds.

A door blows open in your mind when you learn about the suffix -le, it explains so much. People used to add it to verbs to mean ‘rapidly’, more than once, or continuously. So originally, to ramble is to roam on, to jostle is to joust repeatedly, to jiggle is to dance a jig

From C.S. Lewis's essay, "Tolkien's Lord of the Rings:" "The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity’. The child enjoys his cold meat (otherwise dull to him) by

The Last Homely House Here is a lovely site full of beauty in illustrating for the child. pookpress.co.uk/illustrators-a…

Some biologists have discovered this strange tree in New Zealand. According to experts, it is heading to Isengard to destroy Saruman.

GREATEST EASTER HYMN; GREATEST MEDIEVAL CHURCH in England Ben Maton - The Salisbury Organist youtu.be/YvTfHCgaGYA?si…

Mark Good Friday by listening to Tallis' powerful Lamentations of Jeremiah (part two), sung by Lay Vicars from the Choir of Westminster Abbey. Watch the full performance, along with our documentary 'Songs of Lament: Singing Thomas Tallis at Westminster Abbey', at the link below.

Découvrez le célèbre MISERERE MEI, DEUS. Il était autrefois destiné à l'usage exclusif de la chapelle Sixtine du jeudi au samedi saint. Une merveille à nulle autre pareille!

Easter Eve is traditionally the time of the Harrowing of Hell, when Christ descended into the underworld and set its captives free. This story inspired many powerful retellings in medieval literature and art, including this majestic Anglo-Saxon poem: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/04/open-w…

I took the German or Autistic diagnostic. Result: Both. The Wittgenstein Result. I don't know whether to be proud or concerned. german.millermanschool.com

Dear algorithm, please show this post to homeschoolers who would love to build their own library of Arthurian illuminated manuscripts. Check out our giveaway drawing for chances to win this hand-written Medieval illuminated storybook! rafflecreator.com/pages/93383/ki…

Tonight is St Mark's Eve, a spooky night in British folklore: it's said that if you keep watch in the church porch, you can learn who will die in the coming year. Tonight the devil harvests fernseed, and if you catch it you become 'wise as the devil'... archive.org/details/lincol…

It's May Day, the opening of the month which in medieval literature is the most magical time of the year - a season for love, fairies, and marvellous dreams aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-may-… 'When merry and hot is the day, And away be winter showers, And every field is full of flowers...'