Mike Pitts and Stonehenge Tourism

by Dennis on May 11, 2012

I could have published this under the Stonehenge News section (above) but having listened to it, I thought it deserved a post of its own. It’s a link to a Radio 4 programme, where Mike Pitts speaks about the links between Stonehenge and tourism over the centuries, and while it’s brief, it’s very interesting. There’s [...]

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Echoes of Stonehenge

by Dennis on May 3, 2012

As regular visitors to Eternal Idol will be aware, I’m interested in every last aspect of Stonehenge, regardless of what this dimension might be or of who its proponents are. I predictably spend the majority of my time pondering physical properties of the site such as the earthworks and the stones, as well as any [...]

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Queen Elizabeth II and a Replica of a Stonehenge Treasure

May 3, 2012

On Tuesday, the first of May, 2012, Her Majesty the Queen visited Salisbury. While she was there, she went to the cathedral, while she also wandered around Cathedral Close, where there were various tents and other attractions demonstrating what “The Lonely County” has to offer. When the Queen went into the Amesbury tent, she noticed [...]

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Aerial-Cam Orkney Appeal

April 28, 2012

I’m never short of original material for this site, but finding the time to write up new posts is and always has been a problem. However, despite the fact that I enjoy presenting new material of my own, I’m happy to feature and promote the work of others on occasion, in the form of guest [...]

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Sacrilege! Inflatable Stonehenge

April 21, 2012

I’m very grateful to my friend Red Raven for bringing this BBC link to my attention and as you’ll see for yourselves, it deals with an inflatable Stonehenge that was created by the artist Jeremy Deller. The clip is wonderful to watch on account of the pleasure that the visitors – including a baby – [...]

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Schlock and Orr: an Open Letter to Cristina Odone

April 18, 2012

Dear Cristina, Yesterday evening, a pagan friend and correspondent of mine directed me without comment towards this link in the Daily Telegraph, where I see you’ve expressed your views on the recent decision to teach children in Cornwall about standing stones and paganism as part of their curriculum. I’ve already given my detailed thoughts on [...]

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Paganism and the Decline of Christianity in British Schools

April 16, 2012

I’m grateful to Angie Lake for sending me this intriguing link from the Daily Mail earlier today. The article opened with the statements: “Paganism has been included in an official school religious education syllabus for the first time. Cornwall Council has told its schools that pagan beliefs, which include witchcraft, druidism and the worship of [...]

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Astonishing Mesolithic Discoveries at Vespasian’s Camp, near Stonehenge

April 10, 2012

Recent archaeological excavations under the direction of David Jacques (photographed above) at Vespasian’s Camp near Stonehenge have produced a treasure trove of awe-inspiring discoveries from the Mesolithic Era. For those of you who are unaware of these developments, you can read a fairly detailed three page summary on this Open University link and as you’ll [...]

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Stonehenge and the Seat of Power

April 3, 2012

In The Beginning – at least as far as Stonehenge is concerned – there was Stonehump, whose approximate position is shown on the plan above as a blue dot. I’ve written about it at some length already on this site, so I don’t propose to go over all the finer details again. This mound, however, [...]

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Resurgam

March 22, 2012

A little while back, by way of explanation for the lack of new posts here, I wrote that I wasn’t feeling at my best. While I’m an eternal optimist, I think it will be a little while yet before I’m firing on all four cylinders, which in turn suggests that I’d be unlikely to do [...]

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