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Fens were once dominated by forests of yew trees, research suggests
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoThe flat Fens of eastern England were once dominated by forests of yew trees, research suggests....
The early-1900s banker who saved Britain’s countryside
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA young Charles Rothschild holding a butterfly net Bankers aren’t usually credited with much care...
Bronze Age village was 'pretty cozy'—until Britain's Pompeii
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn illustration of the Bronze Age stilt settlement uncovered at Must Farm in eastern England. It was...
Search for home of medieval hermit saint leads to even more ancient find in UK. See it
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen Saint Guthlac died in 714 A.D., he was already famous for his choice to give up a “life of...
Rare black-tailed godwit chicks hatch from rescued eggs
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoRare black-tailed godwits have hatched from eggs rescued from fields where severe flooding is...
‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time
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Why are the BBC weather maps on fire? Is it none too subtle climate propaganda?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt was back to northerly winds this morning where I live in the Fens, so much so that I had to go...
Rescued black-tailed Godwit generation hatches
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA rescued generation of chicks has hatched as a result of efforts to safeguard the subspecies. Severe flooding across the Nene and Ouse Washes meant Black-tailed Godwits struggled to find suitable ...
‘Britain’s Pompeii’ gives up secrets of what was on the menu 3,000 years ago
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe roundhouses on the Must Farm site are the best preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in...
Review: ‘Fen’ at Court Theatre is a rare Caryl Churchill play, set in a bleak rural community
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt 84 years old, Caryl Churchill is the elder stateswoman of British theater and the country’s greatest living playwright. Ever since the 1960s, when she first wrote radio plays, Churchill has ...