Tag: Winter Solstice

Why Study History?

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

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What is the importance of doing history? I once posed this question to a friend, the historian AC (Compton) Reeves. His response, at once playful but also clearly sincere, resonated so strongly with my own feelings that I wrote it on the whiteboard in…

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Warmest Wishes for the Holidays!

Posted on December 10, 2015 by

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My quiet street is alight in the evenings and the Christmas ships twinkle on the lake below. The longest night is near. For me the weeks surrounding the winter solstice share a magic with sites such as Carn Llidi, where the barriers between the…

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