Forwarded from Vinnie Sullivan
Front page of the December 31, 1914, edition of the London Daily Mail. The headline deck reads βSnowballs and jokes with the foe.β
In the year 1914 soldiers from the English & German forces held a ceasefire in order to celebrate Christmas. Famously, the two sides left their trenches and became friends for a whole day and night, playing football and behaving as brothers as opposed to enemies.
May this memory live on, and live again in time. No More Brother Wars
We Are Who We Are
No More Brother Wars
In the year 1914 soldiers from the English & German forces held a ceasefire in order to celebrate Christmas. Famously, the two sides left their trenches and became friends for a whole day and night, playing football and behaving as brothers as opposed to enemies.
May this memory live on, and live again in time. No More Brother Wars
We Are Who We Are
No More Brother Wars
Analysis of DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five generations of a single family. This has offered an unprecedented insight into kinship in a Neolithic community. @ancientorigins
Forwarded from Our London
Dr Samuel Johnson (wtiter of the English Dictionary)
Forwarded from Countrymen
Pietro da Cortona ( 1596-1669 ) Martyrdom of St Stephen 1660, Hermitage Museum
Forwarded from /r/interestingasfuck
Chased down by a pack of hounds before being torn apart alive at a Boxing Day fox hunt today.
Letβs face the facts: illegal fox hunting is rife in the British countryside, despite firm public opposition.
@ZacGoldsmith, when will you strengthen the hunting ban? @Lukesteele4
Letβs face the facts: illegal fox hunting is rife in the British countryside, despite firm public opposition.
@ZacGoldsmith, when will you strengthen the hunting ban? @Lukesteele4