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Blowing Up History

More TV documentary rubbish about Richard and the boys in the Tower…!

Aug 17, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, Science, television reviews

“Princes”, Alfred Hawkins, Blowing Up History, Edward IV, Historic Royal Palaces, Richard III, staircases, stone, Tanner and Wright, Thomas More, Tower of London, wood

Oh, is there no end to the groanworthiness of TV documentaries? I found myself watching Blowing-up History, series 8, episode 5, about the Tower of London. (My hand is cupped to my shell-like ear, and yes, I can hear your soaring chorus of groans!) You’re right, yet again it was Richard wot dunnit to…
Why did the builders of Stonehenge, West Kennett Long Barrow and Silbury Hill disappear….?

Feb 27, 2023

archaeology, buildings, Science, television reviews

Beaker Folk, Blowing Up History, Bronze Age, diseases, documentaries, plague, pottery, Silbury Hill, Stonehenge, West Kennett Long Barrow

I have just been watching an episode of Blowing up History, in which the prehistoric stone monuments at Stonehenge, West Kennett and Silbury Hill were investigated. The discovery of a large upturned bell-shaped pottery jar at West Kennett led to the revelation that it was the work of the so-called Beaker People of Europe,…