Travels round the edge of history
David BowenIntriguing history from intriguing places, by David Bowen
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Retaking the Channel Islands: Dad’s story
Next in my series of posts from a year or more ago, for you to read while I’m wandering. I wrote this in June 2025 to coincide, almost, with the 80th anniverary of the reoccupation of the Channel Islands. A couple of months later my sisters...
A most unusual corner of the British Empire
Continuing a re-run of my early posts while I’m away, this was much the most popular. The story of Heligoland is certainly one of the strangest I have come across in my island wanderings, and this is the first of four posts I’ve written abo...
Young earth
This is the first of a short series of posts that have appeared before. I’m travelling during September, and as most of my subscribers and followers won’t have seen my early posts, I though it was a good opportunity to republish a selection...
Villains to heroes: the great Highland transformation
We drove north from the from the Isle of Harris into the Isle of Lewis, at the top of the Outer Hebrides. The lack of water between them felt odd, but you can see why they have always been treated as separate islands. North Harris is inhabi...
The 1911 Quiz: Number 13
Each question is taken from an entry in this volume, which runs from HAR to HUR (I’ve used the volume before, but all the questions are new). What is the entry? I’ve written a piece on the background to the quiz here. Even if you don’t know...
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