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How St Thomas was Evicted from Christmas
A forgotten feast and a lost tradition
Dec 19 • James Cary
Back to the Very Start of the Beginning
And what we can learn from King George's Madness
Dec 12 • James Cary
A Symphony of Simple Words
And staring at unicorns
Dec 5 • James Cary

November 2025

Queuing up for Enchantment
A Prologue to a Prologue
Nov 28 • James Cary
Four Knights, One Archbishop and the Words That Started It All
Did Henry really say those words about a "turbulent priest"?
Nov 21 • James Cary
Robin Hood vs Thomas Becket
A fight that Becket would win... by losing
Nov 13 • James Cary
Bigger than Jesus, sadly
And why we keep mentioning The War
Nov 7 • James Cary

October 2025

Remember Remember to Say Thank You
Childhood bonfires and the Ancient Stones at Gilgal
Oct 31 • James Cary
The Book that Built the Empire
Not even joking
Oct 24 • James Cary
Hugh Latimer is Playing with Fire
A new documentary about one of the Oxford Martyrs
Oct 16 • James Cary
The First To Be Burned
And the pain of switching IT Systems
Oct 10 • James Cary
The Day an English Bishop Burned Bibles
Tyndale, Tunstall and the Awful Conflagration of 1526
Oct 3 • James Cary
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