by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, History
The Justinian plague had a devastating yet unequal effect on Britain in the 6th century. The Romano-British kingdoms which still traded extensively with the remnants of the Roman Empire fell victim to the plague en mass. While some of the English were affected, many...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, History
Saelferth and Sigeferth were two prominent members of the Secgan tribe. They are only mentioned in the Finnesburg Fragment and the poem Widsith. All we can tell for certain is that Saelferth was a king and Sigeferth a landless wrecca. On top of this, I suggest in this...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, History
The Fight at Finnesburg took place at Finn’s stronghold in Frisia. All we can guess from the Finnesburg Fragment and the episode in Beowulf is that Finnesburg was a defended hall with a settlement around it, and that it was cut off from ships by winter ice. The...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Ethics, Philosophy
We all know, especially those of us who work in business or are interested in equal rights (or both), how unconscious bias is supposed to work. There is a tranche of rhetoric and dogma which says that people – by this we usually mean white men, are innately...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | On Writing
In my decade in the professional writing business, I have been a humble writer, a less humble one, an editor, a commissioner, a manager, and an outreach consultant. I’ve worked pretty much every angle in print and digital media across the world from Japan to America,...
