Mark Wollacott
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* Story Teller
* Teacher
* Philosopher
* Podcaster
* Eclectic
Novelist
Mark is the author of half a dozen novels, poetry collections, and short story collections. His top books include:
The Tombs and Tomes Podcast
Words, Wisdom and Wonderings. The wandering mind finds itself fascinated by a wide range of topics, ideas, and well, things.
The Tombs and Tomes podcast is for those who want to learn something new and interesting be it philosophy, history, archaeology, human evolution, books, movies, music, nature or just understanding who we are as humans.
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Released once a week, Tombs and Tomes is for the open minded. We’d love your feedback at the podcast and ideas for future topics. Click here for more information.
The Tombs and Tomes Podcast will be launched in late 2024.
Ta Fogmaeden: In The Folk Meadow
Once upon a time, the Shire-Reeve of Molewud Randburyg was summoned to a small village of no import to untangle a mystery. Her job was to understand how a wandering warrior named Horglyth had come to die in the village's folk meadow. Each person she talks to gives...
Do we need social media?
TL:DR: We do not need social media in order to live our lives happily. Social media is more of a want than a need, and in that regard it can lead to distractions, loneliness, stress, and depression. For more rewarding social interactions, try going offline for 30 days...
Where was the Fight at Finnesburg?
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...
Plato’s Atlantis
What did Plato say about Atlantis?
I’ve known for a long time that Plato discusses Atlantis and its fall. However, I never knew the context. After watching some videos on Atlantis theory, I decided to grab a copy of Timaeus and Critias and have a look at what Plato actually says about the city. Plato...
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