Neil Oliver presnts new programme starting tonight.
A History of Celtic Britain BBC2 9:00 PM THURS
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A History of Celtic Britain BBC2 9:00 PM THURS
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Didn't fancy being the poor sod stuck down a tiny winding tunnel bashing away with a rock and rib bone in the absolute pitch black.
Didn't fancy being the poor sod stuck down a tiny winding tunnel bashing away with a rock and rib bone in the absolute pitch black.
I enjoyed it too, fascinating stuff.
And that file blew me away, I had no idea early iron age craftsmen could make stuff like that.
It'll be interesting to see if they address this.
I missed it, though I suppose I could watch it on BBC play again (or whatever they call it).
The only thing I have with the whole 'Celtic' thing is the name. The Celts wouldn't have recognised themselves as that (though that's fair enough - it's a modern term we use to describe a historical group of people - just a label), but all this talk of Celtic Europe, or even just Celtic Britain, insinuates an homogenised culture. And that just wasn't so. In fact the different 'Celtic' nations were so diverse that the term 'Celtic' is about as meaningful as 'druid'. But I suppose that gets too complicated for the man-on-the-street and so such programmes simply perpetuate aboriginal myths and fallacies. It'll be interesting to see if they address this.
I missed it, though I suppose I could watch it on BBC play again (or whatever they call it).
The only thing I have with the whole 'Celtic' thing is the name. The Celts wouldn't have recognised themselves as that (though that's fair enough - it's a modern term we use to describe a historical group of people - just a label), but all this talk of Celtic Europe, or even just Celtic Britain, insinuates an homogenised culture. And that just wasn't so. In fact the different 'Celtic' nations were so diverse that the term 'Celtic' is about as meaningful as 'druid'. But I suppose that gets too complicated for the man-on-the-street and so such programmes simply perpetuate aboriginal myths and fallacies. It'll be interesting to see if they address this.