Follow the folklore and you will discover a landscape full of wonder and powerful women – from a fearsome Scottish warrioress to the first queen of a united England
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4 months ago
Thought St Patrick was Irish? WRONG he was Welsh ○
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Brian Groom dives into the history of the British Isles and discovers what makes these four nations so great.
Jersey approves assisted dying law ⊕
The Crown dependency is now the second part of the British Isles where assisted dying has been fully approved.
As Jersey votes on assisted dying - how could the law change across the British Isles? ⊖
Separate bills to let terminally ill people end their life are being considered at Westminster and in Scotland.
5 months ago
Old Songs by Amy Jeffs and Gwen Burns review – ancient tales of murder, maidens and magic ○
These interconnected short stories of love and death, inspired by traditional ballads from the British Isles, are narrated with immediacy and warmth
In the old Scottish ballad, Tam Lin, a girl named J…
‘Magical’: how I taught Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing like folk troubadours in The History of Sound ⊕⊕
Singer-songwriter Sam Amidon had just three weeks to make the two stars sound like seasoned balladeers. He recalls their charged harmonies in the little shed at the bottom of his garden
I was brought …
8 months ago
Blue Islands ceases trading and cancels flights ⊖
The airline employed about 100 staff and operated flights across the British Isles, and beyond.
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper’s NightWatch review – the This Country siblings are brilliant together ⊕⊕
This ghost-hunting docuseries around various ‘haunted’ locations is a deeply flimsy premise. But you cannot fake the kind of chemistry this brother and sister have
The last time I reviewed something w…
13 months ago
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen review – anything can happen on this remote Scottish island ○
Life is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson
Often thought of as the northernmos…
14 months ago
The language map of Britain: Chart reveals the most popular words across the UK - including 'knob' in Welsh, 'cheese' in Wiltshire, and 'freak' in Essex ○
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MailOnline's graphic reveals the top words in dictionaries from around the British Isles, including Cornish, Welsh and Old English.