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Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire
This episode (entitled ‘Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire’) begins beneath the statue of King Alfred the Great, which is located in the market place at Wantage, England. I give a short history of this Anglo-Saxon king, and highlight how Nottingham University plan to remove the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ from its course titles.
In the following segment, I provide a personal example of how a local school memory holed Florence Nightingale and ignored local history, in favour of promoting Mary Seacole (a glorified caterer during the Crimean War 1853-1856).
I share my concerns about the abolition of the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’, and the direction of travel for this form of memory holing. The words England, English, and even the works of J.R.R. Tolkein may not be safe.
I end the podcast by reading the inscription on the plaque, which is attached to the statue:
‘Alfred the Great – the West Saxon king.
Born at Wantage a.d. 849.
Alfred found learning dead, and he restored it.
Education neglected and he revived it.
The laws powerless and he gave them force.
The church debased and he raised it.
The land ravaged by a fearful enemy, from which he delivered it.
Alfred’s name will live as long as mankind shall respect the past.’
Music:
‘Solitude’ by Entertainment For The Braindead which is share under a creative commons licence. See links below:
https://eftb.bandcamp.com/track/solitude
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Artwork: Statue of King Alfred the Great, at Wantage:
The drawing of the King Alfred the Great, shown in the thumbnail for this podcast, was created by Pauline Herbert. Find out more at https://www.scottyscapes.com/
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By Steven HerbertThis episode (entitled ‘Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire’) begins beneath the statue of King Alfred the Great, which is located in the market place at Wantage, England. I give a short history of this Anglo-Saxon king, and highlight how Nottingham University plan to remove the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ from its course titles.
In the following segment, I provide a personal example of how a local school memory holed Florence Nightingale and ignored local history, in favour of promoting Mary Seacole (a glorified caterer during the Crimean War 1853-1856).
I share my concerns about the abolition of the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’, and the direction of travel for this form of memory holing. The words England, English, and even the works of J.R.R. Tolkein may not be safe.
I end the podcast by reading the inscription on the plaque, which is attached to the statue:
‘Alfred the Great – the West Saxon king.
Born at Wantage a.d. 849.
Alfred found learning dead, and he restored it.
Education neglected and he revived it.
The laws powerless and he gave them force.
The church debased and he raised it.
The land ravaged by a fearful enemy, from which he delivered it.
Alfred’s name will live as long as mankind shall respect the past.’
Music:
‘Solitude’ by Entertainment For The Braindead which is share under a creative commons licence. See links below:
https://eftb.bandcamp.com/track/solitude
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Artwork: Statue of King Alfred the Great, at Wantage:
The drawing of the King Alfred the Great, shown in the thumbnail for this podcast, was created by Pauline Herbert. Find out more at https://www.scottyscapes.com/
Find out more about Beehive Yourself:
https://www.beehiveyourself.co.uk
Support the show:
https://www.beehiveyourself.co.uk/shop/
https://stevenherbert.substack.com/podcast
Subscribe directly:
Subscribe directly to the show directly through your device’s podcatcher app:
https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2594768.rss
– – – o O o – – –
‘Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire’ :
is one of several podcasts I have produced, find out more here.
The post Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire appeared first on The Beehive Yourself Show.