September 30, 2004

This week, the fight continues for the ruins of Carrickmines Castle in south Dublin as protesters threaten to take the case to the Supreme Court as the M50 highway threatens to barrel through the area...

...while in Moscow the Information Age still hasn't taken the shine off medieval superstitions that still beat the pants off say, WebMD or Modern Psychology. Who can explain it? It's A Little Black Magic in Russian Everyday Life...


...and as the holiday season approaches remember the origins of that glass your holding as you drink a toast to everybody's good fortune. Check out A Brief History of the Wine Glass...

September 22

This week, the hunt for a stonecarver is on to replace what is believed to be the only real, working gargoyle in the U.S. state of Maine after the stone beastie disintegrates upon a building inspection earlier in the year. Save the gargoyles...

And there's fun for the whole family in a wild, imaginary trip to garbage-strewn, disease-ridden London in Peter Ackroyd's new book, the Clerkenwell Tales, about a group of 13th century Christian terrorists who really insist the city be saved...

Meanwhile, the New York Post screams HAUNTED STATUES STOLEN when 'medieval doers' abscond with two 6-foot tall knights from a local inn located in upstate New York. Later, one of the knight's hands is found in the parking lot. He "apparently put up a valiant struggle..."

September 10, 2004

Mmm.. maybe the Dark Ages weren't that barbaric after all.

Yes, now it can be told: Study Suggests Bloodletting May Work. And click here for more information on the fine art of phlebotomy...

September 8, 2004

Breaking news this week as the first Viking burial ground in the U.K. is discovered in Cumwhitton. The 1,000-year old time capsule revealed the bodies of six Viking men and women buried alongside spears, swords, jewelry and riding equipment and described as "a find of a lifetime" by an amateur archeologist who made the first discovery. Today, a number of artifacts go on view at the nearby Tullie House Museum of Art...

Elsewhere on the Web:

'Amazing' Viking Cemetary Found

Viking Burial Site Unearthed in England

Viking burial ground dispels myth of longship marauders

September 3, 2004

As the summer begins to winds down in New York here's an opportunity to go
Gallivanting in Glasgow...

Then again, September also means New York's Renaissance Faire which is now on until the end of the month...

And for more info on autumn Renaissance and Medieval Faires in your area check out the Directorie...