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Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong

Old news, but it’s proof at last that Vesuvius erupted months later than August 79 AD – as we portrayed in A Day of Fire! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45874858

Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong bbc.com Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, 79 AD - or at least, that's what historians thought until now.

77 likes, 2 comments ⋅ 3 days ago

Took the kids to the New Scientist exhibition in London yesterday. I heartily recommend it – there are scores and scores of stands manned by..

63 likes, 21 comments ⋅ 3 weeks ago

It’s always an odd feeling, clicking on ‘Send’ when you have finished a book. Just done that with ‘The Falling Sword’. It’s not ‘done done’,..

160 likes, 10 comments ⋅ 4 weeks ago

Cooked up some turkey leg for school lunch sandwiches, and was impressed by the amount of stock left in the roasting dish. Not to waste it, and..

45 likes, 8 comments ⋅ 1 month ago

'So shocked': customer wins bookshop in raffle

What a heartwarming story! (I will make it my business to visit Bookends next time I’m in Wales.) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/11/customer-wins-bookends-bookshop-raffle-cardigan-west-wales

'So shocked': customer wins bookshop in raffle theguardian.com Owner avoids having to close Bookends in Cardigan by raffling it off to customers who spent more than £20

21 likes, 4 comments ⋅ 1 month ago

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