Tag: britain
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The British Occult Secret Service, The Untold Story
from newdawnmagazine.com: It is not really surprising that historically occultism and espionage have often been strange bedfellows. The black art of espionage is about obtaining secret information and witches, psychics and astrologers have always claimed to be able to predict the future and know about things hidden from ordinary people. Gathering intelligence is carried out…
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Infected meat could reach UK’s plates, inspectors warn
Fears expressed over shakeup in rules that shifts responsibility for checking quality shifts to food companies. from theguardian.co.uk: Food inspectors have issued a grim warning that more infected animals could enter the food chain because of a shakeup in the inspection process which, they say, means some of the millions of animals they reject each…
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Food waste study shows 4.2 million tonnes thrown out in Britain
from rawstory.com: British households are throwing away 4.2 million tonnes of food and drink a year, the equivalent of six meals every week, a study published on Thursday said. Some £12.5 billion worth of food and drink was discarded in 2012, with the average British family wasting nearly £60 a month, according to the study…
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‘Jack the Giant Killer’
Were there Giants in the World? “Jack the Giant Killer” written by Joseph Jacobs, circa 1898, is a famous English fairy tale. Geoffrey of Monmouth penned “Brutus and Albion,” story of how Britain came to be named after Brutus, circa 1136 AD, also, myth or folklore. Do stories hint at reality simply no longer believed? …
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Gog And Magog Patron Icons Of British Isles
In folklore, Gogmagog was a mighty giant of the few remaining on the island known today as Britain. Brutus of Troy landed at Totnes on the Dart River to discover fertile land and decided the country should be his own. Britian is named after Brutus according to legend. Wikipedia informs: “The Historia Regum Britanniae relates…