My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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The Bosnian Pyramids – some features – Dr Samir Osmanagish
The Bosnian Pyramids: Technical Presentation by Dr Sam Edited transcript: headings and paragraph breaks added. One or two technical names are not clear. Nicholas's group - See this as an aide-memoire when listening to...
Turning Back the Clocks – and Moving Forward with Somer Valley Diary
Today the clocks went back, so I dutifully went around the house putting them all right. I have one electronic clock which is supposed to receive its instructions from a transmitter at Rugby, but for some reason it...
Somer Valley Diary – A Little Ambition Goes a Long Way
I discover that there is a forthcoming meeting of the Midsomer Norton Town Council Events Committee, which I intend to attend. It will be an opportunity to sound out opinion about the initiative I mentioned yesterday...
What’s Happening Next Thursday? One Website, One Answer
My goodness, it's blowing a gale today. The BBC and the mainstream media seem to be making an increasingly big production out of naming storms. It is no longer sufficient to have a storm or a spell of high winds;...
New Dentures, Bottomless Coffee and a Bright Idea
This morning I decided to celebrate my replacement dentures, which are so comfortable that I can easily forget I am wearing them. I have been walking much more recently, and so it was that I arrived at Wetherspoons in...
Today: An All-Picture Tour of artistic Bath
Today marked the second stage of my denture replacement programme, and for the first time in a while I am the proud possessor of a complete set of upper and lower dentures. I am now officially classified as edentulous,...
When Your Wife Has Dementia — What Does Love Become?”
She Still Knows Who I Am I was inspired to write this diary entry after a telephone conversation with a very old friend, now 87 years of age. I began in my usual fashion by announcing that I had made a note in my diary...
Dental Treatment, Bath Rush Hour and a Bowl of Porridge
This morning I visited my dentist for what might reasonably be described as the full works: the repair of both my upper and lower dentures. My dentist, David Morley, whom I have known and greatly respected since I...
What Is Happening to the Britain I Knew?
This is a Rumble video from a group called Muckraker.com It has a level of authenticity that other accounts do not have, at least for me. Replacing Europe: Following The World's Deadliest Migration Route - FULL...
Is This the Way Forward for the Church of England?
I was brought up knowing nothing other than life as the son of a Church of England vicar. This was London in the 1950s and 1960s, when my father was vicar of St Andrew's Church in Guildersfield Road, Streatham. From...
Whatever Happened to the Simple Email Address?
Why do we make something as straightforward as communication so unnecessarily complicated? I spend far more time than I probably should sitting in front of my computer, exploring websites, corresponding with people and...
My Adventures with AI – A Remarkably Useful Servant, but Not Always a Very Bright One
I had been vaguely aware of artificial intelligence for some time, but it was only when I began writing my first book about towns and villages in September 2025 that I was encouraged to take a serious look at it. That...
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