“From its source to its mouth in the Pontus, it absorbs sixty rivers on both sides, like a spine, woven together with ribs as in a skeleton, and is in all regards the widest of them.” Jordanes, Get. 12.75

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I’m so happy that this book is finally coming out. It’s been my passion project over many years. It also gave me the opportunity to visit places along the entire length of the Danube, including by bike (though I didn’t manage to cycle the whole distance sadly).

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I quite like the bishop, he’s dealing with Alan’s stropping very calmly and professionally, nice to have an adult in the village even if only on a visit #TheArchers

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the reason I don't watch films is because I have put one on for a change only to be personally attacked by someone MAKING A BRASS RUBBING

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I do wish the BBC News wouldn’t keep referring to calls for reparations for “the slave trade”. The “trade”/trafficking of people was just the tip of the iceberg. Reparations are being claimed for generations of people born into captivity & mercilessly worked, often to death, too.

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