“Archaeologists have uncovered the most intact Bronze Age wheel ever found in the UK, at a site dubbed ‘Britain’s Pompeii’. ‘This remarkable but fragile wooden wheel is the earliest complete example ever found in Britain,’ said Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England.”
This is a side of Charles II that I was unaware of!
In response to Tom Ginsburg (“Stop Revering the Magna Carta”) and David Allen Green (“The Destructive Myth of the Magna Carta”), Mark Byrnes argues that it’s “OK to celebrate Magna Carta.” Read his argument here:
“Magna Carta has everything going for it to be venerated in the United States: It is old, it is English and, because no one has actually read the text, it is easy to invoke to fit current needs.” So true!
Read Tom Ginsburg’s argument de-mythologizing the famous document:
Do you need to brush up on your Magna Carta history? The British Museum has made a short video on the Magna Carta. It’s a great overview of the basic story of the document and its legacy.
Hardly the ideal of chastity, pray, and hard work. But not too surprising.