The View from England: Early signs of romance for British miners
The View from England: Early signs of romance for British miners Workers underground at Strongbow Exploration’s South Crofty tin-copper project in southwest England. Credit: Strongbow Exploration. Hard on the heels of the most depressing time of the year in the U.K. (commonly regarded as the third week of January) we have had uplifting celebrations in Scotland and Wales on the same day, January 25. On that date, the Scottish celebrate the birth in 1759 of their national poet, Robert (Rabbie) Burns. Much of his poetry is impenetrable to English ears (perhaps that’s the appeal). In his “A...
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