Drunken Naked Students Run Amok on P&O Cross-Channel Ferry Spirit of France

After posting about far too many needless tragedies on poorly maintained third world ferry boats which sink and kill their passengers, here is something completely different, though still involving a ferry. Last week, fitting enough on April Fool’s Day, two hundred students from two British universities, … Continue reading

1,000 Year Old Viking Boat Burial Site Found in Scotland

Archaeologists from the University of Manchester have excavated the first known Viking ship burial on mainland Britain, believed to be roughly a 1,0000 years old. The boat burial site was found near Ockle on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Scotland.   Archaeologist Dr Hannah Cobb said the “artefacts and preservation make … Continue reading