Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain

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Scene Three: 21 October 1965. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of Liverpool Corporation attend the grossly insensitive opening ceremony of Llyn Celyn at a tea party in a marquee overlooking the new reservoir. All hell breaks loose. Medieval climate change: how the ravages of extreme weather, as the Medieval Warm Period gave way to Little Ice Age, laid waste to the cities of Old Winchelsea and Dunwich

It’s crucial, if you want to lead a happy life, to remember that one day life will end. Not in a ‘make the most of every moment’ sense, but rather to recognise your own unimportance. Nothing lasts for ever, so why worry about it? These places were lost for many various reasons for me the most striking story is that in Chapter eight, which he calls the Village of the Damned. That being the village of Capel Celyn in Wales, a village lost due to man’s need for water resources. While as an urban historian I have recently been looking at how Manchester gained its water from the Lake District and its disregard for the locals. This story is far more poignant as this removal of the people, the village is now under a water reservoir serving the people of England. How Green rebuilds the human stories and their fight is so striking and meaningful. The Crown actor Jared Harris who portrayed dying King George VI in first season of Netflix show says Royal Family would be 'delighted' by the series

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