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Thread started 01/18/18 2:36pm

Lianachan

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The Old Fox?

In 1747, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was beheaded for his part in the Jacobite uprising and buried at the Tower of London.

Or was he.....

His family and clan have maintained that his body was snuck away and is actually buried in the Wardlaw Mausoleum, near Inverness. In October 2017, Professor Dame Sue Black examined the remains that are claimed to be his. Her findings are to be announced tonight, in a blaze of publicity and television cameras. Lovat is a character in insulting shitfest Outlander, so there's a lot of Global interest from twats.

Speaking of twats, Dan Snow is firmly embedded in all of this too of course. I've been in the mausoleum, which is near my house, and have seen the coffins there - including the one said to be his - so am interested in this. Plus, of course, he's an important and interesting actual real historical character. I'd love the old story about his body being moved to be true. I sort of know Sue Black, through her involvement in another project, but she ain't giving anything away until tonight. I'll be there, in a packed out event in Inverness to hear what she has to say. Either way, there's going to be a media circus around it all and it will be all over the news tomorrow.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov

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Reply #1 posted 01/18/18 10:07pm

Lianachan

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Strange night. Sue Black and her colleague were very comprehensive, and great speakers as usual, but there was a lot of shameless self promotion and bullshit from Dan Snow, and a surprisingly interesting (though also self promoting) contribution by an author who talked about something that I’ve only ever heard myself talking about before.

Anyway, was it himself in the coffin?

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Reply #2 posted 01/23/18 11:21pm

kpowers

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