Nigel Hillpaul ن ‘A Colourful Welshman’
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Nigel Hillpaul ن ‘A Colourful Welshman’
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Rural Antiquary, Byzantinist, Z' Troop veteran & Varangjar for the σκρίνιον τῶν βαρβάρων and a Curator.
A Byron Rogers Enthusiast.
‘Did I mention I rowed a Trireme?’

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I think that must have been in one of the Gnostic Gospels.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Monday. Again.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
‘It’s beginning to feel a lot like Advent….’
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Beevor once sent a draft to the historian JJ Norwich. ‘There was rather a purple passage “this temptation should be firmly resisted”.
Told off for purple prose by the master of purple prose.

And I believe the icon is the Salus Populi Romani. Excellent taste!

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November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The young Vincent Price was *hot*.
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I asked Grok over on Twix what my account portrayed….

#ChattingWithAKnowledgeableUncleAtAPub
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all you tax-avoiding colonial ingrates out there.
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ALT: a man in a red uniform with a black hat
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November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I asked Grok over on Twix what my account portrayed….

#ChattingWithAKnowledgeableUncleAtAPub
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is a Bad Thing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just seen this on the Other Place from a trusted colleague. 😳
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Transportation.
Following the news that amphibious 'Duck' tours will return to London - which other lost experiences would you like to see resurrected?
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m getting old.
It’s a Saturday night and I’m sitting in front of the fire buried under a mountain of blankets and cushions with a bottle of sherry and a good book.
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Somebody’s going to have to explain cricket to me one day.
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A crisp morning in the Celestial Parish today.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I feel seen.
Gratia Christopher Howse

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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I have been down this very stretch of road above a dozen times.
Gratia Gökhan Tan and Koç University GABAM
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
And the award for the best post of the day over on TwiX goes to….
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Planning, planning, planning. A day trip to London tomorrow.
What to see, where to go and what pubs to visit.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Nicked from the Other Place.
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Enjoy your Hallowe’en, but be careful where you go trick or treating.

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October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM