This episode begins beneath the statue of King Alfred the Great, which is located in the market place at Wantage, England. I give a short history of this Anglo-Saxon king, and highlight how Nottingham University plan to remove the term 'Anglo-Saxon' from its course titles.

In the following segment, I provide a personal example of how a local school memory holed Florence Nightingale and ignored local history, in favour of promoting Mary Seacole (a glorified caterer during the Crimean War 1853-1856).

I share my concerns about the abolition of the term 'Anglo-Saxon', and the direction of travel for this form of memory holing. The words England, English, and even the works of J.R.R. Tolkein may not be safe.

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'Solitude' by Entertainment For The Braindead which is share under a creative commons licence. See links below:

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The drawing of the King Alfred the Great, shown in the thumbnail for this podcast, was created by Pauline Herbert. Find out more at https://www.scottyscapes.com/

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