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And I don't care what they say, this still looks suspiciously like vegetation to me.

Here's a zoomed section, with the location of The Devil's Punchbowl approximately where I've marked the blue X. As you can see, it's in an area with a significant local magnetic field, so compass deviations shouldn't come as a surprise:

I started listening to the Strange Trails podcast last night about the legend of the Shadow Man. Thought it would be entertaining, along the lines of Dark Histories. After a few minutes, something didn't feel right though and I decided to Google it. It's a total work of fiction, with actors...

The British Geological Survey produces a detailed, zoomable map showing magnetic anomalies over the British Isles, with red and orange showing the strongest local magnetic fields and deep blue the weakest. As you can see, London and the area due south is mostly red or orange. South Cornwall...

Have you seen the portrait he keeps covered in the attic?

1) looks like a fanciful depiction of Noah's ark. 2) The "Balrog" looks like a Wyvern to me (perhaps @lordmongrove would care to comment?). 3) I'm sure Boromir only had the one horn! 4) The "Dùnadan" look vaguely like Bayeux Tapestry-era Norman cavalry to me, but I'm no expert. Have to admit...

Rapidly moving cylinder spotted over New York's LaGuardia Airport. A drone seems the most likely explanation, but the apparent extreme velocity does appear anomalous: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13350633/ufo-drone-new-york-city-laguardia-airport.html

A fairly detailed analysis of the weird digit here (includes some photos of extreme macrodactyly). https://gregorspoerri.com/info/the-relic-of-bir-hooker-analysis/?lang=en

It's timey-wimey and every character bar none has hang-ups. That's all you need to know.

Always love your reviews Ramon, but can't help wondering how you can manage (or afford) to go to the cinema so often! Almost all of my reviews come from streaming the movie.

Here's a video of a 27" tall horse in India:

You're absolutely right of course and it would be far more authentic if celebrants just carried the St. George's Cross on this day. The Union Flag though does seem to carry rather more English weight than any of the other home nations and will often be seen alongside the Flag of St. George.

There were a few Union Jacks on display at my local 'Spoons and I did enjoy a quick pint of good old English ale after doing the shopping tonight.

The saying goes "never bring a knife to a gunfight". Just occasionally though the apparently weaker protagonist comes out on top. As we're coming up to the 83rd anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck, I thought I'd pay a brief homage to the courageous RAF crewmen who pulled off the daring...

Fair enough but, like most US war films, they were the only allies involved. The 2001 movie Enigma probably merits a mention here too.

I posted something about Percy Fawcett earlier on the large snakes thread and just looked up some reviews of the 2016 Lost City of Z movie. Nothing quite as egregious as Braveheart, but it does have its share of anachronisms and other goofs: Set in 1906, there is an early shot of a steam...

See what you mean!

Good call, but perhaps you can forgive a musical for embellishing history somewhat!

OK, so we have threads here for horror, sci-fi, steampunk and worst movies, which sometimes touches on this topic, but I thought a thread dedicated to ostensively historical films which are littered with anachronisms and other cringeworthy goofs could be quite entertaining. For the purposes of...

I listened to the Dark Histories podcast about Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z last night. https://www.darkhistories.com/percy-fawcett-the-lost-city-of-z/ His claim to have shot a 60 ft anaconda was based on it being more than double the length of the expedition's boats which, presumably...

Eh? I thought he was like everyone's favourite granddad? If you know something that I don't, please dish the dirt.

Don't know if the cubes have been definitively dated yet. This Ancient Origins article compared them to Sudoku-like wall carvings in a temple in Panari, India: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/south-indian-sudoku-archaeologists-find-magic-square-puzzle-inscribed-021859

Just as the past of sneak always used to be sneaked, but the ghastly Americanism "snuk" appears now with depressing regularity.

The Hyperstealth company have patented their invisibility shield. The technology has been around for several years now, so you can bet that what little the public get to see in the promotional videos, has already been surpassed by highly classified military applications...

I attended one of the last lectures by the late, great astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. The main theme was the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. At the Q & A session, I was delighted that he spotted my raised hand. I asked whether our definition of the "Goldilocks Zone" was too restrictive...

Was Uri Geller one of your exes, along with Scurvey and Itch?

Great movie!

Nope. Just means you have a sound memory and aren't prone to flights of fancy.

Whilst it may not be quite in Oscar Wilde territory, you have to admire J.K. Rowling's delightfully blunt riposte to her online trolls!

I am SO glad that I left Royal Mail IT before that particular curséd project!

The odd thing is that my change of career wasn't really into something I particularly wanted to do. I left finance and went down the IT route, doing some coding and a little team leading and project management along the way and ultimately ending up as a software test specialist, which I now...

I went veggie primarily for ethical reasons, but feel that it probably did help my recovery from the burn-out I was experiencing. The main point I wanted to make though was that anxiety/depression isn't some disembodied external factor that assails you for no reason. I believe it is something...

Portuguese extreme body-builder and Instagram influencer Marco Cesar Aguiar Luis, known as "Monstro", dies aged just 46. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13320043/Bodybuilder-influencer-Monster-claimed-shredded-dies-aged-46-Germany-devastated-wife-pays-tribute-online-star.html

Within a couple of years of quitting that stressful job in London, I also took the decision to become vegetarian. I haven't relapsed to meat eating for over 3 decades now.

I don't know if this will be of any help to @DrPaulLee or any other forumists with similar feelings, but I was by far at my lowest ebb with anxiety, depression and shocking insomnia some 30 years ago. At the time, I had a fairly high pressure position with a financial company, coupled with a...

But I'm sure you'd forgive him if he turns up with a living Thylacine or, better still, Pterosaur?

And did he take no for an answer? As you're not the wealthy Western sponsor he was hoping for, you need to tell him straight "Sori Rex. Nogut. Mi no ken helpim yu wantaim mani, bikos mi poket brok!"

Exactly. You're never quite sure whether you are watching the "theatrical version", "director's cut", "editor's choice", "restored version", "special edition", "extended version" or "TV edit". The myriad versions of Alien and The Wicker Man out there spring to mind.

Twiggy recalls getting stuck in vending machine The legendary 60s supermodel tells how she once became stuck at Brighton railway station attempting to retrieve a chocolate bar...

I guess a 20 year-old Rex dressed in traditional Papuan warrior gear is something like young English men who go to watch sports events dressed as Crusader Knights/Richard the Lionheart.

Those fancy outfits don't come cheap! Here's Rex in 2004. See if you can understand (or "save" savvy) the Tok Pisin. Had to look up "bilas" which means decoration or finery. Might have trouble getting that spear through US security mind you.

What Happened at 625 River Rd. Allegedly based on true events (although the end credits have the usual disclaimer that this is a work of fiction) this 2023 movie features a couple of good-time girls seeking a short break away from the city. They seem to have struck lucky, scoring a huge and...

So how about it @lordmongrove? I'm sure you'd be happy to chip in a few hundred to help this rising star of cryptozoology ..... :evillaugh:

Rex Yapi invited to the USA to speak at Oklahoma Bigfoot Conference in May and Oregon Cryptozoological Conference in June. He's appealing to crowdfunding to cover his travel expenses. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rex-yapi-a3b532239/

Weren't Scurvey and Itch a couple of your exes?

Visited my son and DIL yesterday. They proudly showed off their new 65" TV. It looked a bit isolated on the wall and I did mention "no Sky or Tivo box then?" "Oh no " DIL replied. "We only ever watch Netflix, Prime or YouTube, so no need."

This was also on today's Quora, a few posts below the London deaths. Rule Britannia! The curious tale of how the horrific ordeal of an 11 year-old Cornish boy led to the creation of the famous patriotic song. Thomas Pellow was born in Penryn Cornwall in 1704. In 1715, he was in the care of...

Oh and tympany was abdominal distension.

Lights means lungs, so it's some sort of lung infection.

The things that Londoners used to die of 4 centuries ago. Interesting that cancer and wolf are lumped together and as for the poor guy who died of piles...