What you can get in London is:

Wool and linen - shops on Goldsworth Road. Take the tube to Goldsworth Road. Walk out of the exit. Look across the road. Just to the right of the Shepherds Bush Market entrance (as you look at it) there is Classic Textiles. Upstairs for wool, down for linen. There are other good shops up and down that bit of road also.

Handweavers Studio in North London. The only place to get weaving yarns. An amazing selection of wool, silk, linen etc etc etc. They have recently moved so check their new location and opening times on their website (search for Handweavers Studio).

Beads - you could try the obvious shop in Camden.

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http://www.infowars.com/police-brutality-in-pittsburgh-after-the-g20/

I've never seen them form interlocking shieldwalls either, I think generally their shields are too small and they don't need to because they're generally not actually under attack. Anyone know if this occurs in modern day shieldwalls at all?

Different force, but I know the MET don't pull their blows :(. Maybe I could train them to be pacifist combatants? Dunno how long they'd have held Senlac hill with <s>hippies</s> domestic extremists like us holding it:

1:37 - http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/993

I thought I wouldn't vent on the maillist full of freshers :)

This is kind of a long-term project for me but I'm enjoying beginning to read up on the subject.

I expect my character will be a wealthy widow, with connections dating from her time as a successful merchant's wife.

Somewhere I have notes for my abbess character, which I can dig out at a later date. I think the main thing I'd say at this point is: don't forget that the class system permeated into the monasteries. A nun who brought her own money and land when she took the veil would enjoy a much easier life, and have more power, than her sisters who brought little or nothing. A noble nun would not expect to be assigned menial chores or housework.

I plan on bringing Abbess Wulfhild back from time to time - hopefully she will be swinging a censer and blessing the troops next Hastings! I started writing her story a while ago, so I'll see how far I got and post it here if it's any use. For me the interest lies in portraying a literate, educated person. The important thing for this, however, is that it will require learning a bit of Latin… enough to say a few prayers and blessings, anyway. (Interesting fact: Latin remains the legal language of Great Britain. If you cannot read and write Latin, you are technically illiterate).

I know almost nothing about the subject, as I have studied Viking women and history much more. The idea is that the new nun will be a contemporary of my Viking woman, Ingibjorg, originating from the area where Ingibjorg now lives, but with very different attitudes.

I've created a page on the wiki for notes/research/reading list.

http://wychwood.wikidot.com/kit-nun-character

I think an announce list would be an excellent idea, but having three lists may get unwieldy. And don't forget that you all have the option of signing up for a weekly digest instead of individual emails.

As far as I can tell, we are allowed more than one list. V, if you want to go ahead with this I can submit a request from the Wychwood Herald account in your name…?

I've stayed on the mailing list for a couple of my Bristol societies and quite like hearing all the spam and gossip. Obviously if people do say they'd prefer to be on that list create it, I was just registering a lack of interest despite being the kind of person who in theory might want it and pointing out various ways in which multiple mailing lists can work other than what appears to be the Oxford convention of a temporary freshers one and a proper one.

Since I joined Wychwood there have been a handful of us who've hung Oxford around lots and stuck on the main list whilst there's a much larger group who'd probably want to come back for some things, if they knew what was on, but can't neccessarily handle all of the hundreds of emails. People like Emily, Amelia, Shreena, Manny, Emily, Heid, Ross…

Obviously no-one will be forced onto the Old Git lists!

There might be people who think it's a great idea in which case go ahead and create it, but if everyone feels the same as I do there's not much point.

An alternative solution I've seen a society do (then scrap when they turned into a bunch of dullards) is have the main mailing list not far off your suggestion of this new one, a second one with more detailed information on events for people who actually turn up rather than just signed up at fresher's fair, and a third one for general fun chatter barely relevent (if at all) to the society.

Some ex-wwers have expressed an interest in an occasional update in what's going on but do not want the general clutter of the list. This list would be set up PURELY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO REGULARLY ATTEND WYCHWOOD (i.e. it won't tell you venues of kit making etc)

It would:
- Send 1 email a term giving the dates of the fire, feast and perhaps one or two other interesting events (eg market, mystery trip)
- Inform people about special out of the ordinary events such as the upcoming trip to St Briavels, as well as the dates for York and Tintagel

It would NOT:
- Have any so called 'SPAM' or emails from anyone other than the committee
- Always contain precise details about events

Why this is a good idea:
- It would make feast organisation etc easier
- We would not alienate some of the old gits
- We would have more old gits at the bigger events which might be nice :D

Why this is a bad idea:
- Current wychwood members may join this list and therefore not know about regular wychwood meetings - more work for committee?
- Involves complex admin and setting up, which I have no idea how to do.

PLEASE DISCUSS, COMMENT, ARGUE, TELL ME I'M VERY WRONG ETC

V el Presidente says: Aye.
Freya el not a university members says: Aye.
Ferny el Old Git says: Aye Aye.

That's quorum (meh, might be), and president says so, so there. I think more members are always a good thing, and inclusiveness is something which I pride Wychwood on.

Possible problems so far suggested:
whether it would affect the University's public liability insurance policy for societies (Freya)
location of future events (V).

People can post here if they agree, but all we really need to know (quite urgently) is if anyone disagrees, how strongly, and why.

But the power of free speech presented to us by the internet could topple our glorious dictatorship. If you object, say. Your views may be considered ;).

Ferny

Interesting use of modern tech :)

Dear All,
The deadline for submitting articles for the next issue of the Journal of
the Oxford University History Society (JOUHS – issue 6, Michaelmas 2008) has
been extended to 17th November.
As usual, the editors are happy to consider research articles, essays, book
reviews, conference papers as well as reviews of exhibitions and conferences.
We also consider reports on ongoing research, in the form of snapshots of
research, and bibliographical checklists.
As we have decided to increasingly reflect the activities of the OUHS, we
are particularly interested in this occasion to receive proposals for
interviews or reports of the lectures scheduled by the society for this term,
including DAVID STARKEY (week 2), CHRISTOPHER BROWN (week 3), CLAIRE TOMALIN
(week 5), PHILIPPA GREGORY (week 6).
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