Recent content by Peg Powler

Thanks for doing this!

:eek: Giant hogweed is definitely an introduced species in Britain. Years ago, my husband was involved in a project to eradicate it in ecologically sensitive parts of the region where we live. It is invasive and, as you say, dangerous.

Tom Shippey has written about the relationship between Frodo and Sam, describing Sam as Frodo's 'batman', in the early 20thC British military context. Batmen were drawn from the ranks and assigned to officers. In WW1 a batman would be the officer's close companion through the ordeal they both...

Interesting... I never considered that Tolkien was referring to the hemlock tree, because it's not a species native to Britain. I took the term to mean one of the larger umbellifers that grow wild here. They're quite difficult to tell apart, and I keep meaning to borrow this book from the...

I'm a tech muppet, remember? :D Facebook it is, then. I'll set up a new account there. What will you call the FB group/discussion, so that I can find you? I'm not actually a water spirit of the River Tees, and I'll be using my own name on FB. ;)

Yes, it might be a good idea for you to contact the Prof first, just in case. I actually deleted my Facebook account earlier this year. It's ironic that since then I've received several invitations to join specialist FB discussion groups. I would be prepared to re-join simply for this purpose...

Okay, this where I reveal what a tech muppet I am, so please be gentle...:confused: I only ever use my laptop (Windows 10) to go online, because I'm more comfortable with it, and in my rural area it's the most reliable means anyway. But when I downloaded iTunes and Grover to set up feeds for the...

Hi Galion I think that would be a great idea! I'm in the UK, and it would be good to compare notes with other people in the same/similar time zone. We've just gone back one hour from BST to GMT (I hate this time of year ). Like you, I struggle to keep up with Corey's LOTR discussions given the...