SITP Online: "Historic Building Mythbusting"

Event Title: "Historic Building Mythbusting" with James Wright

How to Watch:
Join us at the Skeptics in the Pub channel on Twitch:
https://m.twitch.tv/sitp/

New to Skeptics in the Pub or Twitch or both?
Twitch or SitP may be new for some of you, so SITP will have early doors at 1:45 to welcome new attendees and answer any questions you may have before the presentation begins at 2:00. You can find a useful guide to Twitch here: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-twitch-4143337

You don't need a Twitch account to watch the talk only if you want to take part in the chat. You won't need an account to ask questions in the Q&A period though.

Note: If you have questions, please refer to the SITP Online event page - but note the event time is listed for GMT, i.e. Greenwich Main Time, which is 5 hours ahead of EST:
https://sitp.online/show/historic-building-mythbusting-james-wright/

Event Description:
Go to any ancient building and there will be interesting, exciting, and romantic stories presented to the visitor. They are commonly believed and widely repeated – but are they really true? These stories include those of secret passages linking ancient buildings, spiral staircases in castles giving advantage to right-handed defenders, ship timbers used in the construction of buildings on land, blocked doors in churches which are thought to keep the Devil out, and claims to be the oldest pub in the country.

James Wright will explain the development of such myths and investigate the underlying truths behind them. Sometimes the realities hiding behind the stories are even more interesting, romantic, and exciting than the myth itself…

About the Speaker:

• James Wright, founder of Triskele Heritage, is an award winning buildings archaeologist. He has two decades professional experience of ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the mediaeval period. He is the author of the popular Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog and his book Historic Building Mythbusting was released via The History Press on 6 June 2024.

About the Event Host:
"Skeptics in the Pub Online" is a FREE online event series organized by a UK-based coalition of skeptic groups. Formed when Covid-19 lockdowns stopped them meeting in pubs, they are working to deliver high-quality events based on science, reason, and critical thinking. To find out more about their online events, go to: https://www.skepticsinthepub.org/online-safety/

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