I will be at the new Origins Conference in Wiltshire
The Origins Conference was founded by Andrew Collins (Questing Conference) and Hugh Newman (Megalithomania) in 2013 to explore the origins of civilization. It took place at Rudolf Steiner House, except in 2015 it took place at Queen Mary University at Mile End. During the pandemic it went online (2021) and has now permantly moved to Wiltshire. Previous speakers include Graham Hancock, Prof. Robert Temple, Michael Cremo, Prof. Irving Finkel, Dr. Greg Little, Lora Little, Robert Bauval, Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, William Henry, Dr Manjir Samanta-Laughton, Graham Philips, Christopher Dunn, Deborah Cartwright, Lenie Reedijk, Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, Alan Butler, Maria Wheatley, Scott Creighton and Jim Vieira.
The conference prices are in three phases. Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3. Phase 2 discounted tickets lasts until midnight on 30th September.
Venue Information: The Bouverie Hall, Goddard Rd, Pewsey SN9 5EQ. www.bouveriehall.co.uk. There is ample parking directly at the venue and the Pewsey Train Station is located a few minutes walk away. There are numerous hotels and B&Bs in the area and shops, restaurants and of course pubs are located nearby.
Sunday 3rd November Tour 10.30am – 2.30pm: Meet at main Avebury National Trust car park at 10.30am for an exploration (on foot) of the Avebury Stone Circle complex guided by Robin Heath and guests.
Conference contact info: [email protected] – Facebook Page – Origins Lectures on Youtube
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Hello Mr.Heath,
I watched your recent interview with Hugh Newman on the Megalithomania YouTube channel. You mentioned interviews that you have with Euan Mackie and Aubrey Burl. You indicated that you wanted to sell them, I’m interested in Getting copies of both, to see what both men had to say in their interviews. Do you know how much that you would want for the copies of the interviews for an individual person to watch and use for research?
Hello,
I apologize for not getting back to you earlier. The internet provider (BT) has recently taken over three weeks to restore our failed telephone line.
The format for the two interviews are cine-camera [2013 (Euan MacKie)] and cassette tape [(2004) (Aubrey Burl)]. I also have a non-published CD interview with Michael Postins, (author of best selling book at Stonehenge shop:- Sun, Moon and States which mentions his interviews with Richard Atkinson and Glyn Daniels.
Since I wrote my piece on my website the circumstances have changed. I have been contacted by Susan McColl (Alexander Thom’s grand-daughter) who is collating a new set of information about her Grandfather – whom she accompanied on many of his surveys with her father – Dr Archibald Thom, and with whom I held a detailed set of correspondences (letters and phone calls) shortly before his untimely death.
Susan is a well known Scottish artist, and in charge of the Thom archive at her home in Dunlop, Argyllshire. Apparently, The Scottish Museum for Historic Scotland is planning a far more advertised recognition of Thom’s work than has been possible previously, and has approached Susan, whom I already know well, to supply the required and previously unseen or unknown material required to complete the task of preserving a betterThom archive.
My wife and I once became domiciled at Thom’s old estate on the Hill, Dunlop, where we were welcomed into the large Thom and MacColl clan, and where I gleaned so much info about ‘The Skipper )’, the man, and the centre where I compiled many of my notes, photos and interviews intended for my then up and coming book, which is both a text book and a biographic account of Thom’s life: Alexander Thom: Cracking the Stone Age Code, during the period 2002-2005.
In the light of this change in attitude concerning the value of Thom’s work and the recent rise of interest in ‘Megalithic Science’ by the archaeological world, I have decided to offer my archive library to Susan’s project whence it will be available to all who have interest in The Stuff that The Skipper unearthed during his 40-odd year survey of monuments in the UK, Ireland, and Brittany. This will relieve me from the (sometimes) nightmare that can occur when attempting to transfer data (ie digitise) from an old cine camera and/or from a 1980s cassette tapes where the treble has become greatly attenuated. The Museum has all the kit to do these transfers and thus this material can become available to all interested parties within the context of Thom, Burl, McKie, Postins, Newham, Michell, Neal and many of the other stalwarts who contributed to the rising mountain of data supporting Thom’s original researches.
Best wishes, and thank you for your interest.
Robin Heath