KING ARTHUR PENDRAGON

Channel 4 producers, Time Team ... STOP! Who really wants to hear about the undersoil content of the well-cropped lawns of Windsor? Why do you persist in serving up a soggy biscuit of history when the viewers deserve a thick juicy steak? And it's about time you stopped supporting the ridiculous, childish, unsubstantiated beliefs surrounding the romanticised tales of Arthur Pendragon. Station bosses, perleez get wise, why not just save yourself time and money and re-run the film "Merlin," or the ridiculous "King Arthur" (I'd rather see Keira Knightley on a horse than Bishop Baldrick in a trench). Both of these films hold about as much historical credence as the theoretical ramblings of modern-day archaeologists.

So here is the question - Arthur Pendragon, did he exist?
Well, a king existed, but his name was not Arthur. The words Arth ar pen draig are more of a postal address than a name, and it dates back at least to the Younger Dryas period (11,500BC-9600BC). Whatever the name of this king, the remnants of an ancient civilisation indicate that the country was united, one tribe, one belief system and therefore one leader. Far from being ignorant hunter-gatherers the advanced mathematics, astronomy and geography involved in the accurate nationwide placement of settlements across the southern half of Britain tells a very different story from that dished out by the Time Team.

This image is the origin of the name Arth ar pen draig,
an address, the bear at the head of the dragon.