Sable's Collection of Useful Web Links
Odd Fascinations
| Sean Bean Online ~Sean Bean, the Thinking Woman's Bit of Rough, Fansite with gallery, news, games, puzzles and fan forums. | Anglotopia ~The website for people who love Britain. Filled with great travel information and lots of maps of the trains, tubes and areas of interest. |
Shopping Therapy
| Charming Charlie ~Store guide for unique women's fashion accessory boutique with an overwhelming selection of fashion jewelry, handbags and more. | Sam Moon ~The easy way to shop for handbags, luggage, fashion jewelry, watches, sterling silver, buy more to save more, store locator and online shop. | ||
| The Discriminating General ~Military Heritage, Weapons, accessories and Uniforms |
Women of a Certain Age
| More Magazine ~Health, Beauty, Fashion, Love, Careers and more - MORE Magazine - For Women 40 Plus. | Women of a Certain Age Blog~What we are reading, seeing, doing, thinking, at this stage of our lives. |
Home Repair and Improvement
| Appliance Parts Pros ~The Fastest and Easiest way to find replacement parts for home appliances. | Do It Yourself Home Improvement ~Largest open resource of home improvement and repair information. |
The Subject of Food
| The Old Foodie ~Blog of food historian Janet Clarkson. | Open Line Recipes ~Recipes and bulletins from the WMT radio show Open Line, with archives from early 1960s. | ||
| Medieval Cookery ~Three Medieval Reenactors' Collection of Medieval recipes, research, resources and tools, and food-related oddities. | Fresh Preserving: The Ball Blue Book Onlline ~Legendary source for all fresh preserving needs. Excellent resource for first-time and experienced home preservers. | ||
| Pick Your Own ~Find a pick-your-own farm near you, then learn to can and freeze. A compendium of home food preservation knowledge and recipes. |
Good Causes
| The Sharpe's Children Foundation ~Actors from the legendary TV series Sharpe giving hope to orphaned and destitute children throughout the world. Actors taking Action! | Shorncliffe Redoubt Preservation Society ~Dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of the 95th Rifles. | ||
| Help For Heroes ~Launched on 1 Oct 2007 by Bryn and Emma Parry and a group of friends to support those wounded in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tri service Benefits Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. |
Music
| Vienna Teng ~Folk pop pianist and singer/songwriter, piano is her primary instrument. Vienna charges her lyrics with feeling narrative and personal history. | John Tams ~Award-winning British folk singer and songwriter with a career spanning four decades in every medium. One of the quiet heroes of the British Folk Music revolution. | ||
| Norcaslordie ~British Folk Music with contemporary influences and a desire to make the music accessible and entertaining to young and old. | Saor Patrol ~Bringing back from the past a unique sound of Scotland into the 21st century, launching their audience into the tribal, turbulent era of times long gone. | ||
| Corvus Corax ~German band known for playing medieval music using an abundance of authentic instruments.Their live performances attract attention with the bizarre look of the musicians being reminiscent of ancient Greek myths: half-naked, dressed in unusual clothes, wearing primitive tribal decorations, often tattooed. |
Hobbies and Interests
| 1/95th Rifles ~95th Rifles Living History Society and Reenactment group's website. | 2/95th Rifles ~The 2/95th Rifles Re-enactment & Living History Society. | ||
| History Of War ~First port of call for information on any aspect of military history. | The Penninsular War ~History of the Penninsular War 1808-1814 with detailed maps and accounts of the major battles. | ||
| The Napoleon Series ~Acknowledging the extraordinary talents of the man who defined an age (1789-1821) and the remarkable men and women who peopled and shaped it. | Napoleonistyka ~Napoleon, His Army and Enemies. Campaigns - Battles - Strategy- Tactics - Commanders - Uniforms - . |
Books and Authors
| Westeros ~Westeros, the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' domain, where you can learn all about George R.R Martin's brilliant fantasy series and the HBO Game of Thrones adaptation. | George R.R. Martin ~Personal blog of the author of the critically acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire book series. | ||
| Napoleonic Wars Books ~Napoleonic Wars Bookshop for historical fiction, reference and non-fiction accounts. | McBooks Press ~Historical fiction of a military nature from the publishing house roster of top notch authors. | ||
| Sharpe Tales Fan Fiction ~A collection of fanfiction. Some good, some bad, most hetero and, sadly, a little bit of slash. Reader beware: not all are well-marked. |
Amusements
| MiDor ~95th Specializing in Old Time Radio Programs, TV & Cartoons, including the Paperback Hell series. English, French and Japanese DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, download MP3 and MP4. Worldwide delivery. | British Radio Comedy ~Listen to classic British radio comedy shows. Includes Paperback Hell series, Old Harry's Game, Trevor's World of Sports and more. |
Blogs and Bits
| Oscar Brand's Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads ~Where to get just what the name implies. Site is an archive of traditional drinking songs, toasts, a study of folklore found in the drinking context -- much of which is bawdy. | The Geek Files ~Journalist and award-winning super-blogger David Bentley uses his mutant powers to bring you the latest news, reviews and gossip on sci-fi, fantasy, cult TV, film and related pop culture. | ||
| Age of Uncertainty Blog ~A gentleman bookseller's blog about the bits and bobs that pass through his shop with tons of interesting and mainly nostalgic photos. | Winter is Coming blog ~Winter Is Coming is the number one source for news, rumors, speculation and discussion about HBO's forthcoming series "Game of Thrones". |
Geek Gear
| Digital Blasphemy ~3D computer wallpaper collection by Ryan Bliss. | My Anti-Spyware ~Expert help on spyware, malware and adware removal, both do-it-yourself and ask-a-geek forums. |