{"id":15190,"date":"2022-06-22T12:52:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=210245"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T10:44:32","slug":"who-were-the-celts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/who-were-the-celts\/","title":{"rendered":"Who were the Celts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dr David Musgrove\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Simon Jenkins considers the enigmatic story of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/iron-age\/celts-britain-romans-who-were-they-human-sacrifice\/&quot;\">the Celts<\/a>, and asks whether any such people ever actually existed. Speaking with David Musgrove, he also questions what the term \u2018Celtic\u2019 should mean to us today.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-210245-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/Celtsjenkins-6006a87.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/Celtsjenkins-6006a87.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/Celtsjenkins-6006a87.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Simon Jenkins is the author of <em>The Celts: A Sceptical History<\/em> (Profile Books, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-celts-a-sceptical-history\/9781788168816&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Celts-Sceptical-History-Simon-Jenkins-ebook\/dp\/B09M7QDN38?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-celts\/simon-jenkins\/9781788168809&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr David Musgrove Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am Simon Jenkins considers the enigmatic story of the Celts, and asks whether any such people ever actually existed. Speaking with David Musgrove, he also questions what the term \u2018Celtic\u2019 should mean to us today. https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/Celtsjenkins-6006a87.mp3 Simon Jenkins is the author of The Celts: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15191,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/06\/who-were-the-celts.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr David Musgrove Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am Simon Jenkins considers the enigmatic story of the Celts, and asks whether any such people ever actually existed. 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