Ok! I’ll admit it; I’ve been stuck in a historical fiction rut. So when this book landed on my doorstep I thought, “right, I’ll…
Nine hours travelling, squalid sleeping arrangements, too much to drink and money lost during late night card games. Not a scene from a 20th…
If you follow us on Twitter, then you will know there is a special place in our hearts for Historic Royal Palaces; the independent…
As long as songs have been written and sung, they have been used to tell stories. From classical composers to modern day chart toppers,…
You may know him as the self confessed ‘pun-loving twitter obsessive’ slash history nerd, but don’t go writing him off as another history nutter,…
A minute after walking into the exhibition it became apparent that I was the only person in the room who didn’t know what Shunga…
The books that Jane Austen wrote two centuries ago were designed to be entertaining. She was writing about her own era and about the…
We’ve travelled the globe, metaphorically of course, for the best historical offerings this winter. Here’s a run down of the worlds best; spanning Pre-historic…
If you are reading this then you either a) love history or b) have found us on StumbleUpon and are questioning how you got…
‘Can you see anything?’ ‘Yes… wonderful things.’ Howard Carter’s famously understated words when first looking into the tomb of Tutankhamun marked the beginning of a…
The National Trust’s Quarry Bank Mill is one of Britain’s greatest industrial heritage sites, making it a perfect day out for you and your…
How Did She Keep Henry Enraptured for Six Long Years Before Marriage? Like so many of you, I have a long-standing love affair with…