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Are you a ‘pontist’? AKA a historic bridge enthusiast who enjoys either lobbying for preservation and/or who enjoys visiting and photographing historic bridges. If you are, this is the blog for you! Author and bridge[…]

Drawing from their brand new title, Lincoln Castle Revealed, expert archaeologists reveal the mystery behind the 18th century gaol hidden within this medieval castle. Dismissing long-held myths in just five-minutes, scroll down for a sneak[…]

This month, we talk to Dr. April Nowell, author of Growing Up in the Ice Age, about the mysterious extinction of the Neandertals. An esteemed Palaeolithic archaeologist, Nowell traces the craziest theories and strives to[…]

As the British Army looks at reductions to personnel and ongoing development of modern weaponry, we thought we’d turn our attention to the origins of warfare itself. Here, award-winning author and historian Simon Elliot gives[…]

Archaeologist Michael Fulford has been excavating Silchester, perhaps the most well-known town in Roman Britain, since 1974. A large part of his life’s work has involved the radical re-examination of the find spot of Silchester’s[…]

When we think of Roman heroes, we think of Caesar, Aeneas and Augustus. Today, we’re giving long overdue attention to Pertinax, the slave who became the emperor of Rome. Here, Simon Elliot, author of the[…]

In 1980, a fisherman snagged his net on a notorious shipwreck: the Royal Navy’s first HMS Invincible, lost for 221 years. Since then, discoveries ranging from gun calibres to buttons have raised even more questions[…]

In anticipation of his new book, Cannon Played From The Great Fort, Richard Israel reveals how Sandal Castle, alongside other castles deemed ‘weak’ in British history, were actually essential as social strongholds in the midst[…]