A Life Before Fen and Sea
October 27, 2021
In anticipation of his new book, Fen and Sea, archaeologist I.G. Simmons explains how being a wartime evacuee in Lincolnshire inspired this fascinating landscape history of the area. At the… READ MORE
October 27, 2021
In anticipation of his new book, Fen and Sea, archaeologist I.G. Simmons explains how being a wartime evacuee in Lincolnshire inspired this fascinating landscape history of the area. At the… READ MORE
September 30, 2021
Today, we’re travelling through Neolithic Wales with author and archaeologist Jane Kenney. Exploring Neolithic buildings throughout the Welsh landscape, we discover just how important Wales is to understanding prehistoric Britain…. READ MORE
September 8, 2021
Cladh Hallan is a rare archaeological site that has recently unearthed brand new information about life in Bronze and Iron Age Britain. Here, the archaeologists behind the excavation give us… READ MORE
August 12, 2021
Is he wealthy or does he just have a big family? Colin Shepherd, author of The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland, sets out to answer this question through a… READ MORE
July 23, 2021
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… READ MORE
July 8, 2021
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,… READ MORE
June 23, 2021
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… READ MORE
June 2, 2021
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… READ MORE
May 17, 2021
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… READ MORE
April 29, 2021
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,… READ MORE