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Forget the Shakespeare speeches. Forget Kenneth Branagh shouting “once more unto the breach” with his chin in the air. The Battle of Agincourt, fought on a cold, soaked morning in northern France...

Blood & Iron: The Gruesome Truth of the First Scottish War of Independence

Hollywood gave us Braveheart. Mel Gibson in war paint, freedom speeches, slow-motion charges across the heather. Stirring stuff — but clean, palatable, and wrapped in the myth of noble resistance. The truth? The...

Secrets Below the Sandstone: Walking Through The Smuggler History of Wallasey

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The Blue Boar Tavern, York: A Gritty Pint with Dick Turpin’s Ghost

York is a city thick with history, the kind of place where you can feel the weight of centuries pressing in around you. But few spots capture the raw, unpolished grit of...

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Mud, Blood & Splinters: Welcome to the Real Horror of Agincourt

Forget the Shakespeare speeches. Forget Kenneth Branagh shouting “once more unto the breach” with his chin in the air. The Battle of Agincourt, fought on a cold, soaked morning in northern France...

Blood & Iron: The Gruesome Truth of the First Scottish War of Independence

Hollywood gave us Braveheart. Mel Gibson in war paint, freedom speeches, slow-motion charges across the heather. Stirring stuff — but clean, palatable, and wrapped in the myth of noble resistance. The truth? The...

Secrets Below the Sandstone: Walking Through The Smuggler History of Wallasey

Long before Wallasey became a quiet coastal suburb perched on the north-eastern tip of the Wirral Peninsula, it was a haven for outlaws, rogues, and opportunists. In the shadow of Liverpool’s rising...

York Army Museum: A Bayonet-Charged Review

If you’ve ever wanted a no-nonsense, blood-soaked, gunpowder-stinking dive into Britain’s military history, then the York Army Museum is where you need to be. This place doesn’t waste time with modern, woke...

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The Blue Boar Tavern, York: A Gritty Pint with Dick Turpin’s Ghost

York is a city thick with history, the kind of place where you can feel the weight of centuries pressing in around you. But few spots capture the raw, unpolished grit of...

What Was It Really Like To Step Into an English Medieval Tavern?

If there’s something that’s fallen into shocking and sad disuse, it’s the concept of a tavern. Back in the day, it was de rigeur to rock up after a hard day’s riding,...

Ye Olde Starre Inne: Solid Bitter, Haunted Morgues & Civil Wars

With the scent of a freshly brewed York bitter in my nose, I stare out of the distorted window of Ye Olde Starre Inn and down the slanted alley that leads to...

Surviving English Civil War Pubs: An Ale-Splattered Adventure

One of the great things about England is that they have a bunch of pubs. Another great thing about England is that it has a genuine history because actual things happened here....

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The English Witch Trials were one of the darkest periods in that country’s history. Taking place over a roughly 300-year period (beginning in the 1400s and lasting until the 1700s). The era...

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With the scent of a freshly brewed York bitter in my nose, I stare out of the distorted window of Ye Olde Starre Inn and down the slanted alley that leads to...

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