Let’s face it – Britain has a reputation when it comes to fierce women warriors. About 95% of that reputation goes (whether deservedly or not) to Boudicca – or Boadicea to her...
I’ve always been drawn towards small towns with three-letter names because, although they might sound somewhat shit, they tend to be full of surprises. Lom, a Bulgarian town straddling the banks of...
It's October 1st, 2003. Now, it's unlike villagers to gossip but some of them on the Shetland Islands have been doing just that. Some have written to George W Bush and asked...
Linguistically speaking, the Middle Ages don’t seem like they’d be all that different from the way we speak today. After all, Shakespeare is perfectly comprehensible, right?Â
To that, we have a couple of...
The English Civil War was, as might have been pointed out once or twice in the past 400 years, kind of a drag. There was a whole bunch of fighting and looting...
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,...
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...
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...
