We were driving home from North Wales, and it is a long way to East Anglia from there. So we were looking for a break in the journey somewhere: a place to rest overnight before A14-ing onwards to N…| East of Elveden
My latest book Flint Country was published a couple of weeks ago. I would just like to share this generous blog post about it by Klausbernd Vollmar and Hanne Siebers. It also includes some of Hanne…| East of Elveden
Cotswold Archaeology: As work began on the first phase of excavations on the western edge of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, just outside the New Forest National Park, exciting finds started to appear. Investigation revealed an extensive Iron Age and Roman rural settlement which was previously unknown. However, it is one of the very first discoveries that provided much excitement… Read More » The post Making an impression at Fordingbridge appeared first on Cotswold Archaeology.| Cotswold Archaeology
It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying displays of savagery. Such characteristics set them apart from the more orderly and controlled Greeks, who also penned many of these accounts. Sumptuous metalwork from Thracian territory, though, speaks of skilful artisans, and also an openness to a cornucopia of cultural influences. In our cover feature, we go in search of the real Thracians. Ancient writ...| World Archaeology
The very mention of the village of Happisburgh in Norfolk brings to mind all manner of prehistoric associations and connections with long-extinct ancestors. The early years of this current century …| East of Elveden
A Journey to Avebury is the name of a short silent film made by Derek Jarman made in 1971. Shot in wobbly Super 8, and saturated with burnt orange hues, it has an otherworldly eldritch atmosphere t…| East of Elveden
This started with nomenclature, as so many things do. I started writing a response to Scrap Princess's post about Dinosaur naming conventions in the fantasy genre. Then I got carried away.| Middenmurk
Sigh. Sorry to those of you still reading this page – it’s been ages I know. Over the Christmas period I’ve had some time to come back and revisit a documentary on the werewolf th…| The BS Historian
This post follows on in part from a post I wrote a couple of years ago on regionality. It will also begin with an apology: the maps presented here will be very difficult for colour blind readers to…| English Landscape and Identities