‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or…
A lack of sources regarding the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia has often led to it being overshadowed by other contemporary kingdoms, such…
Neanderthals must be the most-familiar members of our extended family tree. Since the first discoveries of their bones in the 1850s (a…
Charlotte Golledge’s book takes us on a tour of the burial places of Edinburgh. For each cemetery, she provides a small precis…
In April 2010, a metal-detectorist found a pot containing 52,503 Roman coins near Frome in Somerset. As one of the largest hoards…
It is not easy to describe 400 years of activity stretching from southern England almost to the edge of Scotland, but Denise…
Grave AX at Yeavering remains one of the most-extraordinary discoveries in Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Its occupant lay in a slightly flexed posture, with…
This pocket-sized guide to Belfast provides the reader with everything required for an enjoyable trip around 50 of its most historically significant…
At The Box, in Plymouth, 14 colourful giants wait to greet visitors to this new museum (at time of writing, its COVID-delayed…
In this volume, his second on the military heritage of Scotland’s cities, Gregor Stewart presents the history of Stirling, from Roman invasion…
The site of Yeavering, Northumberland, identified in 1949 and excavated with some precision by Brian Hope-Taylor, remains the most comprehensively excavated great…