535 years ago the English woke to a new King and the start of a new dynasty which would eventually become the most famous in English...

560 years ago today a battle would take place in Northampton that would fundamentally change the course of English history and set in...

It was often said that the Pharaoh was Egypt and the belief that the king was at centre of the Egyptian universe was as old as the...

The history of Ancient Egypt is cyclical, consisting of periods of stability and prosperity which were followed by devastating breaks of...

Maat is the Egyptian Goddess shown in the picture below, however, Maat was more than just a Goddess she was the personification of...

I have started an online Egyptology course through the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. I’m going to be...

Today is Yom HaShoah, the official Israeli day of commemoration for the 6 million Jewish people who were murdered during the Holocaust....

The worst crisis since the Second World War, no-one can deny that the current pandemic is probably one of the most serious threats to...

Like everyone else my life has been disrupted by the ongoing pandemic, I am celebrating my 30th birthday on Monday in our flat in...

First of all apologies for the radio silence, I’m three weeks into a new job which has been a bit of a shock to the system, after 6 years...

Yesterday was the 371st anniversary of the execution of King Charles I, with the blow of the axe the old world ended and a new one...

I first read John-Mark Philo's article before Christmas and was fascinated by the prospect of new first hand work by Elizabeth I,...

There is much to recommend in Milan, from the stunning Duomo to the eerily beautiful monumental cemetery, however, for the history lovers...

I had intended to write and publish this blog yesterday, unfortunately (fortunately in my case) I got a bit side-tracked sorting out the...

During the Christmas break I watched Mary Queen Scots, having missed the chance to see it when it was in the cinema. To be honest, I...

Yesterday I caught up on the first episode of the new BBC 4 documentary on the trial and execution of the Charles I, and thought I would...

370 years separates 1649 from 2019, it is said that the past is a foreign country and at first glance to make a comparison between the...

My partner and I have just returned from a weekend away in Innsbruck, if you've never been I would definitely recommend it, especially at...