

Digging deep at Vindolanda
Set back half a mile from Hadrian's Wall is the Roman Fort of Vindolanda. Occupied and active even earlier than the wall, Vindolanda is...


Eating my way across England
The English, lets be honest, do not have a reputation for great cuisine, however I do think this is a little unfair. Local produce here...


Digging deep for Britain
Hadrian's Wall, or as a fellow historian has nicknamed it, Hadrian's Highway, was begun in 122AD as a defensive fortification under the...


Living in the past
I sat in the midst of a graveyard today for my picnic lunch. It was not what I was expecting to do, but like the church recommissioned...


Ancestral home
There is a small market town in Devon called Buckfastleigh. It's more famous neighbour Buckfast is so due to the Abbey that is there....