A few weeks ago I was delighted to be interviewed for Archaeology Magazine- all the way over in America! Here is an extract and a link to the finished article, featuring my research and my colleagues’ research projects plus the Hillfort Glow experiment I organised whilst working for Denbighshire County Council’s Heritage Lottery Funded ‘Heather […]
Historians have described him as ‘the greatest Englishman who ever lived’, but guess what? He was born in Wales. Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888–1935) was a soldier, a diplomat, a writer and a fellow archaeologist and castle-fan. He is famous for his extraordinary work in the Middle East as a fighter and a negotiator during and […]
We all know that Indiana Jones was very handy with a whip, but just how saucy does archaeology get? Sex has not always been taboo. In fact, it used to be celebrated. Symbols of the reproductive organs have been used for thousands of years as symbols of fertility, the naked body was idolised by the […]
I definitely remember learning about T E Lawrence at school, but I wonder how many of us know as much about the wonderful, inspirational adventures of Gertrude Bell, a pioneering woman archaeologist, explorer, diplomat? She was, after all, the ‘Queen of the Desert’… Last night I was honoured to attend the UK film premiere of […]
A Merger and a Demerger Today marks the beginning of a new era for Scottish and English heritage protection and participation, with the establishment of the corporate body and Board merging Historic Scotland and Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) to create new organisation Historic Environment Scotland and the demerger […]
I’m not usually home at this time of day, let alone reaching for the remote control (or the “auto change” as my family calls it), but today I managed to catch five minutes of Pointless, featuring English Heritage Properties! Pointless is a BBC Quiz Show where the contestants strive to find ‘pointless’ answers, after the […]
Written in 2015 This week has seen history in the making- the burial of a King; the funeral service of which was conducted earlier today in Leicester Cathedral. Coincidentally, this week I came across an old photograph of a 23 year old (blonde!) me at Middleham Castle next to the statue of Richard III, showing […]
Today in my Welsh class, I was asked if I knew something of historical interest in my local area of the village that I live in. I really could have gone to town with my answer, as there are so many places of historical interest located in my local area, and in particular in Bodelwyddan, […]
