Until recently, I have been ‘finishing off’ Beaumaris Castle, situated on the Welsh island of Anglesey. It was never actually completed and is the greatest castle never built! ITV Wales joined us for the morning to see what I have been working on there for the last year… To see Ian Lang’s report on ITV […]
I was asked something last week which blew. my. mind. On Sunday, I gave around 55 visitors from Wormhout, the Twin Town of Llandudno in France, a guided tour around Chester. They have visited Wales many times before, so decided to visit Chester for a half day during their week-long stay this year, for the […]
The ghostly ruins of an old house, the watchtower of Denbigh Moors, rise out of the ground as you travel over the moorland between Denbigh and Bala. It was once a lavish mansion, built around its humble beginnings as a simple wooden chalet (albeit shipped in from Norway!). A Prime Minister once addressed a large crowd from […]
Over the last few months I have been honoured to have a small part in a truly wonderful art and education project for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day. Over the last few months, hundreds of school children have been working with local artist Laura Stenhouse and creating their own poppies, made from recycled drinks bottles. […]
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 […]
I don’t know about you, but I am incredibly excited about the return of Game of Thrones tonight. Although, I should admit, I was a late starter. Hubby watched it and raved about it. He kept telling me I’d love it, especially with all of the historical references and themes, but from the tiny extracts […]
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 […]
It was #MuseumsWeek last week, and it got me reminiscing about some of the fabulous and fun museums I have visited in Britain over the years. Historically, when the word ‘museum’ is used, a picture of a dark, stuffy, dusty building full of untouchable, far-from-understandable objects behind glass is conjured up. Now, that is far […]
