I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
A new BBC documentary presented by Alice Roberts has been charting the spread of modern humans across the globe. Is it really…
Jargon: which words would you ban?The Local Government Association has published a list of words and phrases that it thinks council staff…
‘England’s Past for Everyone’ is a groundbreaking new project set up by one of our most venerable institutions, the Victoria County History.…
Archaeologists have excavated over 600 bodies from around the world, mysteriously buried face-down. Britain is the biggest hotspot — with more than…
Geography made a unitary empire embracing the Mediterranean and temperate Europe inherently unstable; but the wreckage of the Roman Empire contained the…
Let it growOne can only applaud the National Trust’s decision to create 1,000 allotments within its disused walled gardens and on land…
‘England’s Past for Everyone’ is a groundbreaking new project set up by one of our most venerable institutions, the Victoria County History.…
When, at the IFA’s Liverpool conference in April 2004, I argued for a festival of archaeology to compare with the superb festivals…
After only two years, we are already beginning to establish some Festival traditions. One is to tackle a ‘difficult’ subject. Last year…