In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
I thought you might be inter-ested to see this edible replica of K377, a pyramid mount from the Staffordshire Hoard. The cake…
In the first half of the 7th century, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia was ascending towards the zenith of its power, hard-won…
Between 850,000 and 950,000 years ago a small party set out across the upper reaches of an estuary. The group was made…
The Staffordshire Hoard has been assembled in its entirety for the first time since its excavation, revealing a wealth of clues about…
In the late 20th century, a British prime minister looked at her country, saw that it was in decline and set out…
In the summer of 2013, the artist collaborative ‘Rhynie Woman’ received a grant from the Huntly Cultural Fund to provide a…
Kenwood has just been revamped. It had been closed for two years —it needed a new roof: so how does…
Archaeologists have found the earliest human footprints known outside Africa, at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast. Dating back 800,000 years, the prints…
When did the first people arrive in what is now Britain? Ongoing research into an extraordinary concentration of Palaeolithic sites on the…
With hopes of excavating the remains of Sheffield Castle high, due to the forthcoming demolition of market buildings that currently stand on…