I have now examined the archaeology of every county in Britain bar one – Wiltshire. This was no accident, for I have…
It was not until CA 20 (May 1970) that the first interview was published in the magazine. It was with Martin Biddle,…
The latest exhibition at the British Museum offers an overview of South African art from manuports to Mandela and beyond. Lucia Marchini…
Martin Millett, Louise Revell, and Alison Moore (eds) OUP, £110 ISBN 978-0199697731 Review MS How are we to get a handle on…
A selection of the most luxurious of English embroideries, much desired by the rich and powerful of medieval Europe, have been brought together…
One of the hallmarks of CA is the diversity of its geographic coverage. In this instalment of my excavation of the CA…
Inside an Early Bronze Age burial Scores of prehistoric cists on Dartmoor were opened by antiquarian investigators in the 19th century. On…
John Schofield Oxbow, £65 ISBN 978-1785702754 Review Tim Tatton-Brown Five years ago, John Schofield produced a splendid book, St Paul’s Cathedral before…
Archaeological work beside the River Wensum in Norfolk has revealed more than 80 rare Middle Saxon log coffins and plank-lined graves, preserved…
Exploring the Rothwell Charnel Chapel Project Why were bones placed in charnel chapels, and just how common was this practice in medieval…
The Mary Rose museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard was reopened 471 years to the day since the sinking of Henry VIII’s flagship…