On the naming of forts
Finding names for places that are authentically ancient British is a patchy affair. Sometimes we know; sometimes we work it out; sometimes we haven’t a clue. The ancient name for…
Finding names for places that are authentically ancient British is a patchy affair. Sometimes we know; sometimes we work it out; sometimes we haven’t a clue. The ancient name for…
No one is certain why the ancient Britons created ‘hillforts’. The name implies defence, but the scant signs of warfare cause some to believe that they were elaborate livestock compounds…
An opinionated art historian, impossibly thin and with a voice that gets itself heard, Pamela Tudor Craig comes to mind in this, the centenary year of John Ruskin (b. 8…
This is an article I wrote for History Today published 11/11/2004. It is now locked behind a pay wall (fair enough) but the copyright is mine, so here it is.…