Category Archives: History
Enheduana: Who was the world's first author? As far as we know, she was a royal priestess from Sumer who lived al around 4500 years ago.
Museum Bums: Naked buttocks are everywhere in our museums and art galleries. At last they are being celebrated.
The History of the Welsh Dragon: Wales has the best flag in the world, but why is there a dragon on it? The answer involves Henry VII, two warring foster brothers, the Romans and the Amazons.
Normal Women: 900 years of history in 600 pages? That's quite a challenge. But then women didn't exist 900 years ago, did they?
The Celts on Amazon Prime: What's this? A documentary about Celtic history made by people from a Celtic country?
Menewood: Nicola Griffith's sequel to Hild has been long-awaited, but it will be here soon. Cheryl has had an ARC.
The Western Kingdom: The kingdom of Cornwall, or Dumnonia as it was known in ancient times, has a long and fascinating history.
Vikings at Uppsala: When in Sweden, do some research on Viking archaeology. Cheryl is off down a research rabbit hole.
HistFest 2023: Popular history writers have conventions too. Cheryl has been to one.
Celtic Wales: A small but expertly written book explores what we really know about the iron age inhabitants of Wales.
On Savage Shores: From the 15th century onwards, hundreds of native Americans crossed the Atlantic to Europe. Who were they, and what did they make of us? Caroline Dodds Pennock investigates.
The Cavalry Maiden: Trans people not only existed 200 years ago, some of them fought in the major wars of the time.
Beyond the Northlands: What can the Norse Sagas tells us about actual Norse history. According to Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, quite a lot.
Interview – Maria Gerolemou: An interview with Dr. Maria Gerolemou, an expert on ancient automata.