In 1964 an interesting an intriguing discovery was made at an ancient chapel in Chinon dedicated to St Radegonde. The story goes that a p...

 I received this cardboard poppy in the unsolicited post in late September, from the British Legion. It invited me to write a message on i...

Today I have a puzzle for the HGs. I was recently asked to interview the curator of a new show at the Museum of Islamic Art here in ...

I have a thing about medieval wall paintings. That probably wont come as a great surprise to you. I also have a thing about the ...

It is a truism that history is written by the victors. Western history and culture have their roots deep in the Judaeo-Graeco-Roman tra...

‘Extraordinary how potent cheap music is,’ says Amanda in Private Lives. The same might be said of fiction – at least of a certain sort of ‘...

Last week, I went to see Sarah Waters at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. I was there purely as a punter, a fan, no magic access to t...