Egbert of Wessex, or Ecgberht as he was written in Old English, ruled from 802 to 839...
Jayne Ellis
Jayne Ellis is a History graduate from the University of York with a deep fascination for ancient societies and the human experience that shaped them. Her writing reflects a keen eye for cultural nuance and a traveller’s instinct for perspective, often weaving lived experience with historical insight. Serious in her research yet unafraid to voice an opinion, Jayne approaches the past with curiosity, rigour, and the occasional sharp edge, because history, after all, was never neutral.
The Battle of Talas was one of those remarkable confrontations that altered the flow of civilisations without...
The Nuckelavee is the creature that haunts even the nightmares of folklorists. It is the apex of...
The Anglo-Saxons loom large in British history, half in the light of record, half in the shadow...
Few figures in ancient history loom larger than Sargon of Akkad, the man who carved out what...
The Battle of Aspern-Essling, fought on 21–22 May 1809, was Napoleon’s first serious check in the field....
Before England became a single kingdom, it was a shifting network of rival realms and bloodlines. Kings...
The Battle of Mycale was fought in 479 BC on the coast of Ionia, near Mount Mycale...
Marco Polo has been called many things over the centuries: explorer, merchant, storyteller, and sometimes, a liar....
A historian’s reflection on the chaos, courage, and cartridge smoke that defined Sharpe’s world. The Sharpe series...