Mary I of England still sits in one of those uncomfortable corners of Tudor history where reputation,...
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.
Vikings Valhalla loves a larger than life warrior. It never pretended to be a quiet meditation on...
I have always found Cambyses II a figure wrapped in both authority and unease. His reign sits...
The Battle of Mansurah sits at a strange crossroads in Crusader history. It feels both dramatic and...
The battleof Edessa has a habit of being overshadowed by more glamorous clashes, yet it remains one...
There are elite units that live on mainly through legend, and then there are the Varangian Guards...
The Battle of Trafalgar is one of those moments where history feels strangely close, almost loud in...
Horatio Nelson’s story still grips anyone who cares about how Britain shaped its naval identity. His triumphs...
The Battle of Sherston sits in that interesting space where firm evidence is thin on the ground,...
Sayyida al-Hurra is one of those figures who slipped through the net of popular history yet left...