The Battle of Hingston Down, fought in 838, sits at a fault line in early medieval British...
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.
Francis Spriggs sits in that crowded corner of pirate history reserved for men who were dangerous, capable,...
The Battle of Orthez, fought on 27 February 1814, sits in the late phase of the Peninsular...
Tyrfing sits among the most infamous weapons of Norse legend. It is not celebrated for heroism or...
Dismounted men-at-arms sit at the centre of late medieval warfare, stubborn, well-equipped professionals who chose to fight...
The Battle of Pelusium arrives with the hard edged efficiency of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. It is...
Tytila of East Anglia sits in that uneasy space between history and memory where early Anglo Saxon...
Oldest, newest, biggest, smallest, toughest, strangest Medieval castles were never static monuments. They were living structures that...
The Battle of Sphacteria in 425 BC sits strangely in the Peloponnesian War in the best possible...
Heraclius came to power in a moment when the Roman world looked genuinely finished. Provinces were gone,...