Casting Light upon the Shadow

Today, 15th February 2025, is the publication date of my new book, Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge , and it's r...

Last month I mentioned that the Anglo-Saxons had very descriptive names for the months of the year and February is no exception. It was know...

  Happy New Year! January already and the start of 2025. January in several languages is pretty much instantly recognisable: French: Janvier...

Here we are already in December, in Old English  Ærra Gēola "Before Yule", or "First Yule". This year 1st December fall...

Often, fiction has been the lure for me to explore aspects of history which take me sideways, rather than back or forth from my favourite pe...

Back in November 2023, as Storm Ciarán was raging, I drove most of the length of England to visit Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire, a place wh...

October: Winterfyllēð "Winter full moon", according to Bede "because winter began on the first full moon of that month [of Oc...