Lately the news seems to have been full of exciting archaeological excavations, most notably the discovery of Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park (as you might imagine, I’m in favour of him being […]
I walk along St Andrewgate almost every time I go into town, and I always think about how often it was mentioned in the wardmote court records. It was a poor parish in the late […]
The last decades of the 16th century saw a sharp rise in indictments for witchcraft. In spite of some scepticism amongst the educated, a belief in the harmful power of sorcery was widespread at the […]
One of the first things you learn when you come to York is that streets are called gates, and gates are called bars. Monk Bar is one of the four great gates into the walled […]
Finding the right name for a character is one of the most important stages in writing a book, particularly when it comes to historical fiction when names must feel authentic. I’m often asked where I found […]
It’s been one of those weeks. I made the mistake of having my boiler serviced the other day, and nothing has gone right with it since. First the pressure started dropping, and then the hot water […]
It’s a sad fact that whenever I read a newspaper, the word most likely to catch my eye is ‘rubbish’. I blame this on the fact that my PhD thesis, in spite of its grand […]
Sometimes known as St Martin-le-Grand, and situated in one of the most important streets in the medieval city, St Martin’s must have once been an imposing church. As one of the wealthiest merchants in the […]
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