The Archives

History, Historical Fiction and everything in between

Here be all the posts since the blog’s inception in 2013. There’s a few of them but you can navigate by period.

*Post contains details of the introductory sequence of Transformers: The Last Knight* (more…...

While we know her as the ‘Nine Day Queen’, Lady Jane Grey would probably have passed into...

While Elizabeth I’s reputation as the Virgin Queen has been in question since her own lifetime,...

Spoiler warning: Game of Thrones Season 5 finale. (more…)

21 months ago I posted as we waited for the announcement of the royal baby’s name. They beat me...

I’ve written before about how the games Mount and Blade and its sequel, Warband, are a, shall we...

Conspiracy theories are a way of life, they’re everywhere. Chances are you could find a conspiracy...

Robin Hood is something of a curse word in this household. Many moons ago my boyfriend-now husband decided...

Unlike most of the posts I write, this one is not tied into something in modern media, I just happened...