Early Modern

During my research into some of the oldest churches in Yorkshire, I came across a small inscription in the church tower of Aston-cum-Aughton. It begs the reader: ‘do not forget the year of our Lord 1536.’ This

In an interview with the ABC news network, U.S. President Donald Trump recently defended the use of waterboarding, stating the view that it “absolutely works” and indicating his wish to see the practise of this

I’m a sucker for a vaguely historical TV show. While channel hopping a few weeks ago, I caught an episode of Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes. It focused on Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire and included some detail

Drunk vicars were in the news recently following the prosecution of Gareth Jones, parish priest of St Mary's the Virgin in Great Ilford, for a drunken incident in London. After chasing three bottles of wine

On Sunday 3rd April 2016, the preparation of Sunday dinners in kitchens up and down the land were brought to a standstill as a storyline two years in the making, that of the abusive relationship

Thomas More’s Utopia, first published in Latin in 1516, is one of the world’s most famous books. It has given us the adjective ‘Utopian’, a mode of thought (‘Utopianism’), a literary genre. Yet, at some