Queen of France and England: Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very wealthy woman and one of the most powerful and influential women of the twelfthContinue Reading
Category: History
Soap (a brief history of…)
A reader once asked me how on earth do I pick some of the quirky topics I choose to writeContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 4 The Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
On the 28th October 312AD, Constantine The Great “faced off” with Maxentius in what became known as the Battle ofContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 3 The Vision of Constantine the Great.
What are we to believe of the amazing vision of Constantine I on the eve of his battle with MaxentiusContinue Reading
Nebuchadnezzar’s Etemenanki ziggurat (Tower of Babel).
Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) was a king of the short lived Neo Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia (the region that roughlyContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No.1 Rediscovering an old Empire.
There are individuals and groups of communities that argue that there is no such thing as the Byzantine Empire. ToContinue Reading
Van Gogh’s Ear
Vincent Van Gogh is as famous for his painting, a career that spanned just ten years only, in which heContinue Reading
Napoleon and Josephine, Love Letters and Angst!
Most people have undoubtedly expressed their love for someone in their life. Sometimes love is out of reach, but oftenContinue Reading
The Big Bang Theory (a brief history of…)
Questions about human history and the origins of the universe has puzzled us for thousands of years. The answer toContinue Reading
Narrative History’s Man of the Moment.
“History is taught, I believe, by one thing only- sparking interest. This means telling a good story, of which thereContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 