Today in 1600, a young prince was born to King James I and his wife Anne of Denmark. This prince, the couple's second son, would go o...

Having spent three years of my life in Winchester, I feel a certain affinity to the city and in particular the role that it played in the...

Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker Let's make on thing quite clear: I am not a fan of Oliver Cromwell. There, I admitted it. In m...

So yesterday after work I took myself off to Winchester to meet up with an old friend from University, and to have a wander around the Ca...

It's been a while since I've sat down and written a proper blog about anything. I blame work. No really I do. Also I blame the fact ...

Charles I and Henrietta by Mytens The love story between Charles I and Henrietta Maria is the stuff of legend. As we wander around th...

When I sat down to write this blog post, it was originally going to a book review of of Charles Spencer's "Prince Rupert: The Last ...

A couple of days ago I started reading " Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalier " by Charles Spencer (the very same Charles Spencer, ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I have a huge obsession with the Stuart era. I can't help it, I just love it. I mean,...