Eleanor Parker

Poets across the ages have sought help with their writing – but AI bears no comparison with the divine.

On the 250th anniversary of her birth, Jane Austen still has lessons for readers of history.

The monks of Peterborough told strange tales of the Wild Hunt. Were they ghostly apparitions or wishful thinking?

A new book for the new year is an old British custom, but an old book can be even better.

Can The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability by Annette Kehnel find anything worth recycling in medieval modes of living?

The ancient stones of churches are portals to the past. Each new generation becomes a custodian.

The villains of British history, the Normans can be a difficult sell. But going off script has its rewards.

For those learned in medieval medicine and astronomy, the dog days of July heralded dangerous times.

Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World by Davide Zori proves that if you want to understand the Vikings, you need to rove just as far.

The Anglo-Saxons knew that life – and land – is precarious, which makes its gifts precious.