December 15, 2023

Traveling Through History

As we race to do all those last minute Christmas things before the big day, I am looking forward to my ‘big boys’ arriving from Australia on M...

December 9, 2023

Traveling Through History

Christmas time in Europe is pretty special. It’s not just the crisp air and (often) the snow. It’s the fact that by 3:30-4 pm it’s d...

December 2, 2023

Traveling Through History

As we close out the year, we’ll be doing a few different things in each week’s Issue. This week we take a look at some of the different p...

November 24, 2023

Traveling Through History

You may not have ever heard of a small village in Hampshire called Chawton but you most definitely have heard of its most famous resident, nov...

November 19, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome Continuing our visits to out of the way villages, today we go to Great Missenden. A village in Buckinghamshire that had a very famous resident...

November 10, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome We travel to Shropshire this week to the village of Ironbridge, said to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Its story and that of ...

November 3, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome This month we will take a tour of English Villages and Towns.There are literally thousands all over the UK and I’ve picked just 4 for this month. Aside from this week, the ones we will explore are not the high profile towns you might visit in tour packages. As you know I try to bring you inf

October 27, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome Our tour of Yorkshire concludes this week, when we travel to Whitby and its stunning hilltop Abbey.As you drive up the coast from Scarborough, ...

October 22, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome This week we travel to Wales to see another impressive Cistercian monastery - Tintern Abbey. I visited Tintern with my fellow history students ...

October 16, 2023

Traveling Through History

Welcome This week we continue our tour of Yorkshire and visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is a magnificent coll...