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The location of Christchurch has more than a nod to London or Lisbon. Those two cities sit in a sheltered location just off the sea, with a navigable river enabling trade to flourish inland. The [...]

Those of us who are pensioners have seen our age at death increasing year on year. The extension has been one and a half years for each decade over the past 50 years. Figures in the past few [...]

I really felt for Zuri as the sun shone a few weeks ago. It’s not so much the dying tree leaves but the lack of ground vegetation; the plants she foraged day by day. Her problems with drought and [...]

Heavenly cycles are rarely on our minds these days but let’s change that. Firstly, choose the right day in the month; the evening of a full moon in a cloudless sky. Just before sunset, find a [...]

The moment most people see the word Neolithic they think of archaeology and archaeologists. Prehistory, surely, is all about digging up things and guessing what they were used for. Sadly, it is [...]

An afternoon tea at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel is the peak of our civilisation; we lead charmed lives. Sitting there, looking out over the water, I imagine Zuri foraging over the very spot [...]

The book ‘Early Pennine Settlement’ cost me 50p at Stourpaine fete, but I am a sucker for anything about prehistory. Sadly, reading it made me realise why our predecessors had such a bad press, [...]

When I began work in Bereavement Services in 1961, at the age of fifteen, every service was religious. Nobody asked what is a funeral celebrant? I was intrigued that a recent report suggested 64% [...]

Friars Cliff is a picturesque seaside hamlet and has always appealed to the retired but did you know it has a prehistoric past? Join us on this 2 mile walk.