Neolithic

Prior to 4000 BC, people wore furry skins for warmth. The Neolithic preparation of skins was perhaps the hardest work these early people did. A number of human skeletons have been found, both [...]

As you drive towards Christchurch, a sign for Dorset states, ‘Home of the Jurassic Coast. It’s miles away, that coast, so what about our seaside retreat? Consequently, I am currently [...]

Seasons greetings to you, my reader. Enjoy the end of the year and the return of the sun, albeit a slow return. We all, in our way, love this turnover point. My Irish star, one Terry Wogan, used [...]

Dear readers, I need your support at an event. My talk at Forest Arts Centre on the 24th October 2019 at 7.30pm, needs an audience. Tickets are £5.50, all proceeds go to the arts as I speak for [...]

Pigs are given an unfair reputation. Fat pig, dirty pig, filthy pig, all derogatory terms of insult which demean the pig. Yet, in 2500 BC at the builder’s camp near Stonehenge, called [...]

The avenue at Stonehenge is enigmatic, an enduring mystery. It links to the River Avon and is 1.7 miles long even though there is now little to see. Away from Stonehenge, it crosses private [...]

It was a programme on skin and why the Navajo have skin problems that put me onto this theme. It appears that when the Navajo Indian people were forced on the Long March in 1864, many died. The [...]

The world’s first civilizations, in 3500 BC, were often called riverine cultures. Mesopotamia, ‘the land between the rivers’ and those on the Nile typify these. Riverine [...]

Flint powered the first industrial age might be a slight exaggeration. Yet, this amazing mineral was a vital commodity to early peoples. It was used to make tools like axes, arrow and spear [...]

Chalk is familiar to us in the white cliffs of Dover. They are notable because chalk is relatively rare around the world and gives our island a unique appearance. The use of chalk from the [...]