Peredur was a Brittonic ruler of the late sixth century, traditionally associated with York and one of the possible sources for the character of Sir Percival in Arthurian romance. What do we know about him? Evidence Genealogies Gurci ha Peretur...

The trees have mostly lost their leaves now, but the autumn colours were lovely while they lasted.

Edition reviewed: Touchstone 2008, ISBN 978-1-4391-0112-4. 587 pages. Review copy kindly provided by publisher. East of the Sun is set in British India in 1928-1930. All the main characters are fictional. In 1928, three contrasting young women...

My Quaestor2000 colleague Alistair Forrest is appealing for votes for his novel Libertas in the October People's Book Prize. Libertas is a historical novel set in Spain in the 1st century BC, against the background of Caesar's civil wars. Voting is...

There are lots of variations of this tea-time treat, under lots of different names. I have always known it as Fudge Squares, or sometimes Chocolate Caramel Shortbread, but I’ve seen something very similar called Millionaires’ Shortbread or even...