Heritage professional, public and living historian, reenactor and historical interpreter. Man of many hats. Probably not a time traveller. Probably. He/Him.
Birmingham, England
Joined August 2011
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Excellent first day at the Stockwood Discovery Centre for a weekend of history covering two millennia!
Had some fab conversations, excellent interest, and even told a tale or two!
Three days at @EnglandsMedfest with Stronghold Reenactment and three different looks...plus three different pottages!
A fab day with @upanatemhistory at #Blaenavon for all things early #WW2 and #HomeFront - looking forward to a splendid day with great folks!
In case you're near the capital tomorrow and want to get your hands on some history, why not join me in @theroyalparks Greenwich Park for their #Archaeology Welcome Day where I shall be #Roman all over the place...
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Having a splendid day at a secondary school talking fourteenth century medicine and the Great Mortality for @blackknighthistorical - third year I've been here and so far it's been smashing!
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Catch Dan, one of our #FestivalOfArchaeology 2024 stars, as he grills Claire with some awesome and curious questions!
I'm at the King Richard III Centre for @upanatemhistory today. It's #ArmsAndArmour so a great chance to get hands on with late fifteenth century weapons and protection - and a good chance for me to check out the dents in my harness!
Day two of a mid #Tudor tournament, I lost yesterday so all to play for today!
...shame about the aches and pains.
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It's been a fabulous day at the majestic Laugharne Castle for @cadwwales presenting a #Tudor tournament with @UPANATEMHISTORY - I sadly lost today, so am feeling a bit blue...
Day one of four working with Primary History Workshops - today is #Tudors so much fun to be had!
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Hey hey! That’s the @StuartHistFest - the most awesome place to be on 5 & 6 July! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Having a lovely day supporting a Primary History Workshops #WW2 workshop...we are keeping the kids in line (by providing exciting hands-on activities) with a fab afternoon to look forward to!
Off to Leicester this weekend for the #Siege380 event...but what should I wear? Tis such an issue when one has a larger c17th wardrobe than a modern day one...
Looking back over last year's #Tudor tournament at @nationaltrust @NTIghthamMote in preparation for next month's outing at @cadwcymru Laugharne Castle - note to self, make sure to break his spear early on, it is quite the advantage of reach!
Almost ready to head to the Bosworth Battlefield tomorrow for a day of #Vikings with some histories and stories, shield walls and spears. From Lindisfarne to Stamford Bridge it should be a lot of fun!
I am a very lucky sausage - not only do I deliver loads of school workshops, but I get to bring the past alive at amazing museums and fabulous historic sites across the country!
Its #InternationalMuseumsDay today so please support your local museums - which is your favourite?
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OUT TOMORROW new #podcast “….if they could they would sequestrate God”.
How and why the Parliamentarians seized the assets of Royalists and their families during #civilwars with fascinating new research by @charlie_l_y of @OxfordConted
More #Romans and loads of fun recruiting for the #RomanArmy today - four very fun school groups, and many really interesting questions too!
@MKCityDiscovery is a fab place to be working at!
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The only West Midlands date on the Historic Building Mythbusting book tour will be @Selly_Manor in Bournville this Thursday (15 May) at 7pm. Tickets are starting to get scarce so please do book soon...
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Day two at @cadwcymru #BlaenavonIronworks - a fab #WorldHeritageSite - with her Majesty, some of her soldiers to keep order...and the super #RaggedVictorians (who have been causing the very best sort of chaos).
Yesterday was amazing, so I'm very much looking forward to today!