A Personal Collection of Vivienne Westwood Shoes is a touring exhibition from The Civic, Barnsley showing at York Castle Museum. This collection of shoes by Vivienne Westwood, who is best known as the creator of punk...
Read More“She was very intolerant of foolishness, vanity, empty talk, obsequiousness, time-wasting, cruelty.” That’s Lucy Worsley brilliantly capturing her heroine Jane Austen. The TV historian, educator and chief curator at Historic...
Read MoreIt’s fair to say that York is a special city. A place where history greets you at every turn. The streets and buildings breathe their storied past, providing the perfect setting for an experience as visceral as the Jorvik...
Read MoreI’ve known about the annual Jorvik Viking Festival in York for years. But last month’s event, the 34th, was my first opportunity to go (long overdue as I’m a total history geek and Viking culture is one of my...
Read More“When I first went into the BBC a producer said, ‘nobody wants to be lectured at by a woman’.” Some 25 years, three books and 250 million viewers later, I think it’s safe to say that the producer was wrong. Since 2000,...
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