Online posts

Opening Doors to History

English Heritage Portico project:

English Heritage Story of England Online

Introductions for all 8 sections [Prehistoric; Dark Ages; Earlier Mediaeval; Later Mediaeval; Tudors; Stuarts; Georgians; 20th Century] online Summer 2014. 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/  

plus many individual stories, including 

Berry Pomeroy and the ‘Other’ Seymours | English Heritage 

The Only People Ever Killed at Tilbury Fort | English Heritage  

English Heritage Heritage Schools Project Timeline

[an aid for teachers of Key Stages 1-3] text for all sections. Online Autumn 2014. 

Fact-checking, writing and editing English Heritage online material and blogs, December 2015-date, including:

 'A Beginner's Guide to Heraldry' 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/guide-to-heraldry#:~:text=Heraldry%20is%20about%20showing%20people,on%20their%20shields%20and%20banners.  

'Castles Through Time' 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/castles/castles-through-time/  

 'The Great Siege of Dover Castle' 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/the-great-siege-of-dover-castle-1216/  

'Queen Elizabeth and Leicester—the Real Story' [2018] 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/articles/queen-elizabeth-and-robert-dudley/  

'Telling Tales—Myths, Legends and Folklore of 20 EH sites' [2019] 

'King Arthur' video [2019] 

 History of Knights [2019]  

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/brief-history-of-knights/  

History of Tournaments [2021] 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/brief-history-of-knights-tournaments/  

 

Traditional Easter Games [2022]  

Act your own Pace-egg play [2022] 

The Battle of Byland and the Great Scots Raid of 1322 [2022] 

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/battle-of-byland/  

Easter Skipping [2023]  

Squires and Knights Social Media videos [2024] 

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