Whilst finding posts to publish daily on my social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter), I always come across a myriad of fascinating historical objects that are beautifully crafted and have incredible histories behind them. I’ve wanted for a very long time to write about some of these objects in more detail on my blog, and so […]
Samuel Pepys is perhaps one of the most famous English non-royals from the 17th century. He kept a daily diary for almost ten years from 1660, meaning he is a crucial source for Britain just after the restoration of the monarchy. He covered key historical events first-hand, such as the tragic Great Fire of London, […]
We are back for our second part of our Women’s History Month special! This year we are talking to women who are writing both fiction and non-fiction history, hearing about what they are working on, how they got to where they are today, and why they are passionate about their topics. Part 1 went up last […]
Today is International Women’s Day, and as women’s history is a passion of mine, and one of the main focuses of Just History Posts’ blog posts, I usually do a piece in celebration of this. In the past I’ve written about female highway robbers or done a retrospective look at some of the blog posts […]
Being a year into the Coronavirus pandemic, I started thinking about how for many of us who have spent most of the time in a form of lockdown, different Netflix series have categorised different parts of lockdown. First Tiger King was all the rage, then we had various crime documentaries, Bridgerton, and The Queen’s Gambit. […]
As the long month of January ends, and 2021 is firmly here, I thought it was a good time to have another round-up of historical and archaeological news that came out of January. From 3,000-year-old purple fabric, to a Victorian bath house, to an ancient pet dog, there have been plenty of exciting announcements! A […]
For the latest in our Ancient Wonders series, we look to France over 5,000 years ago. On a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany lies the Gavrinis Passage Tomb. The uninhabited island is formed from granite rock but is a tourist attraction for it holds the region’s most impressive Neolithic site. The […]
With winter well and truly settled in, many places have been experiencing snowfall. Some places in the UK narrowly missed out on having snow on Christmas Day, bringing a much-desired White Christmas. Snowflakes bring many people joy for their crisp, clean coating of the land. School children learn how to cut out snowflake shapes from […]
Today we are excited to be hosting Moniek Bloks as part of her book tour for her latest book, Hermine: An Empress in Exile, which is out today in the UK and 1 January 2021 in the US! Moniek Bloks is the editor of the successful blog History of Royal Women. She lives in the […]
Werewolves are perhaps one of the most popular modern-day mythical creatures, alongside vampires, and many teen films and television shows now feature both creatures. I have already written a post about the historical origins of vampires, and what medieval people believed to be true about these monsters, so I thought it was time to look […]
