In addition to running workshops for schools, one of the things we do is work with groups on community heritage projects. This summer we...

This is the latest book by Prof. Alice Roberts who is the Chair of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham, but...

The past year has given us the opportunity to catch up on our reading, with books both old and new being devoured eagerly! Of the new...

Why has this gate gone out of use? One reason is it’s dimensions are such that it is too small to accommodate modern farm vehicles. Even...

Hello there, we’re back again with another post about looking at the archaeology and history we can see here in our parish of King...

We’ve had occasional posts here about looking at Archaeology and history where you live. We may well be many weeks into the lockdown with...

Hi, Well we’re in to week 9 of lockdown life here. Of course as soon as the word came, we couldn’t work in schools, or with vulnerable...

Last week saw the latest episode of BBC 4’s Digging for Britain. If you missed it, then you missed out on seeing what could prove to be...

Congratulations @peelbacklayers for your special commendation at last nights East Midlands Heritage Awards. pic.twitter.com/A9Ek3CxqoN —...

As you’ll know, Stonehenge didn’t exist in splendid isolation but was part of an extraordinary complex of monuments ranging in size from...

Welcome to the second of our blogs on the archaeology in your parish. In this one I’ll be looking at some of the archaeology and heritage...

The Vikings were in the East Midlands right? But you’d like to know more? Well over the summer we heard that a project was launched which...

Welcome to the first of our new occasional blogs “What’s in your parish?” in which we’ll take a look at what archaeology can be, or has...

Staffordshire History Day 2017 It seems that most weeks there’s a conference, meeting or seminar I’d like to go to. Why? Well they are...

Last weekend I had the chance to indulge in two of my favourite things, art and archaeology, at the same time. As part of the Format...