As we usher in a new year, we're thrilled to announce an exhilarating season of living history events that promise to transport you...

Over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of August, Foreign Field took part in the “Belsay at War” event at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens...

So that was Halloween weekend, and normally you'd think that we'd be somewhere delivering a bodysnatching show but no... that would be...

Today I'm going to re-tread your favourite ground by diving back to Victorian Crime. In particular this week a proper brutal murder. In...

Today I’m going to share with you something that I happened to stumble across while looking into the bonkers Victorian Valentine cards we...

Continuing our series into undeserved royal reputations, today I'm looking at possibly England’s most maligned monarch, a man for whom...

This week we’re returning to one of our favourite themes which is graphic execution. This week’s chosen method of checking out is Tudor...

This week I'm talking undeserved royal reputations and today I’m going to examine Richard the Second. Megalomanical. Tyrannical. Vain and...

Today I’m going to write about the Battle of the Merville Battery, an airborne operation that took place in the opening hours of D-Day,...

There’s been plenty of reference to Dunkirk spirit recently, and this has set me thinking. While we rightly celebrate the immense rescue...

Today I want to write about the reality behind the Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins. He is legendary for his forced confessions,...

In this article, as part of our series on Executions and punishments, I’m going to talk about another death sentence. However this is a...

Hello. Every so often we like to address one of history’s more bonkers legends. You may have seen our earlier video where Kyle talked...

If you’re into crime and history then you’re no doubt aware of Peaky Blinders, the truly excellent gangster series. A show that just...