Mary Ann Bernal

History Extra Should politicians tell people what and how much to drink? Recent government decisions to try and impose a minimum price...

Made from History This map shows how Britain was diveded up between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the Middle Ages BY CRAIG BESSELL  I...

Ancient Origins A team of archaeologists has conducted a geophysical survey that has revealed what appears to be a cairn cemetery at t...

History Extra  The Tudors were originally from Wales, but they were not exactly of royal stock. The dynasty began with a rather scandal...

Ancient Origins The tale of how an amateur archaeologist’s hunch led him to uncover a lost medieval town and spend £32,000 of his own m...

History Extra Many of us will have heard of Llewelyn the Last, seated to the right of Edward I in this picture. But who was the first P...

April 11 1240 Llywelyn ap Iorweth, Prince of Gwynedd, died. Llywelyn the Great managed to unite most of Wales under his control, but mo...

Ancient Origins Around the time the Irish were stamping out the Viking presence in their country, local lore says the Scots and Vikings ...

History Extra Old Wardour Castle (photo by Derek Finch) In Wild Ruins , the first ever guidebook to Britain’s ru...

March 3   1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan (Statute of Wales) incorporated the Principality of Wales into England and provided the const...

February 7 1301 Edward, eldest son of Edward I was made the first English Prince of Wales, a tradition continued to this day.  

Ancient Origins Five Missing Kings and Queens – and Where We Might Find Them As 2...