Our Journal
Discover the hidden stories, local legends, and cultural gems that make every location extraordinary.
07 May 2026
Housesteads is Hadrian's Wall's most visited fort, but most visitors miss the Roman latrine, the vicus settlement remains, and the view east from the rampart walk.
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07 May 2026
The Vindolanda writing tablets recorded food requests, supply lists, and dinner invitations. What the soldiers on Hadrian's Wall were eating — and what it tells us about life on the frontier.
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07 May 2026
Britain's major road network follows Roman surveying decisions made 2,000 years ago. How the roads were built, why they endured, and where you can still walk on them.
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07 May 2026
The Vindolanda tablets named them. Archaeological finds revealed their lives. The women who lived and worked on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.
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07 May 2026
In 410 AD Rome withdrew its legions from Britain. What happened in the years that followed — and what the archaeological evidence tells us about a world falling apart.
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07 May 2026
Hadrian's Wall runs 73 miles across northern England. A two-day route for serious history visitors covering the key sites from Segedunum to Birdoswald — with proper context.
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20 Mar 2026
Beyond Housesteads and Vindolanda: the lesser-known Roman sites along Hadrian's Wall that offer more depth and fewer crowds.
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22 Feb 2026
Hadrian's Wall was not built to keep out the Scots. It was not built by slaves. It was not even the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire. Almost everything the popular version teaches you is wrong.
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20 Feb 2026
Hadrian's Wall crosses one of England's most spectacular landscapes. This guide covers how to visit the Wall properly, which sections are most rewarding, and what else Northumberland has to offer.
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06 Feb 2026
Northumberland's Dark Sky Park: the best stargazing in England, where to go, when to go, and why the Milky Way is visible from Hadrian's Wall on a clear night.
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04 Jan 2026
The word 'barbarian' is Roman propaganda. The peoples beyond Hadrian's Wall were not primitive savages. They had complex societies, sophisticated metalwork, and political organisations Rome found genuinely threatening.
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11 Dec 2025
Sulpicia Lepidina was a Roman officer's wife at Vindolanda around 100 AD. Her birthday party invitation is the oldest surviving handwritten document by a woman in Britain. Her life was extraordinary.
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