Like the post on William Shakespeare, Part 1 - Stratford, this week's Time Tunnellers post will offer another interactive and fun ...

Hi, I was absolutely delighted to be asked to make a film about mudlarking* for the Time Tunnellers.  If you don’t know, mudlarking is searc...

My children love Edith Nesbit’s books. I love them too! I remember reading them when I was younger, and now my children listen to them in th...

Everyone knows about the Great Fire of London. When I go into Year 2 classes dressed as a bookseller from 1666, the children tend to know a...

The story of how a book comes into existence is often deeply rooted in its author’s life. For me that is particularly true of my book Operat...

I visited the fascinating London Museum of Water and Steam, to see how clean water saves people from disease. We all know now what it’s like...

One of the things I used to associate with those quiet days after Christmas was having to write thank you letters. Before computers and smar...

April is Care Experienced History Month so I wanted to feature the Foundling Museum in London. Foundling Museum ...