MARK KNOWLES

Finally! After more than 30 years of reading, writing, teaching and wondering about it, I got to see Mycenae. It did not disappoint. I...

The lovely Sam Taw, author of the excellent 'Tribes of Britain' series, recently approached me and asked if I would like to contribute an...

It's a curious thing, this unboxing lark. You don't have to scroll too far on Twitter (I'm not on any other platform, apart from FB!) to...

Was very sad to read yesterday of the death of Tim Severin, the world-renowned explorer and writer, in December 2020 at the age of 80....

#Argosailsagain 2012 was an eventful year but it was the London Olympics that seemed to account for the lion's share of it. For a few...

Lightning jagged behind the summit of Mount Pelion, etching its rugged peaks against a sky that broiled purple and grey with mist. Thunder g

I was born in 1977 and Elvis died but, for billions of people, these were not the reasons it will be forever memorable: Star Wars was...

The ongoing - and, at least from an archaeological point of view, highly fruitful- construction of Rome's third Metro line C has...

I received this free (and quite sizeable) review copy courtesy of Matthew, MD of Urbane Publications. He suggested it might suit my...

FROM THE ENDEAVOUR PRESS BLOG... Looking at how various authors’ plots were first conceived on this blog makes for very interesting...