Courier chess is another 'unusual' medieval board game, that has a long history of play. The game is an enlarged chess variant play...

Sometimes you find something in a book that you have overlooked, or because it is placed in a chapter that did not directly arouse your int...

 Anne and Katinka at work on the Thomasteppich in April 2014. Like the previous progress report on the Thomasteppich embroidery proj...

Last week, my new cookbook, 'The culinary recipes of medieval England', arrived by post. The book, published in December 2013, is...

I have mentioned 'Emeles' in the comments of the recipe for Torta in Balconata . Emeles, or almond cakes are a great way to use the...