Journal
The Journal
Essays, documentary field notes and longer reads are coming. One sample piece is live below so you can see the standard we're writing to.
Published
Forthcoming
01Forthcoming
Who Were the Anglo-Saxons?
Before England existed, a patchwork of kingdoms and migrations laid the ground for it. Who were the people we call Anglo-Saxons, really?
History
01Forthcoming
England Did Not Always Exist
For centuries there was no England—only warring kingdoms. How and when did 'English' become one thing at all?
History
04Forthcoming
The Names of the South Saxons
What the villages, downs and rivers of the old Sussex kingdom still tell us about the people who named them.
Language
03Forthcoming
What Did Alfred the Great Actually Build?
Beyond the legend of the burnt cakes: the fortified towns, the law codes and the idea of 'Englishness' Alfred left behind.
People
06Forthcoming
What Will Our Children Inherit?
Landscape, language, memory and responsibility—an honest look at what this generation is actually passing on.
Fatherhood