More recipes from the Roman Festival at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for you to try.

An exploration of Roman gladiator diets to tie in with the Royal Armouries Museum's Roman Festival 2025.

If in Split, Croatia then definitely dine at Villa Spiza. Tastes Of History ate there several times and it was fantastic.

After several years of wishing we could be involved a chance encounter while “pirating” in Scarborough has led to Tastes Of History’s first performance at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Yorkshire. We were delighted to offer a taste of mediæval food to spectators at the live-action International Jousting Tournament over the Easter bank holiday weekend. From Friday 29th March to Monday 1st April the museum’s impressive jousting arena resounded to the cheers of crowds an

For the early May bank holiday weekend we jumped back 80 years to wartime Britain where Audley End House once again became a school for spies, soldiers and top secret training, During the Second World War, Audley End House, near Saffron Walden in Essex, was used by the Polish Section of the Special Operations Executive to train Polish special forces soldiers. Known as the Cichociemni – the Silent Unseen – these soldiers were elite paratroopers trained in covert operations, s

Tanfield Railway near Gateshead (NE16 5ET) is the world's oldest railway still in use. Originally built to transport coal from the local...

This year (2022) Tastes Of History was delighted to return to the Bosworth Medieval Festival at the brilliant Bosworth Battlefield...

Our very first event as 'pirates' took place in Bedford seven years ago in 2015. Since then, having had the costume and props, it was not...

The motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, was built to control a key route between London and the Midlands as part of...

'Military Odyssey' is one of the largest multi-period re-enactment shows in the country. With over 4,000 re-enactors and living history...

Like us you were probably as disappointed as we were when Bosworth Medieval Festival had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus...

What have the Romans ever done for us? How about they created the earliest known recipe for burgers.

In another first for Tastes Of History, we travelled to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight to support English Heritage's 'Victorian...

A pivotal battle took place 953 years ago on October 14th, 1066. It changed the course of Anglo-Saxon England's history when William of...

Summer solstice The Stonehenge monument in England is known for its alignment with the summer solstice sunrise, and it remains a popular...

Tastes Of History was delighted to be part of the Bosworth Medieval Festival in 2019 at the brilliant Bosworth Battlefield Heritage...

Located in sunny southern Italy, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was perfectly positioned between lush vineyards and fertile plains to...

With 2018 marking the centenary of the end of the Great War, at Waddesdon Manor we recreated a taste of the Home Front in 1918. Many of...

In 1563, Elizabeth I (r.1558–1603) granted Kenilworth to her childhood friend and favourite, Robert Dudley, the soon to be Earl of...

Our repertoire has expanded once more. For twelve days in October of 2017, and again for nine days in February 2018, we stretched our...