A How To guide for those wishing to recreate clothing of the "(not so) Dark Age".

A six part series on "How to:" build a replica naval gun from the Age of Sail. In Part Six we explore how to recreate the tackle, the ropes and pulleys to run out the gun.

A brief guide to ancient underwear as part of our How To: Make Historical Costume.

This “ How To: ” series is aimed at the general reader or an individual wishing to portray a Roman legionary or auxiliary as accurately as our current knowledge allows. It is not intended to be an academic exploration of all the different permutations of Roman helmets, armour, swords and so on that have been identified and catalogued in the archaeological record. There are far more detailed books and online resources available elsewhere. In Part One we looked at the common