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Nov 25, 2020
4 min

How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Three

The Gun Carriage In Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable...

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A Brief History of Foods: Sweet Chestnut

Tastes Of History

Oct 27, 2020
5 min

A Brief History of Foods: Sweet Chestnut

Some friends of ours have made some sweet chestnut flour and, knowing that our first passion is for Roman history, asked us for some Roma...

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Tastes Of History

Oct 5, 2020
4 min

How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Two

The Gun Barrel The core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound secur...

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Dispelling Some Myths: Ancient Olympic Medals?

Tastes Of History

Oct 3, 2020
2 min

Dispelling Some Myths: Ancient Olympic Medals?

“I don’t believe it!” Bargain Hunt strikes again broadcasting “facts” that are at best described as misleading and at worst simply untrue...

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Tastes Of History

Sep 27, 2020
6 min

How to: Build a replica Cannon Part One

The Background History Part One of this series begins with a very brief look at the history of a typical naval gun in use with the Royal...

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