Hidden Histories of Leicester

17/08/2025

To mark to 10th year since the reburial of Richard III, I have created this tour exploring the King’s final journeys to and from Leicester in both 1485 and 2015, including personal insights from my work as part of the reinterment team 😃 Come and join us!! 😃

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10/08/2025

What AI says we are! 👍🏻

08/07/2025

For years Leicester’s amphitheatre was thought to be a myth. But today new archaeological discoveries are helping provide evidence for the existence of this ...

08/07/2025

Check out this new episode of History Hit I made with the brilliant Simon Elliot exploring some more potential Hidden Histories of Leicester! 😃

For years Leicester’s amphitheatre was thought to be a myth. But today new archaeological discoveries are helping provide evidence for the existence of this ...

07/07/2025

Something strangely familiar about the latest Jewry Wall Roman Museum advert… 🤔🤔🤔🤔😉

29/06/2025

Can’t wait to get my hands on the first edition of this later in the week! Have you subscribed yet???

Posting to subscribers early this week, but if you don't get a chance to sign up you can pick up a copy in most museums across the city and county from 5 July onwards!

27/06/2025

This is gonna be a great day out for all the family!!! 😃👏👏👏🥳

09/06/2025

Look at this fantastic new publication launching soon, brought to you by the Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society 😃👍🏻

📖 Leicestershire History is a new 52-page full colour magazine about the many events, objects, people and places from the city and county’s fascinating past.

Issue 1 is out this July. See comments below for more details!

06/06/2025

This Sunday, between shepherding civil war soldiers I’ll be giving my 2nd talk on the de Beaumont Earls of Leicester 😃 Come along and discover more about The Anarchy!! Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Leicester GuildhallVisit Leicester Archaeological Services, University of Leicester (ULAS) Leicester Festivals & Events

05/06/2025

THE END IS NIGH!…for Richard I, the Anglo-Norman realm and the Casino Royale: Rise and Fall of the de Beaumont Earls of Leicester series. But in this concluding episode, will our final Robert de Beaumont survive this latest game of royal roulette amidst war, treachery, tragedy and disease? Find out below in Part 8 - Severance! Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Story of LeicesterArchaeological Services, University of Leicester (ULAS)

As twilight descends upon the Anglo-Norman realm, the fourth Earl of Leicester must serve two Kings of England - one revered by most and the other reviled by...

02/06/2025

Are you ready for the penultimate episode of Casino Royale??? Of course you are!!! 😃 Then let me introduce you to the brave, the chivalrous, the Crusading Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester! But can he prove his worth to the mighty Richard the Lionheart??? Enjoy 😉 https://youtu.be/LQCPcoQx1jM?si=TUH-6NNCIbYOBgLZ Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Story of Leicester Archaeological Services, University of Leicester (ULAS)

The fourth and final de Beaumont Earl of Leicester must prove his worth to King Richard the Lionheart through the bloody trials of the 3rd Crusade.