What does the household revolve around? What is the centrepiece of the home? For millennia, it has been the hearth. Indeed, the modern world ‘hearth’ comes from the Old English…
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November, the month of Guy Fawkes, bonfires and autumn leaves, went by a different moniker during the Early Medieval period. It was known, rather descriptively, as ‘Blod-Monath’, or ‘Blood Month’…
Tilly Blyth steps into Director role to lead an exciting new chapter at the Weald & Downland Living Museum The Weald & Downland Living Museum is delighted to announce…
When you think of Tudor food, you probably head straight for the images of whole-roasted swans, pigs with apples in their mouths or feast tables laden with more decoration than…
Learning from the Past to Clean the Present Deep cleaning is often a job we dread as comfortable moderns; even with all our foamy soaps and vacuum cleaners. But here…
For our ancestors, the harvest was not just a period of gathering crops—it was the lifeline that ensured survival through the harsh winter months. The harvest season was the pinnacle…
Imagine waking up before dawn on a beautiful midsummer’s day in the 16th century. The air is cool, and there’s a full day of work ahead or a trip to…
