Extract from History Today, January edition, 2012 Each month we recommend a work of history recently published in paperback.  We discuss the book with its author and invite readers to contribute to the dialogue on our website.  The History Today Book … Continue reading →

Here’s an article about Peter the Wild Boy which appeared in the Telegraph a little while ago.  He also has his own page here, an extract from my book about him and his colleagues in the royal household called Courtiers, The … Continue reading →

Overheard on the top deck of the No. 9 bus yesterday: ‘Mummy, London is the special-est place in the world, because it has so many kings and queens’. Well, we usually just have one at the time, little Jimmy, but … Continue reading →

This week Peter the Wild Boy was on the radio as part of the Making History programme on Radio 4, and he also popped up in our new video on the Historic Royal Palaces Youtube channel.   He was written about … Continue reading →

Excellent taste is demonstrated over at The Telegraph by their picking my ‘Courtiers’ as one of their ‘Books of the Year’. They say it ‘reveals the complexity, anxiety and pathos behind the façade of those caught up in the golden … Continue reading →

To Berkhamsted, to lay some flowers at Peter the Wild Boy’s grave. Also to the school to see his iron collar once again and to film it. We interviewed the school librarian, who was young and cool, not at all … Continue reading →