From landscape and geological changes over millennia to the emotional turmoil of colonisation, Australia's indigenous people recorded their history not with written words but in oral tradition and song.

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Poor Henry VI was the weak link in the Lancastrian chain that brought on the Wars of the Roses--but his was a truly remarkable life, and afterlife!

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Some of the most important pieces of history have been cooked up, chewed, swallowed and passed through the digestive system. Welcome to a brief history of food!

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Just what were our cave-dwelling ancestors like, anyway? A look at the Lascaux Caves and others in France and Spain reveals some surprising clues.

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Today I'm sharing a very special sneak peek into my latest novel, Mission to Mars, Book Two of The Last Diaspora!

"Aldi was raised to be a Seer, a Diviner, a Fortune-Teller. Now that she is living out of the darkness, she is confronted by a world of new experiences, the possibility of entering the land of the gods, and with the realization that even her own future is one she cannot predict."

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In this week's episode, I delve back into the pages of Henry Myers' The Utmost Island--the semi-true tale of Lief Erikson and his accidental discovery of Newfoundland, Canada.

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Welcome back and happy 2023! This week's episode is a reading and review of Ian Mortimer's lovely book, "The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England". Feast on a selection that will prepare you for supper at the table of the peasantry or the guest lodgings at a monastery.

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A quick read from the Belfast News Letter, published on December 1, 1874. The investigation of a body found quite dead on the beach!

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Happy Halloween! Here's an oldie but a goody, a scary Halloween story by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body Snatcher...

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