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letters

PLEASE NOTE: We hope to have this page fully updated in the near future.

• May 2003: Roman burials, Saxon immigration and an elephant cap
• March 2003: Saxon zoos, copperas, and how long Britain stayed Roman
• December 2002: Roman roads, talismans, animal bones and Tolkien (again)
• October 2002: The origins of industry, Tolkien's inspiration and museums
• August 2002: The West Midlands in prehistory and the closure of railways
• June 2002: on armoured jacks, human sacrifice, and a 'lost' Roman town
• April 2002: on Roulston Scar, small finds, grave goods and boiled bones
• February 2002: covering defleshing, ancient roofs, plague and conservation
• December 2001: covering black and brown rats, medieval crafts and cannibalism
• October 2001: covering Bronze Age necklaces, roofing materials and quarries
• August 2001: covering cannibalism and hillforts

• June 2001: covering ancient thatch, feasting, Northumbria, hillforts
• April 2001: covering cider and beer, Seahenge, early metal and water

• February 2001: covering Offa's Dyke, early tin and bells again

• December 2000: covering history in planning, Skara Brae, bell rings, old scythe and Roman end

• October 2000: covering Roman PoWs, World War II remains, roundhouses and rail widths

• August 2000: covering old and new, pagan views and St Patrick

• June 2000: for and against moving monuments - and Seahenge

• April 2000: covering Neanderthals, horse burials, changes in archaeology, listed buildings and war photos

• February 2000: covering experimental work, old boundaries, locating 'Beowulf' and listed buildings

• December 1999: covering first religion, WWII air photos and career matters

• November 1999: covering history teaching, more bluestones and the Golden age

• October 1999: covering sheep counting, paganism and London bridge

• September 1999: covering bluestone journey, first gods and Scots Parliament

• July 1999: covering battlefields, paganism, dovecotes, cook and caves, and Stonehenge

• June 1999: covering trowels, handaxes and shipwrecks

• May 1999: covering Beowulf again, OGS Crawford and human origins

• April 1999: covering Saxon weirs, hill figures and flint axes

• March 1999: covering Beowulf in Kent, Roman invasion and Dad's Army

• February 1999: covering early images, bunsen burner, Roman invasion and blast furnace

• December 1998: covering Roman conquest and petrol stations

• November 1998: covering Roman conquest and lost ditches

• October 1998: covering Shroud dates, school history, underwater work and mill dovecotes

• September 1998: covering Patricks's grave, Viking influence, Temple Pyx date, a correction and saving monuments

• July 1998: covering Roman temples, London's Wall, monuments law and starting young

• June 1998: covering chain reaction, story telling and Stonehenge angles

• May 1998: covering the Reformation, cave protection and Welsh landscapes

• April 1998: covering the history of roads, rock art, and Stonehenge again

• March 1998: covering simple lathes, medieval games and Celtic identity

• February 1998: covering peat destruction, left-handed tools, Stonehenge, cave burials, Welsh heritage and owning the past

• December 1997: covering owning the past, ancient picnics, lateral thoughts, battlefield history and wharves and tides

• November 1997: covering Roman roads, Govan's Hill, peat destruction and looks unlike it

• October 1998: covering storytelling, the first farmers and Welsh archaeology

• September 1997: covering caves elsewhere, plough damage, battlefields again, the English church and epic heroism

• July 1997: covering Saxons & Vikings, Early Christians and a rude farmer

• June 1997: covering rural archaeology, a legal riposte and into the future

• May 1997: covering synagogues again, Iron Age life, forsensic award and time for helpers

• April 1997: covering reasons to chew, cereal seeds, points on protest, and on battlefields

• March 1997: covering Grimes Graves, amateurs and pay, Iron Age warfare, and Scottish treasure

• February 1997: covering Romans in Britain, no to framchises, treasure for all, and the wrong winner

• December 1996: covering Grimes Graves, listed buildings and Welsh courts

• November 1996: covering Scottish treasure, Wroxeter doubts, Egyptian drugs and a front cover query

• October 1996: covering the `synagogue', tree-ring defence and Roman inefficiency

• September 1996: covering sex objects (or not), assumptions, Back to Darkness, and unsafe heritage

• July 1996: covering early `synagogue', pollen not pips, and the museums crisis

• June 1996: covering Star Trek digging, keep the darkness and no Iron Age fields

• May 1996: covering museum storage, the Lancashire SMR, excavation reports, and no cost cutting

• April 1996: covering Highways Chief states his case, woodcut forgery and sound mirrors

• March 1996: covering Treasure Trove and excavation reports

• February 1996: covering defending SMRs, and BAB and costs

• December 1995: covering apes and humans, past vegetarians, and on not reading

• November 1995: covering `Asser not a forgery' and Cottage dates

• October 1995: covering the Disability Bill and an arrogant review

• September 1995: covering landscape change, Roman genocide, rubbish floors and PPG16 research

• July 1995: covering Mesolithic food, the farming revolution, the Disability Bill, the National Trust and popular place-names

• June 1995: covering the role of amateurs

• May 1995: covering sex and hominids, metal detecting and amateur standards

• April 1995: covering air archaeology, guns and barrows, Roman London and Boxgrove Man

• March 1995: covering metal detecting, museum storage, Roman London and cultural viruses

• February 1995: covering military training, turning English and museum storage