Chris Catling

3 weeks ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 422Subscribe now for full access and no advertsSherds adopts a very broad definition of ‘heritage’, so no apologies for beginning this month’s column by drawing attention to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of tiddlywinks as a competitive university-based sport.

1 month ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from World Archaeology issue 130Subscribe now for full access and no advertsHe accuses her of pride, duplicity, savagery, adultery, and lust, but… she, too, is a powerful leader. Tacitus, in his book on the life and character of his father-in-law Julius Agricola, the Roman Governor of Britain from c.AD 77 to 84, makes the often-quoted observation that ‘Britons make no distinction of sex in their leaders’.

1 month ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 421Subscribe now for full access and no advertsBy the time you read this, February fill dyke will be over for another year and March will (perhaps) have come in like a lion.

2 months ago | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from Current Archaeology issue 420Subscribe now for full access and no advertsDictionary publishers like to end the year by announcing the new words that that they have added to the lexicon based on the frequency with which they have appeared in print during the preceding 12 months. Not all of these words are new, and this year’s crop consists mainly of familiar words that have undergone shifts in meaning.

Jan 22, 2025 | the-past.com | Chris Catling

This article is from World Archaeology issue 129Subscribe now for full access and no advertsScented candles… claim to smell of old library or the works of William Shakespeare…Even those who have never ploughed through Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past will know that the French author’s multi-volume reminiscences were sparked by the taste and smell of madeleine cake crumbs combined with lime-flower tea.