War and pieces

This month we’re heading back to the Levant region of West Asia – specifically, Lebanon. This is an ancient region, with cities dating back to 8800 BC and evidence of habitation for over 14,000 years.

Engaging in epic adventures, breathing life into a world of make-believe and binding together with friends to achieve a common goal – you don’t have to look too hard to find the value of playing a goo

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

One answer to this question is relatively straightforward. For much of Greek history, people living near the coast or on the islands ate plenty of fish and seafood – not out of obsession, but out of p

Some of the other things on our minds when we weren’t doing everything else

You find yourself in a room. It is a bedroom, in fact, in Cheshire in the year 1966. Sitting in front of you are two teenaged boys. It is the year of England’s World Cup victory, and the two friends a