Stories of Spaces and Places

I spent 2 months in Akrotiri, on the southern side of Cyprus back in 2008 as part of the GRAMPUS scheme, between the end of my MA in Durham and the start of my PhD in Chester. I'd had a very rough...

I've always been a fan of water and the sea but spent my childhood and teenage years living a couple of hours' drive from the coast, so never got to know it as well as I would like.

When I...

This is a bit of a hidden gem..so don't tell anyone! A beautiful small town on the boarder of Portugal and Spain. It has some of the best examples of Pombaline architecture. It is where i got...

This photo was taken a few years ago. I'm not even exactly sure where it is on a map but it was taken during a walk near a village I used to live. It shows exactly why I love and miss Wiltshire so...

If ever a site was evocative of the personality that was responsible for it's building, it's Cliffe Castle.  

Although it's been the museum in Keighley since the 1960s, it's origins as...

Not the most obvious space to share for an archaelogy festival - but its an evocative space nevertheless.   Archaelogy can be as much about buildings and their connections, as objects found in...

In a city and district like Bradford, the textile history is never far away - and the Bradford Industrial Museum is housed in part of that history.

Moorside Mills was built around 1875...

Bolling Hall has been a museum for over 100 years -  since 1915, but it's seen a lot more history than that.   We know that the site has been occupied since 1092.

Overlooking the city...

Hengistbury Head is a headland near Christchurch, Dorset. It was a regular destination for a Sunday walk when I was a younger and we lived in the area.  Since moving away it still remains...

At the age of 17, I joined the committee to reopen the maritime museum housed in this old church. In 2014, with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Grade II listed building...