I am a freelance writer and editor living in Canada. I got interested in archaeology through my recent ten-year stint as managing editor for a magazine that focused on traditional homes – in Canada that means anything over 100 years old! Many of our articles concentrated on renovating older buildings: peeling off layers of modern “improvements” to find the hidden gem underneath, and then working to restore the building as it originally looked, either by salvaging existing materials or replicating elements to match the old.

My other interests include writing, reading (especially fantasy and historical mysteries), gardening, and garden/nature photography. Time Team is especially interesting to me because Canada is a relatively “young” country with a sparse population and a short history of European settlement. To us, something that dates back to the late 17th or early 18th centuries is considered old, at least in my part of the country, so seeing buildings and artifacts dating to the medieval or Roman periods, or even earlier, is astounding to me. I look forward to many more years of Time Team programmes!

Special Interest Areas

Medieval and Victorian

I have always been interested in history. My parents started taking me to historic houses, museums and other sites. from a very early age. I grew up learning about folklore and customs and followed my parents into a Folk Dance Group performing all over England. My interest in Belly Dance came later, after I had settled in Ilford. Most of my study of history has covered time from the Celts to the end of the Victorian era.

I have just started a Diploma in Archaeology at Birkbeck College so have even less time to read the forum!

Special Interest Areas

Historical dance – Playford to Hardy. Also women’s role from early civilisations onward

I started to take an interest in the TT forum following the broadcasting of the live TT programmes at Turkdean.

After finishing my degree at King Alfred’s University Sector College in Winchester, I moved straight onto a Masters. I’m now commuting to London to study part-time (second year) on a MSc Information Systems Design course. The commuting isn’t all that pleasant, but studying in London has it benefits – museums galore. You may even see me metal detecting on the Thames foreshore.

Generally I’m an armchair archaeologist, but I do have the opportunity to do some excavation work including one at Wickham, Hampshire.

Special Interest Areas

Period – Romans, Victorians.

Areas – London history, old buildings (esp. churches), metal detecting.

I’m not really sure where my interest for all things historical came from, but suspect it was mostly rubbed off on me from my mother.

Then it got fed by the fact that I grew up in Dorchester, Dorset (otherwise known as Durnovaria) which is stuffed to the gunwales with Roman (particularly) connections/archaeology. I was a member of the Young Archaeologists club based at the museum long before such things were fashionable. Sometimes we met at the museum and had speakers or looked at (and handled) some of the Museum’s aretfacts, sometimes we went out in the field. I particularly remember walking round a DMV and finding it a very moving experience. The highlight of mytime at the Club was joining a real dig for a week – it was run by one of the local colleges whose students returned to the same villa year after year and it was the most amazing experience.

Unfortunately the Careers Adviser at school ignored this in my interview and focused on my enjoyment of Scouting/Guiding and so I ended up pursuing teaching – the one thing in my life which I wish I had done differently.

I now work as a primary teacher in Whitstable, Kent part-time, the remainder of my days spent taming my 19-month old toddler and, whenever I get the chance, feeding my history/archaeology addiction in any way I can – Books, TV and of course the Forum.

Special Interest Areas

Anything historical or archaeological but especially Roman – 1066, reign of Stephen, Wars of the Roses (Richard III was innocent!)

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– Tunisia
– Cairo
– Georgia
– Co Kerry
– Co Kerry Flora
– Cyprus Flora
– Bellapais Abbey
– Kyrenia Castle
– Shipwreck Museum
– Sunsets in Cyprus
– Fabrika Hill Excavations
– The Villa of Theseus
– Tomb of the Kings
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– Home page – Brugge
– Tunisia
– Cairo
– Georgia
– Co Kerry
– Co Kerry Flora
– Cyprus Flora
– Bellapais Abbey
– Kyrenia Castle
– Shipwreck Museum
– Sunsets in Cyprus
– Fabrika Hill Excavations
– The Villa of Theseus
– Tomb of the Kings
– Xanten
– Arnhem

– Home page – Brugge
– Tunisia
– Cairo
– Georgia
– Co Kerry
– Co Kerry Flora
– Cyprus Flora
– Bellapais Abbey
– Kyrenia Castle
– Shipwreck Museum
– Sunsets in Cyprus
– Fabrika Hill Excavations
– The Villa of Theseus
– Tomb of the Kings
– Xanten
– Arnhem