Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
7
Mar
Today Birmingham is of course the second largest city in the UK. Home to 1 million people and part of a huge conurbation of several million, its size and growth owes much to the Industrial Revolution for here and in the nearby Black Country many of the goods that helped build the British Empire were manufactured and certainly most […]
Tags: Anglo-Saxon, Birmingham
19
Jan
I work at a general practice that covers the areas of Great Barr, Streetly and Kingstanding in Birmingham. The area is suburban and full of not terribly inspired estates as well as council housing, playing fields and local shops and schools. As such the area does not have much to recommend it to those interested […]
Tags: Birmingham, King Charles I, Kingstanding, Romans