Not in the Script
Alistair ForrestRandom musings and confessions by an historical fiction author.
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1066 – and there’s more!
Back when he was a mere Prince, King Charles III made history by helping to complete the famous Bayeux Tapestry.
During a visit to the island where I live, Alderney, he and Camilla were enthused by the efforts of a handful of local embroid...
What the ancients knew...
‘Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.’
An ancient witch’s brew of evil intent from MacBeth, but I’m reminded of one that was concocted in King Alfred’s time for the sole purpose of healing.
I’m indebted to @The...
Whatever Next?
I’ve just finished writing a trilogy on the horror of a tyrant’s self-serving expansionist designs on the country of my birth, albeit set long before any part of Britain was actually a country. The ancient Celts may have had a different vie...
Death of a Republic
Julius Caesar was always a fan of tyranny, manipulation and military might long before Rome became an empire.
His campaigns in Gaul (58-50 BCE) and his attempts to annexe Britannia were far more than military adventures – it was all about...
When ‘The End’ is the beginning
The two-headed Roman god Janus, who lends his name to the month of January, looks back as well as forward. He is the god of new beginnings, transition and comings and goings.
I suspect ‘old’ Janus would frown looking back on 2025; perhaps...
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Journalist, editor and author of historical fiction. Lives on an island. Writes and shoots the breeze. https://linktr.ee/alistairforrest
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