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Oct 1310 min read

Exploring the Dark Side of the High Seas: Pirate Keelhauling - A Dreaded Pirate Punishment

A pirate keelhauling was “a severe punishment whereby the condemned man was dragged beneath the ship’s keel on a rope.

Oct 94 min read

Was William Shakespeare's Father John Shakespeare a Crook

One must ask themselves how did Shakespeare amass such a fortune by the time William was a young adult?

Jun 20, 20235 min read

MEET THE AUTHOR Podcast: LIVE - Featuring Australian novelist Paul Rushworth-Brown

MEET THE AUTHOR Podcast: LIVE - Featuring Australian novelist PAUL RUSHWORTH BROWN. Find out how Paul went from history nerd to...

Mar 5, 20236 min read

Bugs and Beds Through the Centuries

The earliest beds were piles of straw, leaves, or animal skins on the ground. These things were plentiful and easy enough to come by.

Feb 20, 20238 min read

Scourge of Europe-The Religious Hysteria Created by the Black Plague

Written by Rosanne E. Lortzand edited by Paul Rushworth-Brown Death has always been one of the most frightening prospects faced by...

Nov 21, 20229 min read

Christmas and Christmas Lights are not English

Christmas trees, Christmas lights and Santa Claus: none of what we now take for Christmas traditions are indigenous to old England. The...

Jul 13, 20223 min read

Author Paul Rushworth-Brown Features on Spillwords

May 4, 20222 min read

'Skulduggery' Chosen as One of the Best Books to Read in 2022

The books to read in 2022 contain stories of forbidden love revealing biographies and skulduggery https://www.theamericawatch.com/article...

Apr 2, 20224 min read

A New Case of the Bubonic Plague

Ring a Ring o’ Roses, A Pocket full of Posies, A- Tishoo! A- Tishoo! We all Fall Down Health authorities in China have identified a new...

Mar 26, 20224 min read

Children with Malice Hanged in Early England

Today, a small stone marker in the pavement is the only reminder that this was the site of London’s public hangings for nearly 600 years....

Jul 4, 20212 min read

Skulduggery around Haworth and Keighley

Paul Rushworth-Brown is the author of three novels: Skulduggery - The bleak Pennine moors of Yorkshire; a beautiful, harsh place, close...