This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Let’s review a kids book from 2017 called “Gross facts about the Middle Ages”.Why am I doing this to myself?The cover alone is promising…You can … More Book review: ‘Gross facts about the Middle Ages’ (2017)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Remember ‘The First Great Train Robbery’?Oh boy… It’s an 1978 film set in Victorian times with Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery I’ve watched it before … More Film review: ‘The First Great Train Robbery’ (1978)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. If you find this book in your kid’s school library, get it removed, it’s so bad.I’m just going through a few of the history pages … More Book review: ‘I wonder why, Book of knowledge’. by various authors (2006)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Just discovered this painting on wikipedia, never seen it before, first showed up in 2023 in an auction, so it’s pretty unknown.It is a Dutch … More Art review: Dutch bathhouse scene, unknown artist (1500s)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Yes, I am the fake history hunter, yes I will be annoying about tiny little details, I will literally be on the lookout for mistakes … More Film review: A Knights Tale (2001)
In stead of sending a link to old threads on social media every time someone posts nonsense about medieval hygiene, I’ve decided to just collect a whole bunch of links here on this page. Yes, a lot of people still believe that Medieval Europeans rarely or never bathed, didn’t have soap, were scared of water, … More Articles, links & videos about Medieval hygiene
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Another art review, let’s check out some old art together and see what we can find out about it.This time a wonderful winter themed painting … More Art review: ‘Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters’ by Hendrick Avercamp (c. 1608)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Film review!I’ve watched ‘The King’ (2019). Here are my comments as I watched it. Yes I will ruin this for you by getting annoyed by … More Film review: ‘The King’ (2019)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Today I’ll review ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie. When I read this in the introduction, I knew I was going … More Book review: ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie (2021)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Review of a film where they did everything wrong… according to how many modern film/tv makers seem to think these days!So yes, they actually did … More Film review: Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn (2025)
