John Stone has found the request for two copies of Shakespeare’s Othello to be sent to Lisbon, Portugal, in 1765
Tudor era horse cemetery in Westminster, London, revealed as likely resting place for elite imported animals
Genetic analysis and archaeological insight combine to reveal the ancient origins of the fallow deer, the results have been published in two new studies
Childhood vitamin D deficiency was likely prevalent during industrialization in England: the deficiency was indicated in the teeth of three-quarters of individuals, especially males
Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities: family relationships that link Britain to Altwies ‘Op dem Boesch’, Luxembourg
A Roman road network spanning South West Britain – Devon and Cornwall – was identified in a new research, thanks to LiDAR scans and geographical modelling
Ethical challenges of studying historical DNA that connects living people to enslaved and free African Americans at Catoctin Furnace, an early ironworks (18th–19th century)
Giant stone artefacts, including a Late Acheulean ‘Giant’ handaxe, found on rare Ice Age site at Manor Farm now Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
4,000-year-old plague DNA found: the oldest cases to date in Britain; the paper is published in Nature Communications
The study shows for the first time that Vikings brought animals, specifically horses and dogs, to Britain in the 9th century
