Tag Archives: Flag Fen

An Autumn of Watercolour

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Nigel Smith

I’ve spoken to lots of people in the area and in these very worrying and unstable times, we all agree on one thing: that it has been the wettest late autumn anyone can recall. Sometimes I then mention that the … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen is Back!

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Francis Pryor

Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a blog post Always Look On the Bright Side… about Flag Fen and how it had just been taken under new management, following the demise of Vivacity, the organisation that ran most of … Continue reading →

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As Others See Me: a Frank Portrait

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Francis Pryor

Doing lots of talks and book signings can sometimes become a bit of a chore, but so far the various events I’ve done to promote The Fens have been very lively. There’s been a wonderful feeling of engagement with the … Continue reading →

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Norman’s Pond

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Francis Pryor

First some sensational news: my new book, The Fens is going to be the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week from July 8th-12th!!! This will involve 15-minute readings (not by me), which are broadcast twice daily, most often in … Continue reading →

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The Magic of Flag Fen

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Francis Pryor

A few days ago I came across a wonderful History Girls blog post about Flag Fen, which I’d very much like to share with the followers of my blog. Having been closely involved with Flag Fen since its discovery way back … Continue reading →

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Reaching New Readers

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Francis Pryor

As part of the final run-in for The Way, The Truth and The Dead, I’ve done two guest blog posts about crowdfunding (and, yes, “crowdfunding” is now generally preferred to the more correct, if clumsier “crowd-funding”). Both have been aimed … Continue reading →

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2014? It Feels Like September. Where Did Autumn Go?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Francis Pryor

Welcome to the New Year. I think. As the rather wordy title suggests, I can’t work out where September, October and November went, let alone December, which seems to have glugged its way down a drain hole in the space-time … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen, 30 years on

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Francis Pryor

We discovered the extraordinary Bronze Age site at Flag Fen, Peterborough, exactly 30 years ago. To be honest I’m not certain of the precise date, but I think it was around the 3rd, or 4th of November, 1982. I’ve described … Continue reading →

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Flag Fen: a Concise Archæoguide

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Francis Pryor

And now for a big digression: I’m moving aside for a guest blogger, my niece Alice Smith, herself an active blogger on the theatre. She has just graduated from Leeds in History and has her finger firmly on the pulse of … Continue reading →

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Bouncy, But Nice

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Francis Pryor

Oh dear, once again I find I am out of step with colleagues in archaeology. In theory I should hugely disapprove of Bouncy Stonehenge, largely because it took the money that should, I am assured, have been spent on the … Continue reading →

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