Articles
Working harder than medieval peasants?
Why being a medieval peasant had some serious upsides that we could learn from today (Guardian, May 2010). You can also hear my Canadian interview on CBC about this (it is at 13 mins 45 secs).
The strange revival of fairies
Just when you thought they had been consigned to the bottom of the garden, the fairies are back (Bloom, Autumn 2008).
My contribution to the essay collection Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth (Constable, 2008).
Twelfth century economics and today
The discovery of some twelfth century bones in London reveal the big lie of contemporary economics (Radical Economics, 2005).
The founder of time and motion study – and of the prophet of measurement (BBC History Magazine, 2003).
The prophet of Distributism, the danger of the Servile State and his uneasy relationship with the Liberal Party (Journal of Liberal History, 2003).
Noel Newsome and the BBC European Service in World War II, the greatest ever exponent of the art of good propaganda (New Statesman, 2001).
Richard the Lionheart's journey in disguise
How to retrace Richard the Lionheart's journey across Europe.
