In the latest series of my popular historygram posts, I turn my attention to an historical city that I truly love – LONDON! I always visit London at least once a year (I know this doesn’t seem like much, but trust me when you live in the middle of Wales and it takes the best…
Historygram – The Best Instagram Accounts for Welsh History
Lockdown has been a great opportunity to revisit some of the old features on the Hisdoryan blog. While reviewing my old Historygram posts, I was shocked to discover I hadn’t written about the great Welsh history Instagram accounts out there. So if you fancy touring historical Wales through the medium of social media during lockdown, follow…
The Most Instagrammable Museum in London – The Wallace Collection
In the world of history blogging, I am always on the look out for the next historical photo opportunity. And I was lucky enough to recently discover the most Instagrammable museum in London. The Wallace Collection is quickly becoming the museum du jour – and its largely down to its aesthetic. Think silk wallpaper, velvet…
Historygram – The Best Accounts to Follow for Royal History
Britain is a nation with one foot stuck firmly in the past. You only have to look at this year’s frenzy about Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s wedding to know that – even though its the 21st Century – we still love our Royal Family and the lashings of tradition they come with, almost as…
Historygram – The History Ladies Currently Killing It
So far in my series of Historygram posts, I’ve featured the best Instagram accounts out there for historical architecture, medieval manuscripts, church crawling, museums and fashion history. This week’s blog post is dedicated to some of the accounts I love but are hard to categorize. However, they do all share one characteristic – they are all…