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…
Historygram – The Top Accounts for Historical Architecture
We all love a bit of property porn, don’t we? Staring at pictures of houses we couldn’t afford in a million years, or that belong to a totally different time or place. Luckily for architecture addicts like me, Instagram is a great portal to get an insight into these types of places. And historical architecture…
Historygram – The Top Accounts to Follow for Medieval Manuscripts
In the battle of e-reader versus book, I will choose book every single time. In my eyes, nothing can beat the thrill of the turn of the page. Books are things of beauty and creators of worlds, and e-readers just cannot compete with the untangible magic that the written word possesses. It is for the same reasons that…
Historygram – The Top Museum Accounts
This week’s History on Instagram post concentrates on the many fabulous museums we are lucky to have in this country. In the age of social media, we are now able to view treasures from these fabulous collections from the comfort of our own home – a real gift if you live in a remote part of the…
Historygram – The Best Instagram Accounts for Church History Lovers
In the second of a series of posts on the top historical accounts to follow on Instagram, I present my favourite accounts to follow for churches, their history and their architecture. Why churches you ask? Well, when I visit somewhere new very often the first stop I make is to the local church. Nearly every…
Historygram – The Best Fashion History Accounts
This historical blog is a natural evolution of my Instagram account, where I have been sharing my love of history for quite a while now. I live in the middle of nowhere slap bang in the centre of Wales, and am pretty sure I am the only young person (well, 32 years old – relatively…