As I study history in this great city, I have a great knowledge of the importance of this city throughout history, from the Romans and Vikings, through to the medieval period and the birth of the railway industry in the 19th century. You can see why my passion for this city is enduring.

Anyway, it was nice to be in York for the purpose of leisure for once, so here are few photos I captured before I began indulging in the local ales!

1. The largest expanse of medieval stained glass anywhere in the world on York Minster.  2. Looking down The Shambles (A fine preservation of medieval architecture). 3. Having a tipple in The House of the Trembling Madness! (Those beams sailed the seas over 800 years ago) 4. A late Roman multangular tower (with the terracotta tiles also placed there by the Romans for the purpose of decoration) 5. Looking down High Petergate towards Bootham Bar (one of many ancient gateways in York), a street lined with medieval and Georgian architecture 6. York Minster at night, the largest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe.

I captured this photo of York Minster basking in the early spring sunshine today, I love studying in this city!

I captured this photo of the Skyfall train at York station yesterday morning!

Why does my university look like the setting for A Clockwork Orange!?

York Minster is barely visible today as you peer down Stonegate towards the historic building! Shame, classes were still on at uni though :(

(Image courtesy of Daily Mail) 

Welcome to Jorvik! (the name of Viking York)

Study the picture, what does it look like? Your assumptions are probably correct! This is a piece of fossilised Viking excrement found during excavations in York. This piece of poo was studied over a period of 20 years and was found to contain cereal bran fragments, pollen grains, unidentified organic matter and a large number of parasitic worms.

The sample enables us historians to attain an accurate picture of the diet of a inhabitant in Viking York, which is important evidence in historical study. Anyway, who would of thought one could get so excited over a piece of excrement, who knows, one day it could be yours that archaeologists find!

I chose such a glamorous field of study, it makes me look at human excrement in a whole new light!

I captured this photo today, as the Grand Old Duke of York has put up his Christmas tree outside Mansion House, York.

I’m rather certain he didn’t have 10,000 men there though, and there was no marching up and down hills involved in the process either!

Plonkers Wine Bar presents: Good Times Soul Club York ”Heart & Soul” 24 Soul Music Marathon. Saturday 1st December, raising money for the British Heart Foundation.

Great music, good cause!

York is Britain’s favourite city, especially at this time of year when all the historical sites are illuminated by spectacular displays of light! I will never stop appreciating this city, and I am so lucky to study here!

This year is particularly special for Yorkists as this city celebrates 800 years since it was granted its royal charter by the King, although it’s origins go back much further. What a grand setting to celebrate the subject of history, you can clearly see Roman, Viking and Medieval architecture all over the city.