Pirate Corner: Captain Misson and Libertalia
Was there really a revolutionary pirate Utopia in seventeenth century Madagascar? Content note: slavery, colonialism, forced marriage....
Pirate Corner: Modern Myths and Counter-Myths
I examine some of the curious misapprehensions surrounding Golden Age piracy. Content note: murder by drowning. The popular image of the...
Pirate Corner: The kilted buccaneer
The swashbuckling story of "Red Legs" Greaves fascinated me as a child. Here, I look into the evidence to see if it actually happened....
Pirate Corner: The Red Reiver
As a proud Scot, fascinated since toddlerhood by all things medieval and all things piratical, it was inevitable that I'd be attracted by...
