About

Black and white photo of a man with beard walking on Holkham Beach in north Norfolk
Walking on Holkham Beach in North Norfolk, one of my happy places. 

Hello, my name is Benjamin Craske and I'm a public historian and senior editor at a digital B2B publisher based in Norwich, UK.

This website is my space to reflect on my craft, play about with creativity and share with you what I learn along the way.

I fell in love with public history when I studied abroad at the beautiful beach campus at the University of California Santa Barbara. While there I took an introductory class on the subject I relished the reading materials and dove into the case studies, totally absorbed and inspired by the concept of engaging with the past in public.

In this blog, I want to share my passion for public history with you because it encourages interdisciplinary and progressive working practices that are useful in a range of fields, not just for historians.

This blog is for anyone interested in creative approaches to history, writing, community outreach or project management.  

I publish articles and share resources related to the following topics:

  • Public history - engaging with the past in accessible and authentic ways.
  • Media observations - an outsider's perspective on working in the newsroom and publishing industry.
  • Personal development - exploring habits, professional practices and behaviour patterns.  
  • Creativity - features, reviews, listicles, resources, writing advice and shared observations on my own failures and successes.  

For a fuller explanation of my mission statement please see my first blog post. You can read it here.