How to describe the feeling when you see loads of people sharing a meme about how far back can you understand English, which goes all the way back to Old English. People having fun and delighted to realise they can get through Middle English pretty easily, early Middle English somewhat and a bit of Old…
Tag: medieval
Forecast: Opening Day!
Today’s the day! Forecast opens at the Gallery Upstairs at The Institute Library. reception from 5-7pm. Fabulous art about divination and magic. Alas, I will not be able to be there due to the latest arctic blast, illness, and various Belle Ombre misfortunes (if you’re thinking about buying a 200+ year old house, consider carefully…
Cosmic Law
Wrapping up the trying year that was 2025, endeavouring to remember what was good amidst the many tragedies and horrors of the year is definitely a challenge. Negotiating many losses, including the practical one of employment, which in its peculiarly American context means also health care [as Lady Catherine would doubtless find reasonable] and yet…
Medievalism in Excalibur
Guess what? It’s time to replace that worn old copy of your favourite Arthurian film! ARROW VIDEO is just about to release a brand new deluxe edition of EXCALIBUR! Always good news to hear that a film you love is getting the royal treatment, but I’m particularly chuffed because I have an essay in the…
Sound & Vision: Cunning Folk Magazine
The new issue of Cunning Folk Magazine is out and includes a piece by me on medieval magic and sound as well as a wide range of fascinating work by other folks that will doubtless charm and inspire you. As usual: we are really in a golden age of beautiful little magazines that bring together…
UConn Medieval Plays
UConn officially killed the Medieval Studies program from which I received my MA and PhD. They had been strangling it for years, so in a way this was an expected yet no less painful a blow. The same neoliberalism that has been turning education into a pipeline for industry — a funnel to the capitalist…
Christie’s Mysteries
I had a little fun exploring some lovely books I haven’t a hope in hell of ever getting thanks to the auction at Christie’s. Hopefully some of these will end up where the public can admire them and not just insufferable rich misers. Radix malorum est cupiditas, as we all know. Pretty books. And another…
Cronework: Pre-Order!
Available for pre-order: CRONEWORK! Out for Beltane! Pre-order of Cronework – Re-enchanting the label: A compilation of spells by self-identified women and gender-diverse artists. You get 5 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released….
Medieval Women @ BL
I managed to plan my short jaunt to the south so well that I had time to catch Oracles, Omens, and Answers in Oxford, head down to London, check into my hotel, and then pop over to the British Library to see Medieval Women in Their Own Words. I didn’t take nearly as many photos…
Hate Valentines? Blame Chaucer!
Valentine romance is a scam — a medieval scam!