I hope you’re enjoying the summer (or winter)! I’m spending it adapting my doctoral thesis into a book, which is taking up a lot of my writing time at the moment, and I don’t have much left in which to write this blog. Still, I’d hate to miss a fortnightly post date. A couple of…
Month: July 2017
Adam, agate and amulets: a medieval general knowledge quiz
What is the connection between Adam’s navel and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s left ear? This was the first question that was asked in the first episode of the long-running British comedy quiz QI, which has been producing one series for each letter of the alphabet since the A-series in 2003. Of course, the whole point…
Viking: Rediscover the Legend, Yorkshire Museum – a review
I live within a short walk of a museum mostly dedicated to local history and archaeology. Of course, this is in York, which has played a significant part in several crucial events in English and British history. The Romans had a military base here; it was an important site for the Anglo-Saxon church; it was…
For the Wynn 