Together with my colleague Eleanor Jackson, I have written another blogpost for the British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts blog for your post-Christmas enjoyment. What can we tell about manuscripts which have feline pawprints all over them? Pour yourself a glass of mulled wine and enjoy. And get that cat off your keyboard. Cats, get off the…
Category: Silliness
Keep fit with medieval Pilates
Good morning, everyone! Feeling energised today? I’ve been trying to wake myself up in the mornings by doing a little bit of Pilates first thing. Years of sitting at a computer poring over medieval prayers have left me horribly unbendy, so I’ve been taking classes for over a year now in order to get a…
Like, pray, share: Anglo-Saxon prayer memes
So you’re scrolling through your Facebook feed, and one of those memes pops up. You know what I mean. Either it’s a sick child who needs your prayers (‘1 like = 100 prayers!’), or a cursed photo of a hellwraith (‘like and share or you’ll die tonight!!’), or simply an inspirational image which will give…
For the Wynn 