A Clerk of Oxford

In the Christmas edition of the Catholic Herald, I've written a short piece about the medieval carol 'Lullay, Myn Lyking' (...

Annunciation ( BL Add. 29433, f. 20 ) Here's an Advent poem from a collection of carols which was compiled by James Ryman, Francisc...

The ossuary at St Leonard's, Hythe All Souls, and a rainy November day in the season of remembrance. The three-day season of Hallowtide...

My latest column for History Today can be read online here . Here's a taste: If you recognise the type of town museum I mean, you...

Cnut fights Edmund Ironside in a 13th-century manuscript CCCC MS. 26, f.80v October is the season of conquest anniversaries. Four days ...

Just a short post to say that I've written a piece on Beowulf for this month's issue of the BBC History Magazine (not online at ...

St Michael, with bright wings ( BL Royal MS 18 D II, f. 161v ) Today is Michaelmas, the feast of St Michael and All Angels - a beautifu...