The face of Abbot Bunting – the builder of St Edmundsbury Cathedral
I recently discovered that there exists a contemporary portrait of a late medieval abbot of Bury St Edmunds, William Bunting (alias Coddenham, d. 1513). The portrait has been overlooked because … Continue reading
Review: Cursed Britain by Thomas Waters
Thomas Waters, Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019), 352pp. I have been eagerly awaiting Thomas Waters’ Cursed … Continue reading
Contract signed with Four Courts Press: Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in Medieval Ireland
I am pleased to say that I have just signed a contract with Four Courts Press, Ireland’s leading academic publisher, for a book entitled Athassel Priory and the Cult of St … Continue reading
Review: Confessional Mobility and English Catholics in Counter-Reformation Europe by Liesbeth Corens
My review of Confessional Mobility and English Catholics in Counter-Reformation Europe by Liesbeth Corens has just been published in Reviews in History. The book is an important contribution to the historiography … Continue reading
Contributing to Bloomsbury’s Cultural History of Magic
I have just signed a contract with Bloomsbury Publishing to contribute a chapter to a new six-volume Cultural History of Magic due to be published in 2021. I shall be … Continue reading
Why do people laugh at fairies?
Why do so many people laugh, almost as an unthinking reflex, as soon as fairies are mentioned? This is a question that has intrigued me since I wrote a book … Continue reading
Talking Tudor magic with Natalie Grueninger
Tudor expert Natalie Grueninger recently interviewed me for her popular podcast ‘Talking Tudors’ about magic, witchcraft and ghosts in Tudor England – a suitable topic for broadcast on Friday 13th! … Continue reading
