Review: The Routledge History of Medieval Magic
Sophie Page and Catherine Rider (eds), The Routledge History of Medieval Magic (London: Routledge, 2019), ISBN 9781472447302, £175.00 This interdisciplinary collection of essays on medieval magic is surely destined to … Continue reading
Publication of Bogie Tales of East Anglia by M. H. James
My edition of the earliest book devoted to East Anglian folklore, Bogie Tales of East Anglia (1891) by Margaret Helen James, has just been published. Bogie Tales is an important … Continue reading
A manuscript reunion at Cambridge University Library
Today I had the pleasure of witnessing a lost manuscript from Cambridge University Library‘s Hengrave Manuscripts reunited with the collection after nearly 70 years. A beautifully written and bound manuscript … Continue reading
Article in Downside Review: ‘The Cult of St Edmund, King and Martyr in Medieval Ireland’
My article ‘The Cult of St Edmund, King and Martyr in Medieval Ireland’ has just been published in Downside Review. The article is the first study of the significance of … Continue reading
Commemoration of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay
This morning I spoke at the annual service of commemoration for Mary, Queen of Scots in St Mary and All Saints church, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire. Mary was beheaded in the great … Continue reading
Speaking to The Ghost Club: ‘”Beware! Beware! of the Black Friar”: Ghosts and the Dissolution of the Monasteries’
Today in central London I spoke to The Ghost Club, the world’s oldest organisation devoted to investigating ghosts, on the theme of monastic ghosts. My talk, entitled ‘”Beware! Beware! of … Continue reading
Talking St Edmund on Newstalk Radio Ireland
This evening Ireland’s Newstalk Radio interviewed me about my book Edmund: In Search of England’s Lost King. On the station’s ‘Talking History‘ show, presenter Patrick Geoghegan asked me about the … Continue reading
