The women of Ely
Ely is a beautiful small city with an enormous and wonderful cathedral on the highest land in the fens. But before I go to see this impressive masterpiece of art…
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4 April 2022
At the border between Mercia and East Anglia (part two)
Today, I visited two very distinctive and different places associated with St Kyneburgha and her sister St Kyneswide, which I mentioned in the last blog about St Tibba. The remains…
30 March 2022
At the border between Mercia and East Anglia (part one)
My last journey back in time leads me to Ryhall, a small and peaceful village northwest of Peterborough. The church of St John the Evangelist is a light-flooded place, very…
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30 March 2022
Saints and the theme of ‘water’
Water plays an essential role in many religions across the periods and beliefs and features prominently in the places associated with cultic acts and religious procedures: water has healing capabilities;…
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11 March 2022
Exploring Wintanceaster with Prof Barbara Yorke
Cities and towns are fascinating places. Urban landscapes are palimpsests of the traces left behind by generations that lived, worked and died in the tangle of buildings, alleys and streets.…
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8 March 2022