My 7th century bronze bird brooch
I now own a bronze and enamel replica of a 7th C Anglo-Saxon bird brooch.
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About
A bio of novelist Nicola Griffith, author of Hild, the Aud novels, and Ammonite, plus written, audio, and video interviews.
Read moreMy new toy: a longseax
My new toy is a replica of the seax of Beagnoth, thought to be of ninth-century Anglo-Saxon origin. Though in my opinion (neither particularly…
Read moreCuthbert’s Gospel
This is Cuthbert’s Gospel, the book that was buried at Lindisarne with St Cuthbert sometime after his death in 687. It is…
Read moreOne of Hild’s relatives?
I wrote a long post for my Hild blog, Gemæcca. It’s all about a new archaeological find: a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon woman found…
Read moreApartheid and economics and language
I think I’m getting hopelessly addicted to Time Off. This morning I spent a happy hour reading a wonderful article, ‘Apartheid and…
Read moreTech gremlins
On Monday tech gremlins started chewing on random things in our house. First up: voicemail. The gremlin ate our message and started…
Read moreAn Anglo-Saxon Twitter button
Yesterday, via Laura Miller on Twitter, I came across the new Mysterious Press website, and their clever Twitter and Facebook buttons: I…
Read moreNew pictures of the Staffordshire Hoard
I’ve posted about the Staffordshire Hoard before. But now National Geographic has done a spread, complete with new photos, a map, and…
Read moreLuscious autumnal melancholy
So here’s a book I think would be lovely for autumn, The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation, ed. Greg Delanty and…
Read moreWood and stone
Via The Medieval Review (a listserv) I came across two books I want. The Landscape Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Nicholas Higham…
Read moreElusive plot
I’m chasing plot moths, dashing about in the dark swishing my net trying to catch the flittery things. I know roughly what…
Read moreMy dragonish heart is utterly roused
Photo by David Rowan, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Oh. My. God. There’s a new find in Staffordshire, a hoard of luscious,…
Read moreElves and Anglo-Saxons and gender
Note: this post was triggered by a book, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity (Anglo-Saxon Studies) by…
Read moreNotes from Walnut Tree Farm
A year or two ago I came across this review in Publishers Weekly of a book by Roger Deakin, Wildwood: In this…
Read moreretconning beowulf
This is a cross post from my research blog, Gemæcce. I’ve been reading Beowulf again, this time Crossley-Holland’s translation. I’m struck by…
Read moreanglo-saxon in the round
This is a cross-posting from my research blog, Gemæcca, (which should actually be Gemæcce but I didn’t understand the gender difference when…
Read moreGaeth a wyrd swa hio scel!
‘Gaeth a wyrd swa hio scel!’ The Anglo-Saxon for ‘Fate goes ever as it must.’ Basically, shit happens. Or, oh well. Or…
Read moreAnglo-Saxon porn
When I’m working on a novel, especially when I’m just feeling my way back into something after a break, I don’t allow…
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