Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of this week are the harvest Ember Days, an ancient custom of three-day periods of fasting and prayer which recur in each of the four seasons of the year. Some explorations of the Ember Days from medieval England: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2018/09/this-f…

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After an 1800s robbery, Birmingham’s Quaker bank Lloyds adopted the beehive (or skep) as its symbol. Branches often commissioned local artists to create one. I’ve been documenting these hive treasures — here are a few Midlands finds. 🐝 #Bee #Lloyds #JQ #Digbeth

New pilgrimage route to be launched in the Diocese of Leeds leeds.anglican.org/who-we-are/new…

Really worth watching if you've ever wondered about medieval music and thought 'how do we know it sounded like that?' (Spoiler alert: we don't.) youtu.be/E7ZxLs44xPw?si… #medieval #music #18thcentury

Could I have some nuance, subtlety, complexity and difficulty please, waiter? I’m sorry sir; we seem to have run out.

Me, targeting extraneous adjectives in my PhD thesis to get it below the maximum word count. youtube.com/watch?v=-VRQ2G…

End Sexism In Schools TMW's very own Dr. Natasha R. Hodgson was one of the report's co-authors, highlighting ways to incorporate more medieval women into KS3 History. The report is also covered in today's Guardian: theguardian.com/education/2025…

Co-authored by PhD supervisor extraordinaire Dr. Natasha R. Hodgson ! #women #history #medieval #schools #teaching

PhD thesis submitted. Here is my historically inaccurate celebration music. youtube.com/watch?v=oYXi6m…

"You, love’s pretender, where are your wasting away and your anguish? Where are your burning passion and your dismay? Where are your longing and your yearning?"

*ELECTRO-MEDIEVAL ALERT!* I thought some of you might like to hear a snippet of what I've been up to for the last 4 years, so this #BandcampFriday (Oct 3rd) I'll make one of the Old French songs available on katearnolduk.bandcamp.com for a limited time. Watch this space for link.

It’s rare for an area to have a unique feature — but the Jewellery Quarter packs plenty into just a square kilometre. I spent a year mapping its historic letterboxes and uncovering their stories. Sadly, with no protection, many are now disappearing to redevelopment. #JQ #Heritage

C'mon Lisa Nandy MP Ian Murray MP Richard Parker LeaderofBirmingham Keir Starmer talked about Renewal vs. Decline. Grassroots growth. Well, here is the most open of goals you could ever have across the biggest bands in Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk, Reggae, 2-Tone & Folk history.

Delicate details from Highbury Hall in Moseley 🍃🕊️ — where carved leaves and stone songbirds whisper stories of Birmingham’s Arts & Crafts past. A masterpiece of nature and craft woven into wood and stone. #Birmingham #HighburyHall #ArtsAndCrafts #Heritage

'Count of Anjou (Research Mix)' now available to stream and/or download for #BandcampFriday! All proceeds will support the release of the new album. katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/count-of… #medieval #music #livelooping #electro #hammereddulcimer #history

Huge thanks to all who downloaded 'Count of Anjou' yesterday, shared the link or helped in other ways! The positive response is really encouraging. I will keep the song on the Bandcamp page for a couple more days: katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/count-of… #medieval #music #electro #dulcimer

Worth thinking about. I've been involved in a few concerts/events in churches and have always felt they were 'in the spirit' of the place as described here. If they weren't I don't think I would participate. I'm not a churchgoer but don't want to see churches exploited.