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Relics of the saints
Today I visited Bari, a port city on the heel of Italy’s boot. It is famous for (among other things) the Basilica of Saint Nicholas. His bones are here…
Katrina Gulliver
May 16
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Online Madness and the academic mind
This week there was a massive dust up among medievalists on twitter. I won't get into all the details because it’s complicated, but involves a spiked…
Katrina Gulliver
May 8
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Surviving a plague
Since the pandemic, there are a lot of discussions about the phenomenon of Long Covid. It seems to be a post-viral syndrome (as we know occurs with…
Katrina Gulliver
Apr 26
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Happy Easter, readers
I hope that if you celebrate, you are enjoying the season. Today, to follow my various posts on Christmas food, I wanted to talk about an Easter…
Katrina Gulliver
Apr 17
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When does time come around
I recently caught up on the Apple+ series, Physical. Set in San Diego in the early 1980s, it’s about a woman who finds a solution to her problems in the…
Katrina Gulliver
Apr 1
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The ideal past
Some of you may be familiar with people who call themselves “trads”. Trad is short for “traditionalist”, and often what they are traditional about is…
Katrina Gulliver
Mar 25
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Reader's Digest at 100
When someone puts together compilation, or a mixtape, they’re showing you what they like, or introducing you to new things. When Reader's Digest began…
Katrina Gulliver
Mar 21
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The man from mars
The movie John Carter was released ten years ago, and this is a fascinating piece on how it turned into a big-budget flop. I saw the film at the time…
Katrina Gulliver
Mar 18
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To parts unknown
Fifty years ago this month, Pioneer 10 was launched. A NASA spaceprobe, it was the first earthmade object to achieve “escape velocity” and leave the…
Katrina Gulliver
Mar 9
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The old-fashioned vision of new urbanism
Prince Charles has a housing development in Cornwall called Nansledan. You can buy a nice-looking place there, if you want to live in a sort-of-replica…
Katrina Gulliver
Mar 4
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These are their stories
I was delighted to see Law & Order finally return this week. It is my comfort food, and has kept me company for most of my life. I was one of the…
Katrina Gulliver
Feb 27
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What is the "intention" in intentional communities?
The other day, the New York Times ran a story about the financial collapse of a planned intentional community. Now, it sounded like this was a situation…
Katrina Gulliver
Feb 23
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