Notes from the Field

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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