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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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Slaving over a hot stove? No.
When a culture has a very sophisticated and complicated cuisine, that tells you something about the historical role of women in that society…
Katrina Gulliver
Jan 21
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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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Yule love it
In a continuation of my musing on Christmas food (see also mince pies and marzipan), today I write about the Yule Log. If you’re not familiar, this is a…
Katrina Gulliver
Dec 7, 2021
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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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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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Village of the damned
I didn't really want to write about the ’rona. I've written about its possible effects on cities and in tangential ways but not the disease itself. I…
Katrina Gulliver
Nov 2, 2020
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Not too rich, or too thin
Helen Gurley Brown, diet fan So I’m trying to cut back a bit, what with the whole pandemic, like many people my weight has bounced around. A diet…
Katrina Gulliver
Feb 12
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Spilling tea?
When I was growing up, the expression was “spill the beans” (to give away a secret) or “let the cat out of the bag”. Recently I’ve heard more people…
Katrina Gulliver
Jan 27
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Happy Valentine's Day, readers
Like many people, I watched the Tinder Swindler the other day on Netflix. If you are unfamiliar with it, it is a documentary about a conman, who wooed…
Katrina Gulliver
Feb 14
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Sugar, spice, and all things nice....
Since we are in the midst of spice season, with holiday meals and fancier lattes, this seemed like a good theme for today. Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon all…
Katrina Gulliver
Nov 22, 2021
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How old is too old?
This week Rafael Nadal won the Australian Open, becoming the most successful men’s singles player with 21 grand slam titles. He is 35. Tom Brady also…
Katrina Gulliver
Feb 3
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