The Width of the Door, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I‘ve never done this before, but this summer during my trip to Wales I had this picture taken. It was quite spontaneous: it jus...
De Colada Entre Muertos, originally uploaded by AanikaP. Back in 2007 I blogged photos by Jez who visited the Sedlec Ossuary in Czech Republic. It is a stunning monument, although by no means the only...
Back in 2005, when I was contributing to one ezine, I wrote the article about medieval cults and saints that was picked up by several news aggregators and witches’ websites. My understanding of ...
My photo of one of the musical angels in Manchester Cathedral has just been invited to the group Anges Musiciens (‘musical angels’ in French). I thought I’d point to it those who lov...
(written 5 Sept 2008) I am currently giving much thought to the importance of screen adaptations. I have to think simultaneously of the stage adaptations, too, because very often we are speaking about...
I say about nearly every place I visit that “I’ve long wanted to go there”. Be it York, the Welsh castles, or even London, I’d long wanted to go there by the time I finally wen...
I have just read a very good article by Slavoj Žižek in the London Review of Books: Berlusconi in Tehran. By “very good” I mean that he, as usual, displays an astounding amount knowledge t...
I only heard the news this morning. I felt very tired last night, I had a headache, slept through the night, and when I turned my phone on, there was an sms from my friend: “Michael Jackson has ...
-1- It is always interesting to observe how the media presents the “news”. When independent artists, especially not well-known, turn to Social Media and mobile technologies, journalists an...
Back in 2006, when I wrote Tudors, Me, and an Elusive Ghost, I explained why I chose to specialise in 16th c. history, or even more narrowly, in Tudor history: I chose to specialise in Tudor history b...