Midcentury Jacobeans: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James and “The Duchess of Malfi”
I’ve had some cheering news recently: a scholarly article of mine is going to be published in the journal ELH …
Author Archives: quiteirregular
Our Lord the lodezmon: clumsy translation and a medieval ark
Nyf oure Lorde hade ben her lodezmon hem had lumpen harde Yesterday I picked up a fourteenth-century poem which I …
The risks of understanding: a sermon for Trinity Sunday
I used to play a bit of rugby when I was younger. Well, quite a lot of rugby in the …
The Subtlety of Governor Gumpas – C.S. Lewis and a Detail of The Discarded Image
I’ve been rereading C.S. Lewis’ The Discarded Image today, sparked by a reread of Michael Ward’s work on planetary symbolism …
King Arthur and the Liturgical Year
I’ve been giving some lectures on medieval literature this term, and it has required the enjoyable process of rereading bits …
Shakespeare and the King James Bible – Some Tentative Conclusions
A couple of years ago I published Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery, a book which examines (and debunks) the legend …
“Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women”: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare
Yesterday the journal Shakespeare published an article entitled “Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare”. The reason …
When we say “theology”…
I’ve heard a lot of mentions of theology in my social media timelines recently. Which is what happens if you …
A Diversity of Lanyards
This is a bit of a departure for me – a detective story. After all that reading of the classics, …
How do you read the Bible?
Some recent discussions online about how we read the Bible made me remember a question a friend asked me a …
