The last decade or so has seen some very challenging re-examinations and reinterpretations of some of the wives of Henry VIII, most notably Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. However, our…

Well, I am now settled in St Andrews and looking forward to classes starting this week (nothing for me until Wednesday though!).

If you'd like to follow my adventures in academia,…

Despite a good start to the year, posts-wise, I’ve let this blog slip rather badly. I can only apologise, and offer something by way of an explanation.

There are big changes…

Having read and loved The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or the Murder at Road Hill House a few years ago, I jumped at the chance to read an advance copy of…

It has been something of an in-joke for a while now, the proliferation of book covers featuring women with their heads chopped off. I'm not talking about Anne Boleyn or…