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New Publication! Recently published in Oxford Academic's Very Short Introduction series, 'The Catholic Reformation' by Dr James Kelly, Associate Professor in the History of Catholicism. This short book introduces readers to the events and global impact of the Catholic Reformation.

Yesterday I talked at Sheriff Hutton about folklore and traditions!

I just wrote the words 'in Rutland, near Oakham', forgetting that everywhere in Rutland is near Oakham

It’s great to receive a copy of the 2026 Canterbury Preacher’s Companion, which features 7 sermons by me - the first time any of my sermons have appeared in print! Published sermon collections are, sadly, an unfashionable genre canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/97817862…

Every time my publisher asks me if I want to index my own book I feel like Jeremy Clarkson being asked if he wants a chauffeur

Did you know that Jane Austen wrote one of the prayers included in the appendix of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition?

Showing Shaun Blanchard around Jansenist Paris

Was the Brotherhood of the Blackheads (a fraternity for unmarried men in medieval Livonia) so called from an assumption that unmarried men don’t wash?

Mass at Port-Royal de Paris

Today, I had the huge honour & privilege to receive my award of the de Fleury Medal in recognition of my work with US Army Engineers across my career & more recently in NATO. It really means a great deal to me to be recognised in this way! #HurrahfortheCRE #Ubique #Essayons

"Critical reading for anyone studying religious life in medieval Britain and fairy belief, Paganism in the British Isles, supernatural beings in medieval literature, and the history of Christianity in Britain." Shelley Morwenna Williams reviews 'Twilight of the Godlings' in The

As the EU’s Space Commissioner I still maintain that Andrius Kubilius has jurisdiction over all space and time

Today I learn of the Orbilian Society, which was dedicated to promoting the study of Latin and named after Horace's teacher Orbilius, famous for flogging his pupils half to death

I’m glad we were able to get #JaneAusten250 in before her novels get flagged by Prevent as extremist material promoting first cousin marriage

TIL that for some weeks in 1946, the bestselling book in Britain was an edition of The Odyssey. Was that the last time a Classical work was *the* top bestseller?

The feast days of June #MedievalCalendar BL Harley MS 2332; Illustrated Almanac; 1411 CE-1412 CE; England; ff.6v-7r Medieval Manuscripts