Books in the Scullery is a substack about books, their intricacies, and the connections between them. From Agatha Christie to medieval mystery plays, via Renaissance poetry, Jane Austen, Narnia and more.
A writer and literary critic. Interested in detective fiction, Shakespeare, fantasy novels, the Bible, romance, Renaissance poetry, Jane Austen...
Reflections on my life as a historian and insights into my research on some of the stranger byways of Europe's religious history and folklore...
โWe're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each otherโ