On Sunday I made the trip to Sutton Hoo for the first time. This is the site of a 7th century burial, a spectacular Saxon ship and mound graves containing grave goods which tells us much about life in East Anglia during the seventh century. The National Trust Museum on the site brings to life the treasure that was unearthed … Read More

Shortly after The Battle of Hastings Eadgifu Swanneshals, known as Edith Swan-neck was brought to the field at Senlac by two priests of Waltham Abbey, Osgod Cnoppe and Elthelric Childemaister, to identify King Harold’s body. Amongst the slain, she discovered his corpse, almost unrecognisable, stripped of all regal insignia. The Waltham Chronicler writes: ‘She had at one time been the … Read More

The journey to my current “oeuvre” was sparked to literary life during a stay in the Medieval town of Villedieu les Poeles (literally City of God of the Pans – it’s the centre of the trade in copper cooking pots in Normandy). On a wind-blown and overcast Autumn day we had visited Bayeux’s Museum where the famous Tapestry spools around … Read More