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Medieval

Medieval body image

the body as a channel of meaning and morality in late medieval art

Apr 21, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

My top 5 weird medieval animals

snails, monkeys, elephants, goats - and one massive fish

Apr 1, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Nature and emotion in York's 'Pricke of Conscience Window'

ecological disaster in an eerie, unforgettable medieval masterpiece

Jan 16, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Nature in the margins of Winchester Cathedral

animals, monsters and plants in the medieval sacred space

Nov 22, 2024 • Cathy Jamieson

Musings

Why patterns matter

how pattern-making connects us to nature and to each other

Jul 14, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Beautiful weeds

a defence of the plants that 'aren't supposed to be there'

Apr 24, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

How I want to age

celebrating the 'Eyes as Big as Plates' photography project - and making a promise to my future self.

Feb 18, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

some personal musings on the month I used to hate

Dec 5, 2024 • Cathy Jamieson

An ode to seaweed

my love letter to these ocean treasures

Nov 25, 2024 • Cathy Jamieson

Art & Artists

A slow saunter through Bruegel's summer landscape

exploring nature, work and community in 'The Harvesters' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565.

Jul 24, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Flower power in the Dutch Golden Age

art, artifice, and tulip mania

Apr 27, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

"A hankering after the eternal"

how Van Gogh became the artist we know and love

Feb 10, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Microcosms and macrocosms in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci

a deep delve into the mind of this Renaissance legend

Feb 4, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Reviews

Enchanted ecologies in 'My Neighbour Totoro'

Why I think this film is a cinematic masterpiece

Aug 13, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

Reviewing 'Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain'

Amy Jeffs leads us boldly into a mysterious ancient world

May 7, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

The (un)natural world in 'Interstellar'

an eco-critical look at this epic film

Jan 5, 2025 • Cathy Jamieson

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