January 5, 2025
When you visit the Austrian city of Tulln, on the banks of the Danube River, you can see the figures as you approach the park on the banks of the… READ MORE
September 18, 2024
1. Simon Doubleday: Congratulations on your new book! There is already quite a buzz about it. Can you say something about why you chose the term “ambivalence” for the subtitle? … READ MORE
September 2, 2024
1. So who was Prester John? Why is he important? Prester John (from the Latin for priest, presbyter) was the name of a mythical ruler of a great Christian empire in India… READ MORE
August 14, 2024
Q. What is the book about? Performing Disability showcases performers from the medieval and Early Modern era who seem to have been attributed with some manner of “disability”. And the book’s… READ MORE
July 10, 2024
While Lithuania today is a small Baltic republic, between the 13th and 18th centuries the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, and at various times it… READ MORE
June 23, 2024
When we think about Europe’s Christian frontiers, the territories of the Carpathian Mountains in modern Romania might not be the first to come to mind. But during the late Middle… READ MORE
May 5, 2024
8888 Love Wins Drive Knoxville, Tennessee Land Line: 555-555-5555 Cell: 777-777-7777 The Kenneth Branagh Company Twinckenham Film Studios The Barons London TW1 2AW UK Dear Sir Kenneth: After recently being… READ MORE
April 12, 2024
What brought you to the field of Biblical analogies in the first place? I have been asked this question quite a few times, and I always feel like I give… READ MORE
April 7, 2024
What is this book about? Tomaso Costo’s Fuggilozio (which translates roughly as “The Cure for Indolence”) is a collection of short stories first published in Naples, Italy, in 1596. As was common… READ MORE
March 3, 2024
It is with a sense of discomfort that I write about my new book, as the shadows of unspeakable violence are cast over my homeland Israel/Palestine. The book deals with… READ MORE