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If you follow me on my socials, you will know I was posting more than usual last week and was not in my usual Scottish locale. Every July, the University of Leeds transforms into a bustling, vibrant hub for medievalists from across the globe. My first adventure at the International Medieval Congress (IMC) in 2026 was nothing short of exhilarating. Wearing two hats, both as a presenter and an eager attendee, I found myself fully immersed in the brilliant, sometimes beautifully

Oh my god, we're back again! (Please tell me you get the reference, or I'll really feel old) We are travelling back to a magical, highly glossed, campy, whimsical era. A time when movie studios looked at the Middle Ages and collectively decided: "You know what this feudal system needs? More crop tops, a synth-pop soundtrack, and characters who look like they belong in a hair commercial."Have you guessed our first official series theme? In my intro post, I promised you autopsy

For the last few years, I have been held captive in the beautiful, exhausting, and occasionally soul-crushing vortex that is PhD research #stockholmsyndrome. I love the past. I love archaeology. Mostly, I love the way that human stories echo across echelons of time. When you stay in academia long enough, you develop a hyper-specific type of cognitive dissonance. On one hand, you spend years of your life training your brain to dissect the past through intensive analysis of wri