My piece on Jeremiah 4 for the online 'Visual Commentary on Scripture' is now online. I wrote about climate change, internal conflict, vanity and consumerism taking inspiration from works by John Gerrard, Rembrandt and 'Anon'. Available at the following link - click 'Commentary' to read the three parts plus a comparative piece:
I spoke about Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece (c.1515) in the prom interval on BBC Radio 3 on 12th August, the inspiration behind Paul Hindemith's 1934 symphony Mathis der Maler. Listen back
Last week I recorded an episode of the podcast Talking Tudors with Natalie Grueninger, on 'Tudor Neuroscience' or what Tudor people thought went on in the brain. Click here to listen or download: http
The Royal College of Physicians is considering proposals to sell off its superb collection of rare books to plug a funding hole. I wrote about why this would be a very bad idea in Apollo Magazine: