Eleanor Parker

Soul survivors: Christ with the Virgin and St John in Langford

After the Norman Conquest

Eleanor Parker is inspired by a visit to a village church in Oxfordshire that bears witness to one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in English history.

Common concerns: tending the boar. Calendar page, c.1030

Speak Well and Act Accordingly

The Durham Proverbs, a selection of Anglo-Saxon bons mots, show that medieval daily concerns and popular wisdom still have resonance today, says Eleanor Parker.