While I kind of love this phrasing, having been to *actual* medieval(ist) summer camp, I gotta say Leeds could still improve on this front. I have not once terrified anyone by chasing them with a spear at the IMC.

It was *such* an amazing author event—getting to listen to him read aloud was a genuine pleasure! All the different voices, and so much love for the characters and story ^_^

On a related note, I miss being able to go to signings more regularly (one of the advantages of living in the Chicago area).

(A parent, even. Damn the lack of edit button!)

*get* the complete Redwall? As if I don't already have it from my own childhood 😂 (Including a signed copy of Marlfox!) (Though admittedly bringing it over from the States is going to be "fun".)

Saw an excellent point made that recent politics has gone into perpetual "campaign mode", rather than actually entering "governing mode" following an election (and of course campaigning and governing are two very different things). I think about that a lot.

Hahaha amazing, and also a mood! That makes me feel less awkward about having to ballpark it (a choice of verb that seems particularly apt on this occasion)

Now I want to justify a research trip on that ground: "sorry, gotta go measure local bushel markers in cute churches!"

FASCINATING thank you! 🤩 Doesn't have the one specific region I need on this occasion, but this will be immensely useful going forward, excellent pointer! (See, *this* is what the internet is for)

Hah, I'll be there the day after 😂

(Looking at the image above, it looks to me like they might have re-mounted it differently when it was put back into storage—I seem to recall the hinges being on the sides, which would have worked better for flipping them around. But I may be misremembering!)

I'm sure if I were to write about this manuscript now, I'd have lots of better things to say with over 15 years more medievalist experience behind me, but this was still really "my first" manuscript, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it popping up here 🥰

You can see the result in this shot of the exhibition, to the left! We preserved the posthumously imposed grid-sequence for the images—I think the black backing makes them look a bit like a series of stained glass windows—but on the other side was the equally patchwork set of carved-up texts.

But while you can use the hinges on the flat mounting to lift the flaps and see the versos, that's obviously not possible during the exhibit. So I asked the curators to reset the pieces for a freestanding display that could be viewed from both sides.

When chopping up these books (🤬), unscrupulous sellers cut right through the "unimportant" side of the page without illustrations (even though these often had some quite lovely decorated initials in red, blue, and gold). And I wanted visitors to understand where these pictures came from.