A Portfolio of My Online Writing

Worcester Cathedral Library Blog 

Facing Devotion: A Fifteenth Century Dutch Book of Hours, June 2017

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/facing-devotion-a-fifteenth-century-dutch-book-of-hours/

https://tinyurl.com/y7ab4vlb

Into the Land of Beauty, Cold and Black Bread, September 2016

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/into-the-land-of-beauty-cold-and-black-bread/

https://tinyurl.com/l77gcvh

The Centre of the World? Jerusalem in Early Modern Thought, September 2016

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/the-centre-of-the-world-jerusalem-in-early-modern-thought/

https://tinyurl.com/myuokzs

Heritage Open Day at Worcester Cathedral Library, September 2016

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/heritage-open-day-at-worcester-cathedral-library/

http://tinyurl.com/zpkhlx6

A German's Guide to Japanese Tea, January 2016

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/a-germans-guide-to-japanese-tea/

http://tinyurl.com/htqmdvr  

Camden's Britannia: The Sonnet Worthy Guide to Britain, November 2015

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/camdens-britannia-the-sonnet-worthy-guide-to-britain/

http://tinyurl.com/ohbpumo

Medieval Mongolian Powdered Milk and Other Wonders: The Works of Samuel Purchas, October 2015

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/medieval-mongolian-powdered-milk-and-other-wonders-the-works-of-samuel-purchas/

http://tinyurl.com/p4g7kna

The Changing Face of the World, October 2015

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/the-changing-face-of-the-world/

http://tinyurl.com/pn4kkwd

Spheres of Authority: Charles I and John Prideaux, September 2015

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/spheres-of-authority-charles-i-and-john-prideaux/

http://tinyurl.com/orbzmob

Porridge Journal

How many Machiavellis? Rhetoric and dual-motivation in The Prince, July 2016

https://porridgemagazine.com/2016/07/04/how-many-machiavellis-rhetoric-and-dual-motivation-in-the-prince-chris-rouse/

https://tinyurl.com/lkyu2w5

Causality, consequences and counterfactuals: can individuals change history? June 2016

https://porridgemagazine.com/2016/06/01/causality-consequences-and-counterfactuals-can-individuals-change-history-chris-rouse/ 

https://tinyurl.com/mwkxwfm

Explore the Past (Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service blog) July 2016

Crime, Punishment and Mystery in Edwardian Worcestershire: Part 1

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2016/08/crime-punishment-and-mystery-in-edwardian-worcestershire-part-1/

https://tinyurl.com/y7loakuv

Crime, Punishment and Mystery in Edwardian Worcestershire: Part 2

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2016/08/crime-punishment-and-mystery-in-edwardian-worcestershire-part-2/

https://tinyurl.com/yclo4r5z

A Month in the Archives

https://www.explorethepast.co.uk/2016/08/a-month-in-the-archives-an-account-of-a-work-experience-placement/

https://tinyurl.com/ydh4cmlm

 Miscellaneous

Curating Workshop write-up, March 2015  (Event run by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, provided by University of Birmingham)

https://bhamhistoryandculturestrips.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/curating-workshop/

http://tinyurl.com/nkcu3xh

I used to edit and write for the politics and entertainment site, The Grapevine, which is no longer running. Below are links should the site ever restart.

The Grapevine (editor since May 2014) 

The Celts: Art and Identity- Review, December 2015

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/entertainment/the-celts-art-and-identity-review

http://tinyurl.com/q7w2mnl

Rebuilding British liberalism, from the ground up, May 2015 (also one of Lib Dem Voice’s Golden Dozen)

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/rebuilding-british-liberalism-from-the-ground-up

http://tinyurl.com/nmby6su

The Leaders’ Debate in Review, April 2015

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/the-leaders-debate-in-review

http://tinyurl.com/nrzevdr

Rehabilitating Machiavelli, February 2015

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/rehabilitating-machiavelli

http://tinyurl.com/p7sarz6

Prime Minister’s Questions is a farce: can it be fixed?, December 2014

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/prime-ministers-questions-is-a-farce-can-it-be-fixed

http://tinyurl.com/qhw6qnn

Ed’s Not the Problem: We Are, October 2014

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/eds-not-the-problem-we-are

http://tinyurl.com/oawmfd5

The Strange Death of British Oratory, July 2014

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/the-strange-death-of-british-oratory

http://tinyurl.com/oq6xg6b

We Need to Talk About Turnout, June 2014

http://www.atthegrapevine.com/politics/we-need-to-talk-about-turnout   

http://tinyurl.com/nc8bucp