Monthly Round-up

Missed out on December's so let's get back into this!

London based medieval wine tour (20th Feb is the next one):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/february-wine-tour-of-medieval-london-tickets-20779297438

Some medieval church graffiti:
http://hyperallergic.com/266861/witch-marks-curses-and-magic-in-the-neglected-history-of-medieval-graffiti/

Medieval handwriting app (good practice for palaeography):
http://www.medievalhistories.com/medieval-handwriting-app/

Academic writer's block tips:
http://www.raulpacheco.org/2014/05/five-strategies-to-get-your-academic-writing-unstuck/

Fingerprint analysis of wax seals:
http://www.newhistorian.com/5849-2/5849/

Medieval caption competition (weekly event via the British Library)
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/01/caption-competition-number-4.html

Lego + academic gripes = my new favourite twitter account:
https://twitter.com/LegoAcademics

A biased recommendation as my supervisor is one of the guests. Melvin Brag discusses Eleanor of Aquitaine:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yfhqk
 
- and finally, something you never knew you needed in your life, a pseudo medieval plaster wall frieze: