Valentine’s Day: Arthurian Edition

(Listen to this post as a podcast episode here.) Happy Valentine’s Day! The day of love is here and there are plenty of ways to celebrate it with an Arthurian flare! And just to clarify: Valentine’s Day may be popular among lovers but I’ve always loved it simply because it’s a day about love, inContinue reading “Valentine’s Day: Arthurian Edition”

St. Patrick’s Day Drinks: Arthurian Edition

(Listen to this blog post as a podcast episode here.) Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I want to preface this by saying I’m not at all much of a drinker– and am also one of those people who celebrates today for Irish heritage and not so much for the idea of getting drunk. That said. WeContinue reading “St. Patrick’s Day Drinks: Arthurian Edition”

“The Squire’s Tales”: Book Discussion

To listen to this post as a podcast episode, click here! There are so many great Arthurian books series in the world. Some heavily based in Celtic mythology, some based on chivalric romance. Some dark and epic, some flowery and poetic. But I want to take a moment to talk about The Squire’s Tales seriesContinue reading ““The Squire’s Tales”: Book Discussion”

The Cultural Diversity of the Round Table

(To listen to this post as an audio-blog podcast episode, click here!) The Knights of the Round Table are all known to be perfectly English. For some reason. The first thought that usually comes to mind upon hearing the words, “King Arthur”, is Medieval England. And it should be. It has become an English legend,Continue reading “The Cultural Diversity of the Round Table”