Julian of Norwich (late 1342 – after 1416) was an English anchorite. I consider her one our England's first 'bloggers': she wrote the earliest surviving book in the English language to be written by a woman, Revelations of Divine Love. She lived in permanent seclusion.

I've been always fascinated by theology and mysticism (as well as 'natural magic'- Meister Eckhart and Agrippa were dear readings of my youth. It was a student @uniofeastanglia Norwich many supermoons ago that I first learned of Julian.

Though I was lucky to make many dear friends in Norwich (hello, @karlwhitney, @drfigtree et al!) I also spent many hours reading in the library or my room, which did resemble a cell. I read Julian and all of Sebald. My room's window resembled Sebald's hospital window.

The silence in Norwich (even when the wind howled like I had only heard as special effects in horror films) could be overwhelming. The Grad Bar was often a lifeline- the solitude could get into you- there were stories of students hearing voices that were not there (like Julian).

Anyway that's the context for the first installment of The Lockdown Chronicles, which features Julian of Norwich, ICYMI. https://epriego.blog/2020/04/07/the-lockdown-chronicles-julian/

As usual typos remained in this thread, and it will continue to be the case until Twitter allow us to edit tweet after publishing. Until then, we'll all have to lower our standards ;)