Dr Hetta Howes
@HettaHowes
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Writer. Broadcaster. Senior Lecturer @CityUniLondon @ahrcpress/@BBCRadio3 New Generation Thinker 2017. FRHistS Agent: @mfredturner. Views my own, etc.
London
Joined July 2013
Pretty unbelievable to see Poet Mystic Widow Wife advertised ON THE TUBE!!! 🤯🤯🤯
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If I ever get time to read again I’m desperate to get stuck into Mere by Danielle Giles and Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling. They both look phenomenal (and right up my street).
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I had the LOVELIEST time chatting with @GoingMedieval about the Wife of Bath for @HistoryHit podcast Gone Medieval. You can listen here!.
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Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 08/07/2025 · 55m
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RT @ChurchTimes: Medieval women’s ideas about heaven were inspired by the visions and sufferings they experienced, says Hetta Howes https:/….
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Medieval women’s ideas about heaven were inspired by the visions and sufferings they experienced, says Hetta Howes
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A little something I wrote on medieval women imagining the afterlife for @ChurchTimes .
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Medieval women’s ideas about heaven were inspired by the visions and sufferings they experienced, says Hetta Howes
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RT @wmarybeard: I remember crying in a faculty meeting in Cambridge. Two thoughts. When I walked out (to disguise it) ,only one guy came ou….
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RT @TheTLS: 'Beowulf is a poem about macho culture. Women do put in appearances, but they are rarely centre stage.'. Hetta Howes on masculi….
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In the prologue to her translation of Beowulf, Maria Dahvana Headley observes that it is “both pleasurable and desirable to read more than one translation
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Can chronic lack of sleep make you a better writer? Asking for a friend.
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RT @JuliansShowings: Huge thanks to @HettaHowes for her enlightening Julian Lecture 2025. Please read the screenshot from the parish (also….
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RT @JuliansShowings: Hands up who made it along to the Dragon Hall yesterday?. There’s plenty more tomorrow, when Hetta Howes gives the Jul….
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RT @ChurchTimes: .@simonparke celebrates Julian of Norwich and her shock value.
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Simon Parke celebrates Julian of Norwich and her shock value
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RT @sarahsarie: When did you first hear of Julian of Norwich? 650 yrs old and still relevant. A joy to be leading the Writing Julian festiv….
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RT @networknorfolk: Julian of Norwich lecture and festival event 2025. Friends of Julian is hosting The Julian Lecture alongside a joint….
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RT @BloomsContinuum: May 8th is Julian of Norwich's Feast Day so why not celebrate by reading about her extraordinary life in Poet, Mystic,….
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RT @JuliansShowings: Tomorrow (9 May) ahead of her Julian Lecture on Saturday, Hetta Howes will appear with Catherine Coldstream in convers….
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@LomasSal So go on, help me prep by telling me your favourite films/novels/poems/stories involving nuns. I’ll start:
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Also as part of the festival, I’ll be joining a panel discussion on ‘The Allure of Nuns in Storytelling’ with the fabulous Catherine Coldstream and @LomasSal in the majestic Dragon Hall.
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I’m so honoured to be giving the @JuliansShowings annual lecture this Saturday as part of the Julian of Norwich festival. The title is ‘Julian of Norwich: Having it all?’ and it will take place in a very special venue - St Julian’s church in Norwich .
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The Julian Lecture 2025 will be given by the lively and entertaining Dr Hetta Howes who is a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature at City, University of London, and a BBC/AHRC New...
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RT @GoingMedieval: I was super excited to cover one of our best sources on viking cultural practice. which was written by an Arab travell….
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RT @frome_maude: Lily of the Valley is one of the lillies of #Easter. Originally linked to Ostara, the ancient Germanic goddess of spring,….
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RT @Hatchards: We hope you can join us next Thursday 10th, 6.30pm here @Hatchards when @PaulMMCooper will be discussing the #FallOfCiviliza….
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