Dr Laura Varnam, our Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature, appeared on the podcast Backlisted again on June 18th 2024. Laura is a regular guest on the literary podcast, having appeared on the episodes on Daphne du Maurier, Beowulf, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and MR James. This episode focused on the fourteenth-century romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a poem that Laura teaches every year to our second year English students.

The episode was recorded live at Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London and Laura joined hosts Andy Miller and John Mitchinson, and guest Dr Martin Shaw to discuss the medieval poem and its translations (including the translation by Keith Harrison for Oxford World’s Classics which has an introduction by Univ’s first female fellow, the medievalist Professor Helen Cooper).

The episode is available on all good podcast apps and via the Backlisted website. Patrons of the podcast were also treated to an extra half an hour of Q&A with the panel.

Published: 1 August 2024

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