JULIAN OF NORWICH
Julian experienced visions from God 650 years ago in Norwich and, by writing them down, became the first woman writer in the English language.
God, of Your goodness, give me Yourself, for You are enough for me, and anything less that I could ask for would not do You full honour. And if I ask anything that is less, I shall always lack something, but in You alone I have everything.
Chapter 5
“He did not say, ‘You shall not be perturbed, your shall not be troubled, you shall not be distressed’, but He said, ‘You shall not be overcome.'”
Chapter 68
Reflections
Professor Vincent Gillespie, Julian Lecturer 2021 11 February 1954–13 March 2025
It was with sadness and fond memories that we learned of the death of Professor Vincent Gillespie who delivered the Julian Lecture during the closures of the COVID-19 pandemic - pushing us into a Zoom-delivered lecture for the first time. The Julian Lecture 2021,...
Radio 4’s ‘Free Thinking’ features Julian in discussion about mysticism and ghosts
Author Hetta Howes, who discussed her new book ‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ at the Norwich Book Festival in October, talks about Julian of Norwich on BBC Radio 4’s Free Thinking programme, broadcast on 1st November. Listen on BBC Sounds (starting at 41:17). Dr Hetta...
Exhibition Review: Medieval Women In Their Own Words, by Anne Welsh
The British Library’s blockbuster exhibition, Medieval Women In Their Own Words, opened to great acclaim on 25 October and will run until 2 March 2025. It provides a wonderful opportunity to see the manuscripts of both the long and the short texts of Julian of...
Julian features in a new book about medieval women – Norwich Book Festival 27th October 2024
12-1pm Sunday 27th October 2024 at the National Centre for Writing in King Street, Norwich Join author Hetta Howes to discover four medieval women in Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife.This new history book focuses on the stories of four extraordinary women writers:...
Julian of Norwich and Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
"This article was written following four friends who don’t know each other giving me four different books about ‘Julian of Norwich’, Reading them stimulated me to reflect on being alone." Allen Creedy from Newcastle, UK It can be found HERE at Allen's blog, MND...
1984 Revisited – The 40th anniversary of the Friends of Julian of Norwich
A reflection by Sheila Upjohn 1984 is the year the Friends of Julian of Norwich was founded. And I remembered that 1984 is also the title of George Orwell’s terrifying book predicting the future of a completely authoritarian state. So I took down my...