Hana Videen (the medievalist):
I am a Toronto-based writer and blogger with a PhD in English from King’s College London. I enjoy finding creative ways to teach language, literature, and history, whether it’s through an exhibition or workshop, a blog or social media. I have been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when I began tweeting one a day. You too can enjoy the Old English Word of the Day by subscribing on oldenglishwordhord.com or following on the former bird site, Instagram, Mastodon or Facebook. There’s also a free Wordhord App for iOS. I’ve written two books: The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English (2021) and The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary (2023).
James Merry (the artist):
I like to draw pictures, and my favourite medium is pen and ink. In between the important business of drawing things, however, I spend most of my time working for Squint/Opera, in Battersea. You should check out the Squint/Opera website and see some of the amazing things we do there. I graduated from the Royal College of Art a long time ago (MA Animation, 2001). I live in leafy south-west London, perilously close to the Surrey border, and I like sausages, pies, posh beer, robot lawnmowers, and inter-galactic space travel. I’ve got a Facebook page, somewhere over here.