Author: Claire Cock-Starkey

Claire Cock-Starkey is a writer and editor from Cambridge. Her latest books are Lore of the Wild (Wide Eyed Editions) and A Museum Miscellany (Bodleian Library Publishing). Visit her website here.
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Nature Folklore for Children: Capturing Their Curiosity and Inspiring Awe

by Claire Cock-Starkey

I have always especially loved nature folklore. It provides such a beautiful glimpse into how people use signs from nature as a way to navigate daily life. It reveals how attuned people used to be to the natural world and the ebb and flow of the seasons. Spotting certain animals or birds came to be associated with good or bad fortune; plants and flowers were used as cures; and stories of fantastical creatures, such as fairies and elves, were told to account for unexplained events.

Top 6 Fascinating and Fearless Female Saints

by Claire Cock-Starkey

By their very nature saints are exceptional beings and none more so than the select few female saints. These were women who stood up against accepted norms, with many rejecting marriage in favour of service to God. It is little wonder that many female saints are today held up as feminist icons, their strength of character and resolve to follow their beliefs in a patriarchal society marking them out as unconscious trail-blazers of later feminist movements.

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