In this episode, Dr Godelinde Perk and George Haggett explore the lives of anchorites, women who withdrew from society to practice a quiet and solitary devotion to God. Featuring music recorded especially for this podcast, George and Godelinde ask how solitary existences of the past can help us through our own experiences of isolation and loss.   

Dr Godelinde Perk is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, working on the 'What Do Medieval Women Want Us To Remember?' project. You can find out more about the project here or follow the project on Twitter.   

George K. Haggett is a DPhil student at the Faculty of Music. You can read his blog here, follow him on Twitter, or listen to his podcast, Bent Notes: A Queer Musicology Podcast.   

The recording of Psalm 131 is by Caroline Lesemann-Elliott.