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Jenni Nuttall is an academic who has been teaching and researching medieval literature at the University of Oxford for the last 20 years, and who has thus had a lot of practice at making old words interesting. She has a DPhil from Oxford and completed the University of East Anglia’s MA in creative writing. MOTHER TONGUE is her first book for the general reader.

Shifting Language Jenni Nuttall Aug 31, 2023

The English Language Has a Lot to Say About Women’s Badassery

Jenni Nuttall Aug 31, 2023

Oxford University medievalist Jenni Nuttall reveals centuries of women's rebellion against patriarchal strictures as reflected in the evolution of our language, in this fascinating excerpt from MOTHER TONGUE.