mirrors, reflections, light, shadow, refractions, perception

The iron mirror is a curious artefact, in the Lady’s Barrow. It’s easy to leap to conclusions about this too, and to see it as simply a personal object – mirrors are so easy to come by today. But Iron Age mirrors are quite rare, and the workmanship that would have gone into making it – polishing and polishing it until it offers back a true

Like most people, you’ve become so accustomed to this morning routine that you rarely think about it. Yet it’s almost unique in the animal kingdom, because the ability to recognize the creature in the mirror as you seems to be limited to the higher primates and, perhaps, dolphins and elephants. Other animals see only a rival or a friend.