Two Orthodox hermit nuns in a North Yorkshire monastery are interviewed in a 2002 article titled “And Then There Were Two” in the Guardian. The nuns live in separate hermitages, pursuing creative projects and spiritual practices, meeting for meals. And they grant the Guardian reporter an interview because they are seeking recruits. Brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary.
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/apr/16/gender.uk
One of the two nuns at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption mentioned in the article, Mother Thekla, has been well-known in British circles as a scholar and translator of religious works as well as a creative inspiration and librettist for the contemporary British composer John Tavener, with whom she broke communications because of his growing interest in Hinduism, as mentioned in a Telegraph article in 2003.
Mother Thekla has edited an album of sacred music for Naxos and published at least half a dozen books, including Can Wisdom Be Taught?.