Saturday, 19 April 2014

"If someone uses the term 'medieval Banksy' ever again..." - The value of medieval graffiti

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This week I went back to Lidgate. A gloriously sunny morning negotiating the winding byways of the Newmarket heath, dodging the early East...
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Sunday, 13 April 2014

You say graffiti and I say graffito… the tower of Babel.

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So what’s in a name then? Apparently rather a lot. A few times recently I’ve been taken to task, albeit in a gentle way (I’m a fairly big ...
Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Let's talk Lydgate...

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So, shall we talk Lydgate then? Probably about time we did really – before the myth completely overtakes reality. So, where to begin…? F...
Saturday, 22 March 2014

Suffolk Churches: Sheep, fornication and Viking passion...

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Silly Suffolk they call it – and who am I to contradict them? Obviously no idea who ‘them’ is, but I was brought up as a polite middle cla...
Monday, 3 March 2014

Welcome to Suffolk... almost as strange as Norfolk

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Well it had to happen really. It was just a matter of time. Not content with tackling 650 churches in Norfolk we have now officially expande...
Monday, 23 December 2013

The 'other' highlights of 2013 - East Anglia's sublime churches (the 'other' movie)

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Searching for medieval graffiti inscriptions in East Anglian churches is never quite as boring as we I like to make it sound sometimes. Ye...
Saturday, 21 December 2013

In the bleak midwinter...

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Another year has passed by, the solstice is upon us and Christmas is only a bare few days away. From tonight the nights begin to get short...
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