Demon traps, spiritual landmines and the writing on the wall...
The Project Director's blog for the Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey.
Saturday, 12 December 2020
Siena Part 2: A name, a place, a face, and a fleeting memory of glory.
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There are those magical moments in archaeology, whatever part of the discipline you work in. The moment when you realise the true significan...
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Siena - part 1. The lost voices of the crypt.
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I landed at Pisa airport, Italy, in the late morning, in the very last days of January 2020. Miles to the north of me a few hundred people h...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Three women of Ryburgh: a memory of lives in a Norfolk landscape
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It begins with a story of families. All local Norfolk families, intermarried enough times to make them, in reality, just one family with a s...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2020
'Witch marks' are just SO last decade... now carpenters marks are cool.
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It's already mid October, Halloween is just around the corner, plague doctor masks are outselling just about every other costume on the ...
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Just how many archaeologists are there then?
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Firstly, I should say, if anyone is expecting anything in this post about historic graffiti - you are going to be sadly disappointed. Best...
Friday, 27 December 2019
The girl in the glass...
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It is the eyes that are hard to forget. Heavily lidded, and almost sleepy, they stare past you at something sitting a few inches over yo...
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