March Miscellany
Welcome to this month’s roundup of items of interest from the internet and twitter feeds.
Pictures
We have a little game of compare and contrast here – with two pipe smokers! One is from Gloucester Cathedral and the other is from St Mary’s church in Elsenham, Essex. Remember people, smoking is bad, no matter how pleased both these guys look with themselves!
Events and Courses
Norwich Historical Churches Trust Course Progamme
Items of Interest
A piece of apotropaic lore bites the dust
An Easter dance and game at Chartres Cathedral
A post on Inner Lives about a new book about medieval magic.
Stunning prisoner graffiti in Palermo.
Alison Fearns talking about the Creswell apotropaic graffiti on the BBC Radio4 ‘Sunday’ programme and the Some Other Sphere podcast.
Found on Twitter
Face and phallus graffiti in Roman Villa in Bay of Naples
WW2 graffiti from a church roof
Art and protective marks on the walls of Renaissance artist Nicolo Aluno