A brief digression on Merchant Marks As part of my lockdown activities (because there are very few locked buildings you can attempt to record from the outside) I took time to catch up on my reading for several historic periods where I felt my knowledge was thin. Immersed in the 18th century and the Exeter…
‘Wot No Air?’ – A Selection of Organ Graffiti in Essex St Nicholas church at Elmdon, Essex disappointed me in my search for graffiti. While being a lovely church, it is largely a Victorian rebuild and it’s columns and stonework are clearly devoid of any significant graffiti. I was about to give up my search,…
October Miscellany Upcoming Events Popular Magic: Then and Now Church Studies Zoom lectures Items of Interest CCT lecture on Macabre Church Lore Historic Graffiti to ward off evil found at old church For when protective marks on the windows and door frames just isn’t doing it for you, you can have all…
GAMING UP THE WALLS At the Making Your Mark Graffiti Symposium held at Southampton in September 2019, Raking Light’s Anthea Hawdon gave a talk on merels and other other boardgames. If you missed that, or would just like to re-visit the subject, read on…. Introduction ‘Merels’ is a strategy game of which there are several…