The Folklore of Potatoes

“As Lucy’s mum smoked and thought more calmly about the police and Fries she idly wondered if Fries were so addictive because they put something like nicotine in the flavourings… Of course, she did not think Fries put nicotine in their Fries for more than a second but there had to be something. After all, […]

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Woodwoses & Misericords

A Woodwose Under Your Seat. Last year I went to a talk on Woodwoses. These shaggy wild men wielding clubs, and depicted in medieval artefacts as diverse as bed hangings and silver spoons, can still be found hiding in Churches. The talk, by Matt Salusbury, was mostly about those Woodwoses holding up fonts and above […]

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