Nottingham alabaster: objects of strangeness, mystery and devotion

How the English Reformation tried to obliterate a unique medieval artform

Jan 30, 2025

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Adoration of the Magi; The Head of St John the Baptist; The Resurrection. (NB These are all cropped to fit Substack's Gallery specification!)

Rudyard Kipling’s story ‘Dymchurch Flit’ is set in the liminal, tidal nether-land of the Romney Marshes in Kent. At its heart is a strange, allusive tale-within-a-tale about the Reformation and how i…

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