A Sheela-na-gig offers a startlingly different lens on the medieval world. Grotesque, explicit and deeply ambiguous, such carvings reveal how tastes, meanings and sensitivities have changed.
That such an exotic thing with Angkor Watt curves can be hidden within the ballast of a grim winter's day is quite remarkable.
Kilpeck in Herefordshire is home to the remarkable Romanesque church of St. Mary and St. David.
Kilpeck in Herefordshire is home to the remarkable Romanesque church of St. Mary and St. David.
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