The Fairy of Florence Campanile December 29, 2012
Posted by Beachcombing in : Medieval, Modern
Fairies are in short supply in Italy. But recently, working through some folklore books relating to Florence, we were surprised to find a series of urban ‘good folk’ in the city. Bellosguardo had, it seems, a fairy. Via del Corno also. As did the Bargello – it was red, for blood? – and the tower [...]
The Gospel of the Witches: Missing or Faked? April 6, 2012
Posted by Beachcombing in : Modern
Beach is not waving but drowning in the flood of work, but the summer is coming closer and – oh wonderful – closer. Soon he’ll be able to settle down to four months of light teaching and heavy research. Most of the cherry-blossom time will be given over to fairies. However, Beach has also been [...]
A medieval buddha at St Pancras Station? December 16, 2010
Posted by Beachcombing in : Medieval, Modern
Beachcombing is rapidly coming down with flu at the moment and so will have to satisfy himself with a short post today. He will, in fact, take the reader to nineteenth-century central London, at a time when St Pancras Station (opened 1868) was being built up and connected. Beachcombing – sick or well - loves stations because they are vortexes of anarchy and [...]
