During the covid-19 lockdown Triskele Heritage have been supporting community online events by offering talks through Prospect trade union and he Crafting Relationships Local History Cafe.
Part of this outreach work has been to deliver a version of the introduction to historic graffiti talk that has been our most popular subject booked over the past few years.
This has now been made as a freely available audio slideshow on Youtube and can be viewed here:
Historic Graffiti – the Hidden Story of the Hopes, Fears and Desires of a Nation
Modern graffiti is often seen as transgressive and moronic. However, look closely in the light of a torch at the walls of our historic buildings, trees, caves and rockfaces and you will see a world of graffiti left that illuminates the psychology of our ancestors. The study of historic graffiti enables us to hear the lost voices of ordinary individuals through their images of daisywheels, ships sailing across the walls, knights drawing their swords, demons stalking the stonework and every animal imaginable….
