Alex Woodcock was uniquely both a stonemason at Exeter Cathedral and an expert on medieval architectural sculpture. Following degrees at both Leicester and York, he completed a PhD at the University of Southampton in 2003. Since then he has published various academic articles in journals including the British Archaelogical Association and the Devonshire Association. Gargoyles and Grotesques was published by Shire Books in 2011. He is now studying for a Master’s in Creative Writing at Falmouth.
"A lovely book... full of provocative ideas" The Daily
Telegraph "Full of stimulating material. Woodcock sees the
monstrous and the miraculous as interrelated aspects of a world in
which the divine was at once unknowable and potentially to be
encountered around every corner" Journal of the British
Archaeological Association "Clearly written, takes an accessible
popular approach and gives a good current overview of the subject"
Medieval Archaeology
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‘He moves easily from such detail to clear, passionate prose on
some of the underlying cultural themes that might explain the many
curiosities of this strange and compelling aspect of medieval art’
– Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Jon Cannon
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