The Tattooed Hills: Journeys to Chalk Figures by Jon Woolcott #foliosociety

The Tattooed Hills: Journeys to Chalk Figures by Jon Woolcott #foliosocietyA journey through Britains chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills. Across southern England and beyond, the land bears the marks of centuries white horses, giants, crosses, badges, even a lost panda cut into the chalk and exposed to the sky. In The Tattooed Hills, writer Jon Woolcott travels to these remarkable sites, exploring their history and the deep cultural roots that

wielding a knife

transgression and perversity

pastoralism

Meet the friendly and not-so-friendly residents of Happy Hills

In Tree Hunting

Pearl Jam’s influences

subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with

and symbols

' RAINBOW ROWELL

With poisonous mushrooms wielding their wrath and a hand-size limit to manage

’ said Pooh hopefully

But the fledglings that emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the dragons of old