I was the swimming Nirvana baby's understudy.

Goodnight. Sleep tight.

Boris Johnson was made Foreign Secretary in 2016, after failing a security vetting and being denied sensitive Government information during his time as a Minister. The media didn't care then, they don't care now, and it wasn't the reason why Theresa May resigned.

The media are hypocrites.

A friend today described AI as "Dunning-Krueger in a box", which might be even better than "Mediocre White Male Talent Simulator".

AI is not the telephone or the internet. It's 1980s synthesizers, 1990s CGI, or 2000s autotune.

This is costing Bill Bailey business! Health and safely went mad!

How much more green could they be? None more!

Can everyone please stop excusing the US president by saying that he has dementia.

He's always been like this. It's not dementia. He's a deluded, arrogant, nepo baby, chock full of Dunning Kruger degrees of self-belief and deep rooted stupidity and rich and influential enough to get away with it

Absolutely, Babs Streisand had the same denial tourette issue.

'The lady doth protest too much, methinks.'

This is fucking brilliant

An advert for the 2026 Jarrow lecture entitled, ' lBede, Providence, and Early Medieval Kingship' by Dr Tom Pickles. To be held at St Paul's church Jarrow NE32 3DZ on 22nd May 2026 at 7.30pm

Passing this on to you in case of interest #archaeology #earlymedieval

Reading is work, thinking is work, looking at pictures is work 😃

Wireless, you say??

Happy Birthday Tess! Have a lush day!

It's being reported the US airman rescued was a colonel. Same as a group captain. Surely they could only be flying a combat mission as a 'jolly'. This rank would be in command of an entire air wing. Their loss would be a major dent in the chain of command. Inept.

I'm so worried. What if the president is ok?

Sometimes, while watching ads on telly, I think, 'why did you make them do that?' And I feel sad for the actors. Often this involves old people, but none moreso than the poor people in pink being made to sing and about diarrhea.

Thanks Tess! 😊

I'm the Northeast - Newcastle specifically.

Anyone needing a safe and reliable pair of hands on an ex - especially research, please give me a shout.

I am no longer an FLO for the PAS. I have retired so I can spend more time with archaeology. I have learnt a great deal about metal small finds. I have also learnt a great deal about metal detecting and its relationship with archaeology. Not much of it good.

It would have been 10 cows, but he's a bloke so he will have just said 5! 😉

Zoom in on his eyes. It seems his next purchase was a mirror (probably a really flash one).

Big issues with doorways, and 'where are you going to keep it?' cries from his wife. I suggest a late night impulse purchase while a little bit drunk.

That is so kind, thank you.

I had to be at one of those hospital appointments today, with my dad, where they say there's nothing more to be done. I think the look on his face, as he tried to not cry, will be with me always.

I see those Norman doorways as trying to suck you into the building. Lovely.

History cannot lie to you, no more than a pot sherd can tell you the truth. What on earth are you teaching your students? Your decision to sell part of the nation's heritage to the highest bidder renders your poor judgementinvalid, in my opinion.

I popped out to Kew and ripped out the page for Grenan Forda (5 miles out of London on the Western Avenue - song line) where I was born and raised. I'm hoping to get a pretty penny for it. Now it's mine no one will ever be able to study it and I'll have a prof. Licence to print...