Change of venue: now at The Loom, Parliament Square, next to The Spindles shopping centre. All welcome.

It's definitely one for the Eye I reckon 🧐

Not yet sadly - all the police know so far is that it was deliberate 😔

Yes, that would be me, answering questions and waffling on about how I wrote my book. Please do sign up if you’re free.

Oh yes, David - it was very 'inconvenient' indeed 😐

A monochrome geometric #Roman floor mosaic, still in its original ancient position in the city of Italica (Spain), where it has lain for some 1700+ years

#Archaeology #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

Got this barrel of oil for sale. Totally legit and did not fall off the back of a tanker in any strait.

Just imagine what the 'informal advice' warned him of.

2,500-year-old infant mass grave cracks open enigma of biblical-era baby burials Archaeologists found the remains of dozens of children under the age of two deposited in a water reservoir of the ancient Judean town, a new study has revealed

Archaeologists at Tel Azekah uncovered a 2,500-year-old reservoir filled with the remains of dozens of infants, raising unsettling questions about burial practices and social realities in ancient Judah.

#Archaeology

Left: wall painting depicting a woman wearing elaborately decorated robes and a tall crown. Right: a person wearing a reconstruction of the outfit.

Reconstruction of an outfit of Nubian Royal Mother Martha, as depicted in a wall painting at the cathedral of Faras in the Kingdom of Makuria #MedievalMonday

The rich outfit highlights the elevated status of the royal mother in Nubian society.

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🏺 #Archaeology

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery We are delighted to announce that The Friends of The Potteries Museums & Art Gallery, helped by generous public donations, have raised £10,000 towards the acquisition Ellastone Dress Fastener. Thank you everyone who has donated towards this fantastic milestone. We are now closing this strand of the funding campaign.

Some great news - thank you to everyone who contributed their hard earned cash!

(Just a reminder that had the finder/ landowner donated the dress fastener, it would have cost £0 instead of £150,000...)

#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure 🏺

Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritual This unique carved altar represents the triumph of light over darkness in ancient Roman religion.

Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritual www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Trump says his life was better before he became president.

Dude, everyone's lives were better before you became president…

Everyone’s.

Isn't it always just the coincidence that historical buildings simply catch fire... and the Antrim Arms was simply lovely and utterly unique.

Trump Responds to Female Reporter’s Iran Question With Rude Gesture — The Daily Beast The 79-year-old president made sure he didn’t have to answer any pesky questions.

First it was “quiet, piggy” to a female reporter. Now Trump is literally waving women journalists away with rude hand signals. This is so unacceptable how women in the White House press corps are being treated!

#PressFreedom
#WomenInJournalism
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Really useful summary and reflection from Scotland in this interesting volume

Medieval Rural Settlement, Infrastructure Projects and Commercial Development: The Scottish Experience by John A. Atkinson

Freshly washed courgette flowers piled up on a clean tea towel

The same now fried in a very light beer batter

Spring in northern Italy means courgette flowers with tiny courgettes still attached! Yum. We like them with tzatiki, the traditional Milanese way 😂

The war business: British shipping and the First World War | King's College London This paper develops an alternative account of the wartime relationship between ships, shipowners, and the state – and thus of Britain at war.

Looking forward to talking about my current project on seapower & the FWW at @kcllnucsc.bsky.social on 28 May. Link here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-w...

Picture of the cover of the British Journal for Military History, Volume 12, Issue 1, April 2026. Cover picture is of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Captain-General of the English forces and Master-General of the Ordnance, 1702 (c). Oil on canvas, attributed to Michael Dahl (1659 (c)-1743), 1702 (c). Property of the National Army Museum. Image out of copyright.

The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! In this issue we have 8 articles and 2 research notes. Sadly, we have not been able to include our normal range of book reviews this time.

@nhledbetter.bsky.social I've just discovered 'Age of Samurai' on Netflix - wonderful job Nate, very well done all! A great series on the Sengoku era - and the best I've seen explaining the compelling / disturbing career of Odo Nobunaga...

For #WorldHeritageDay why not explore this wonderful site in person or with this great virtual 🧵 from @thexclaim6.bsky.social 🙂

10 New Medieval Studies Articles You Can Read Right Now (Free & Open Access) - Medievalists.net Looking for new research on the Middle Ages without hitting a paywall? Here are ten open-access articles published in February and March 2026, covering everything from Beowulf to "finding" a…

📚 Looking for new research on the Middle Ages?

We’ve picked out 10 open-access medieval studies articles from February and March 2026 that you can read for free right now.

👉 Read the full list: www.medievalists.net/2026/04/medi... #medievalstudies #medievalsky

Dan and Scott recording the digital wellbeing podcast at Jisc's #Digifest26

I had the pleasure of recording a #Podcast at #Digifest26 exploring our relationship with technology.

Check it out: inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/04/e... #DigitalWellbeing #Jisc #Wellbeing

Thanks to @rosiehare.bsky.social for her expert help & @zacgrib.bsky.social for the photo).

Five Lightroom tips for bird photography I’ve been dabbling with Lightroom recently to explore which settings work well when taking photographs of birds, and I want to share what I’ve learned along the way. Taking photographs …

Five Lightroom tips for bird photography [BLOG]: scotthibberson.com/2026/04/14/f... #AdobeLightroom #Lightroom #BirdPhotography #Photography #PostProduction #Birds #NaturePhotography

Wow - this is beautiful Scott!

Wonderful thread - studied this site *ahem* several decades ago as part of my archaeology course and only visited it once in the 90s... and completely agree with your thoughts here 🙂

I would, thank you Rob 🙂!

For #WorldHeritageDay a moody and misty view of the Anglo-Norman castle at Dunhill, Co. Waterford...