Worst part of the contract, but every minute with them makes it worth it

With the policies re: Cymraeg, it feels like the thin edge of twenty-first century resurgence of Welsh Not

The reading list just got longer! Very much looking forward to getting hold of my copy 👇

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

I generally try to keep out of politics on here. God knows there is enough everywhere else, but this threat to the independence of Cymric museums needs to have a light shone on it 👇

SHROPSHIRE HILLS LANDSCAPE TRUST: SPRING NEWS

The latest newsletter from the Middle Marches Community Land Trust has dropped with lots of updates on the conservation work that's going on in the Shropshire hills 👇

Quite the revelation 😱

If you love maps and haven’t discovered @natlibscot.bsky.social online resources you’re in for a treat

South door with beak heads at St Peter’s Church Windrush

A truly fabulous beak head doorway at St Peter’s #Windrush #Gloucestershire and to think I almost didn’t visit the church as I was do keen to start a walk!

Yann Martel: ‘I hate the rich people of this world – of which I’m one, because of Life of Pi’ The Canadian author on good writing advice from Martin Amis, his love for digging and getting rid of billionaires

Yann Martel on the disappointment of Troy, raising everyone up and being a platypus

The online version is already available at revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/od...

Offa’s Dyke Journal 7 for 2025 – now out in paperback! Offa’s Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 was published in December 2025 and it is now available from Archaeopress in paperback! We continue our mission to produce high-quality research promoting…

Good news. Offa’s Dyke Journal 7 for 2025 – now out in paperback! And it's proudly open-access, so the new work on frontiers, borderlands and linear earthworks connecting the disciplines of archaeology, history and heritage studies is accessible to everyone

Worcester Theatres Worcester Theatres is a registered charity, and is the main arts provider in Worcester, operating Huntingdon Hall and the Swan Theatre. The organisation also has a producing arm in the form of the Swa...

Ooh, excellent news for Worcester. Look who's coming to Huntingdon Hall 'Ella Al-Shamahi - Becoming Human' Thurday 25th June 👇

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment

This map makes very depressing viewing for the Anglo-Cymric borderland and the Wye and Severn in particular. These rivers have shaped how we have inhabited this landscape over millennia. They deserve our protection now

Ammonia pollution hotspots found in areas of UK with most pig and poultry factory farms Map reveals most severe concentrations of ammonia emissions, which are dangerous to health and environment

This map makes very depressing viewing for the Anglo-Cymric borderland and the Wye and Severn in particular. These rivers have shaped how we have inhabited this landscape over millennia. They deserve our protection now.

Coming from you Peter that means a lot. Thank you!

A wonderful account of the work carried out at St Michael and All Angels', Gwernesni in Monmouthshire by @friendlesschurches.bsky.social 👇

Laments to the Fallen over Centuries One of the most important roles we have as archaeologists is to illustrate the contemporary relevance of our work, to demonstrate how framing our understanding of our world today in terms of the ma…

In fact, I wanted to say a big thank you to @hookland.bsky.social for providing a safe space to stray whilst writing up the PhD. I know I wouldn't have written 'More than just about anywhere else I can think of you feel as though, even after all these years, you are entering their space' without you

I've even published the post this time 😮‍💨

Laments to the Fallen Over Centuries One of the most important roles we have as archaeologists is to illustrate the contemporary relevance of our work, to demonstrate how framing our understanding of our world today in terms of the ma…

History is mostly written by the victors, but in 'Laments to the Fallen Over Centuries' I've taken a look at evidence from contemporary culture, the landscape and from ancient Cymric literature to search for alternative narratives that speak of the futility of war, love and loss over centuries

I'd just like to do a big shout out to @wordpress.com for the quality of their support. I'd overlooked fixing a problem and left it late, if not until the last minute, and they just sorted it for me. Their engineer saved me a ton of stress.

Child trust funds: a windfall at 18 – but what should you do next? All children born in the UK between September 2002 and January 2011 have a CTF – but £1bn has not been claimed

Not archaeology, but worth sharing “All children born in the UK between September 2002 and January 2011 have a CTF – but £1bn has not been claimed”

This report justifiably highlights govt and sector failings, but ‘fixing’ things by imposing quotas for degree levels punishes the students. Imagine being told you missed out on a first, or were downgraded to a third because of external metrics.

Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking YouTube video by Archaeodeath

Debunking Pseudoarchaeology with @jcdebunking www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbh...

I learned so much and honestly it was the best fun too. Field trips to Purbeck in the back of John Beavis’ Landy, building surveys in the middle of Wimborne and tracing Dorchester’s Roman aqueduct with Bill Putnam. And lab experience that made degree-level soil science a doddle by comparison ❤️

In particular, the Severn Treescapes Project undertaken with @herefordshirewt.bsky.social and @worcswt.bsky.social demonstrates what can be achieved when we explore ways to collaborate and restore our landscapes 👏👏👏

Through every piece of work on our canals, rivers and ancient woodlands we're active participants in efforts to leave the parts of the plant we have some agency over in a better state than they are now.

Current projects | Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Discover what work we're doing on our current projects page.

Thank you to @gloswildlife.bsky.social for their latest newsletter on what they are up to as Spring feels as though it has, hopefully, finally arrived. It also acted as a reminder how the actions we undertake to protect our natural and heritage environments are so closely inter-linked

It really does. Check out Hambledon with its neighbour Hod hill with its Roman fort in the corner 👍

Sadly, the HND in Practical Archaeology is no more, but there are now plenty of routes into the profession. Something for everyone with the alternatives described by @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

I’m lucky enough to have so many happy memories of Hambledon and this part of Dorset from when I was a student on the HND in Practical Archaeology at Bournemouth. It’s always well worth a visit.