You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas! We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives. A pack of five cards are availble for £6. The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. James Baldwin

CFP: “Women, Lordship, and the Culture of War” A Haskins-sponsored session at the 2026 ICMS in Kalamazoo, MI (14–16 May) Apply by 15 Sept. 2025 at icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... @kzooicms.bsky.social #MedievalSky

Both Chokyi Senge Rinpoche and Conservator Ann Shaftel agree that there will be no “cleaning” or repainting of the blessed, historic thangka treasures they will be stabilized only to enable them to be handled and hung safely in the traditional manner. teahouse.buddhistdoor.net/surmang-mona...

I have just been hearing about the content of this book and it sounds amazing! One to watch.

I have just been hearing about the content of this book and it sounds amazing! One to watch.

Newcastle University staff invited to a ‘Doodling for Wellbeing’ session (‘Let your pen dance across the page' in 'a perfect escape from the everyday hustle and bustle'. Invites sent on same day 153 academics were informed of their location in 'redundancy pools', with 38 redundancies planned. 1/2

I’m left thinking it’s yet another example of this misconception: What you grew up with is “normal,” what you believe is “common sense,” you’re just trying to be “neutral.” It’s other people expressing different beliefs that are political. And they should stop, so you and your views are the default.

Watching this reminds us how much work @flintdibble.bsky.social has done to put facts and evidence into public discussions about Archaeology. I highly recommend it especially for the stragies at the end. And Not just because one of my tweets appear honestly!😉

Ok its silly of me, but watching @shaneorionwiechnik.bsky.social s videos almost makes me feel sad for the wood when it subsequently meets the saw! I am obviously happy an emotional wreck day!!!

This is such terrible news. Pieta was a friend & colleague - hugely talented & knowledgeable she wore her skills lightly, with generosity & fun. Pieta got us free high-powered xrays of the Newark torc, lectures, came along to my talks etc. She was lovely. 46 is just too young. Way too young.

Have a read, only 5mins of your day and super picture of Holly Jones Amin and one of the Golden dragon museum's dragons.

New guest blog for our museum emotions project from @jane-henderson.bsky.social on conservation work. Take a 👀👇

💥 from the letters page of today’s Times of London

👀 Have a look, friends and colleagues. I think there needs to be lots more conversations about emotional conservation.

Interesting piece features Helen McCracken on the protection of New Zealand heritage "A population is very attached to its cultural heritage, one of the first ways in which you can attack a community is to destroy what it values. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Now this is an infographic!

Its all goodnews at the Grimwade. The Cripps Foundation have added another 15 million dollars to support the inspirational work at The Grimwade Centre who deliver people first heritage conservation education and research. www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Its all goodnews at the Grimwade. The Cripps Foundation have added another 15 million dollars to support the inspirational work at The Grimwade Centre who deliver people first heritage conservation education and research. www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Brilliant to have @cuhistarchrel.bsky.social students visit @caerheritage.bsky.social Centre today & get hands on with community volunteers undertaking post-ex & building a wattle fence as part of fab Archaeology Matters! Module. ✊️ @flintdibble.bsky.social @jane-henderson.bsky.social

Over 2 days we brought the University into the communities of Caerau & Ely to showcase that #thehumanitiesmatter @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @janmachielsen.bsky.social @enwright.bsky.social @emilyncock.bsky.social @mariafragoulaki.bsky.social @abdulazim.bsky.social youtu.be/m4XZHype364?...

A complex tale of dignity, respect, and freedom of speech. It is important not to say the wrong thing during challenging and difficult proposals in which some people will lose their jobs and other people will not. #ucu #CardiffUniversity nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

Looks like a useful event and perhaps space for a conservator to contribute.

Would senior managers openly saying they "make it up as they go along" and in response to a colleague suffering through a forced merger asking what will count as success saying "we don't know what is enough" and then rushing through another merger between March & Sept count?

The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis

This is a petition about victims of misscarriages of justice being charged for 'bed and board' after they are released from wrongful imprisonment. Its a nasty spiteful move by the establishment who have already done so much harm. Please sign. #CardiffNewsagentThree chng.it/TVWX7544DQ

Big intervention in the Cardiff Uni cuts debacle from former Minister Leighton Andrews. Instead of a “2-year slash & burn programme” Uni needs to draw on cash for a more gradual recovery. Urges staff to vote (like he has) for strike action/ASOS to support Cardiff UCU. youtu.be/nbgwwMJBnqA?...

I try not to focus on this because it is heartbreakingly sad to know that whole families' lives will be shattered by redundancies whilst millions£ sit in reserve. To call this co-created just 💔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC: "What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

As UK universities either shrink radically, or prepare to do so, it's the waste that gets me. All those billions you threw at training, infrastructure and research projects? Loads of it is being poured down the drain. Shocking and immoral.

📢 @dannychivers.bsky.social & @immykaur.bsky.social join us on 4 Mar for our Board Environmental Champions session. We'll explore finance - spending, sourcing & investing in an environmentally responsible way. On the board of a cultural organisation? Join our free programme tinyurl.com/5x4yc3cc

@jane-henderson.bsky.social while I was in the #Geology store I couldn’t leave without taking photos of the perfectly purple gems for you

If you didn't read the Fraser Institute report on which Federal programs to cut, I did it for you. Their assessment was about linear economic thinking not about systems thinking. A common theme of these types of think tanks. (subs) politicsofinclusion.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

I am constantly impressed by the imaginative ways that Dana Goodburn-Brown brings conservation to communities. She really does deliver sustainable conservation. #conservation #sustainability #CSISittingbourne www.sittingbourne.me/sittingbourn...

My university is proposing big cuts, with an esp. heavy hit in the humanities. Religion and Theology - a programme I teach on and worked last year to revise - is one of the proposed cuts. A former student has put a petition together to rally some support. Please sign! www.change.org/p/save-our-r...

Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory.

You might enjoy this fully open access special edition of scientific culture. Papers from practioners around the world that show how conservators have used data to specify sustainable care strategies. www.sci-cult.com/category/202...

The Learned Society of Wales' statement on proposed cuts at Cardiff University. www.learnedsociety.wales/cardiff-univ...

I visited a country house today. I have also been trying to grow my #conservators network on blue sky. So here is a game! Identify the place from the loggers. It will get easier. Reply with HOW MANY images u saw before u knew. Share so I can find more people who look at loggers. #conservation

It would be refreshing to read articles that really reflect on the causes of the current crisis in UK HE, instead of repeating the same message over and over again (fees stagnating; drop in international recruitment).

@nation.cymru are doing some stellar reporting on the unnecessary & cruel cuts at Cardiff University. And senior academics are doing some stellar leaking. New figures make it clearer that the Uni can afford to not cut 400 jobs. @ucu.org.uk’s been saying this all along. nation.cymru/news/univers...

‘Any reduction to these degree subjects would undermine economic potential and social cohesion for the whole of Wales’ www.learnedsociety.wales/cardiff-univ...

I visited a country house today. I have also been trying to grow my #conservators network on blue sky. So here is a game! Identify the place from the loggers. It will get easier. Reply with HOW MANY images u saw before u knew. Share so I can find more people who look at loggers. #conservation

It’s wonderful to see Dave Wyatt here 🦋 - an amazing champion for community heritage and inclusion. Someone that Cardiff Uni should be proud of and want to keep! Please support the campaign to save his fantastic work with Caer Heritage and everyone in Ancient History #AncientBlueSky ⚱️

To hear @ the power & value of the humanities & university/community partnerships for social cohesion & addressing social/economic challenges, check this podcast @CAER Heritage: open.spotify.com/episode/4eTp... @flintdibble.bsky.social @karenbrookfield.bsky.social @jane-henderson.bsky.social

I made a statement to Wales Online at today's rally for Higher Education at the Senedd, scroll down...sadly, there is a picture of me too 🤔 @flintdibble.bsky.social @llantwit.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social @jane-henderson.bsky.social www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

This.

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

Rhys Cowdry-Howes, is seeking to raise money that would allow him to work on the 2025 excavations of the Hellenistic city of Selinunte. He was selected to work as a conservator at the Sanctuary of Selinunte, one of the most important archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. gofund.me/4fb8fe70