I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:

If this was the new Batman, I'd be cheering. But it's not.

😆

I bought it for a gift!

It was top of my present list for gifts for everyone this year (now I have to hope someone will let me borrow a copy once they've finished...)

Rutger Hauer having a drink with a dinosaur. Via Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs on Facebook. www.facebook.com/cpdinosaurs/...

On a totally unrelated note, did I mention I wrote a book?

Playmobil Advent Calendar day 22. This may be the coolest bit of Playmobil I've ever owned:

When in AD 2025 someone on social media responds to being corrected like a normal, decent adult who accepts they were wrong and makes no big deal of it:

Just me during a trip to Yorkshire a few decades ago.

War or no war, mistletoe means kissing, rules are rules.

Playmobil advent calendar day 21. Fascinating how sticking a bit of green plastic to a bit of gold plastic somehow awoke greed within my soul. And it looks like it has that effect on someone else as well ;)

Just a fun picture showing us what appears to be an entire medieval street going snowball crazy. Men, women, kids, everyone joins in. Even funnier detail is that the artist doesn't do smiles. December the Book of Hours of Adélaïde de Savoie (Musée Condé 78), c. 1460-1465.

Snowball fight, by an anonymous Flemish artist, ca. 1510.

Santa Claus (Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan from London) hands out presents to Dutch children at Volkel, 13 December 1944. Members of No 122 Wing had saved their sweet ration for weeks, and contributed enough money to give the children their first proper Christmas party.

All those young people these days, getting drunk, dressing weirdly, causing havoc in city streets, in the good old days that didn't... oh wait, never mind. 'A Midnight Frolic at the Seaside' The Illustrated Police News, August 05, 1899 www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Caught Beike wrapping Christmas gifts again ;)

@publicdomainrev.bsky.social I've turned another old thread into an article for easier reading. Film review: ‘Firebrand’ (2023) You can read it here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/12/21/f... Or here; fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/film-revie...

Published by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company in 1917, this little book's pages are entirely blank. More on it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/why-women-should-not-vote

I was visited by V.Birchwood for this behind the scenes video. Watch me fail at making a proper replica - a good moment to reflect on trial and error. youtu.be/CBuIHjVU3dY?...

Just a little video to make the ghosts of millions of farmers feel a bit better about how they used to do things. Modern mower vs scythe: youtu.be/1I4RNenmfFI?...

Playmobil advent calendar day 20. More genuine medieval art! Is that the medieval city stuff my parents never bought me? I think they used a good old fashioned silly Photoshop filter in stead of Al 😁

Me: "Did you know Napoleon didn't shoot the nose of the Sphinx?" My audience:

One of my family members Joannes on the list of soldiers who were awarded a payment from the 1815 Fund for their service at the Battle of Waterloo teaching old Nappy a well deserved kicking for one day inspiring that dreadful Ridley Scott film ;)

'Man at the Window' by Samuel van Hoogstraten (1653).

I once went to an 1930s themed party. I had never spend as much time on my appearance as I did for that evening. To my amusement, I still didn't take as much time as the men did. But it was so worth the wait.

Nostalgia sometimes doesn't play fair. Why can't we have milkmen like that any more?

This grand takedown of the biggest scumbag in the fake archaeology world is long overdue. Professor Dave included a cameo with Dr Lee Clare and myself Watch it and share it to get the truth out about that clown we call Jimmy Corsetti youtu.be/Z49AKXNiwmo?...

I've turned an old social media thread into an article, this time an art review of a Dutch winter painting, so many fun details! ‘Ice Skating in a village’ by Hendrick Avercamp (ca. 1610) Read it here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/12/19/a... Or here; fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...

Playmobil advent calendar, day 19. Phew, christmas has been saved, behind the door we got a golden dragon!! And a spider, for some reason.

'Parasite infections at the Roman fort of Vindolanda by Hadrian's Wall, UK' With other words, the Romans were mucky boys too ;) www.academia.edu/145477702/Pa...

New Research Reveals Ancient Egyptians Received Significant Help From Parents While Building Pyramids https://theonion.com/new-research-reveals-ancient-egyptians-received-significant-help-from-parents-while-building-pyramids/

Adelaide Springett was so ashamed of her tattered boots, she took them off for this 1901 photograph. She was 8 years old and recorded as lodging with her mother at the Salvation Army Shelter in Hanbury St.

Good advice:

Doctor watching medical drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: Interesting! Cop watching crime drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: Interesting! Historian watching history drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: It iS NoT A DoCuMeNtArY!

Doctor watching medical drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: Interesting! Cop watching crime drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: Interesting! Historian watching history drama: "That detail is wrong." Regular viewers: It iS NoT A DoCuMeNtArY!

Well, that's an interesting poster...

Oh no, I don't own this, my life is not complete!!! 1920s-30s Bellhop carrying matches and cigarettes!

Playmobil advent calendar day 18. Come on playmobil, you can't just put some random bits behind a door. I'm 53 and it ruined my life, imagine how an 10 year old would feel if they got this ;)

'Wake up dead man: a knives out mystery' was a bit meh. But this scene made me smile:

What an AI "surprise"… ▪️ 20th century buildings ▪️ Baroque style oversized bath ▪️ etc www.france24.com/en/technolog...

Playmobil advent calendar day 17 Proper art, genuine medieval painting, I'm sure ;)