Johnny McGonigal
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Archaeology grad. Museum worker. Dysgwr Cymraeg 🏴
The Labour government has done something really good. Yup.
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St Albans Museums
8 days ago
🎅 Today, join St Albans for Refugees and St Albans Museum + Gallery for our Reverse Father Christmas celebration in the Assembly Room, 11am - 3pm. All are welcome to bring a gift for a refugee this Christmas. This year we’re asking for: underwear or socks, hats, scarves, gloves or toiletries.
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Dr Wendy Morrison
14 days ago
Something exciting is happening- In support of keeping the Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership afloat (DEFRA monies only go so far), I have been encouraged to launch a lecture series. (and yes, I asked Sir Baz sometime ago about basing this on his book, so I haven't just nicked the title😅)
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St Albans Museums
11 days ago
On day 11 of our Advent Shop Calendar, you might wonder: what do you get for a warrior rebel queen?! 👕 Our pick: is the Boudicca T-shirt – bold and iconic! 📍 Available at Verulamium Museum Shop
#ShopLocal
#VerulamiumMuseum
#MuseumShop
#Boudicca
#ChristmasGifts
#SupportLocal
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴
27 days ago
Burn it all down
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Freedom of speech warrior eh
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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With his threat of a $1bn lawsuit against BBC, Trump’s assault on the media goes global
US president’s latest media target comes from across the pond as he continues to scrutinize coverage he does not like
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/trump-bbc-lawsuit-threat-media-attacks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 month ago
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
about 2 months ago
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’ Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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Fionna O’Leary
about 2 months ago
Hey
@reuters.com
What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk Who writes this junk?
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Claire Vaughan
2 months ago
The reason that I try and draw attention to this every year is that the UK government still haven't properly funded the clean up the tips nearly 60yrs later. They've extracted resources from Wales for a couple of centuries, bled it dry and dgaf. It should shock people, everyone should be reminded.
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Sandy Martin
2 months ago
Robin Cook quote of the day: “We must shed the British double standard that labels spending on welfare benefits as wasted, but expenditure on health or education as a valid priority. There is an entire library of literature on the correlation between poverty and ill health.”
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Stan Carey
2 months ago
"Yes, this gang stole from the most famous museum in the world but it’s in the name of training their AI software so it can do good doodle of jewels and maximise shareholder value so we are powerless to stand in the way"
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
#Louvre
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/
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Anon Opin
2 months ago
Going to work knowing or suspecting that you have flu or covid should be a criminal offence.
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Carole Cadwalladr
3 months ago
And he’s back!! Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at
@thenerve.news
that Stewart came with us. His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME
STEWART LEE
https://www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-lee-new-column-doublethink-does-doubletime-starmer-kimmel-trump
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Kath
3 months ago
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo
3 months ago
Remember that pic of the Caerphilly Reform candidate which looked edited? Well I asked Reform UK about it. Apparently it wasn't edited. The party indicated that the camera "glitched" which happened to "glitch out" of the photo the former UKIP politician and Reform supporter Mark Reckless... 1/2
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Richard Kadrey
3 months ago
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
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pa humbug
3 months ago
In light of Nathan Gill (ex Reform leader in Wales)pleading guiltyto accepting Russian money, I assume the
#Newsnight
team are currently working on a similar image for when they next have Reform on.
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Carole Cadwalladr
3 months ago
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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Patrick Barkham
3 months ago
If you pick up the Guardian Weekend Magazine today, please read about my daughter Milly’s battle with Lyme disease. And if you’re feeling bold, drop your copy into your local GP. There are thousands of Millys out there. Most are currently not helped at all by the NHS or, worse, not believed.
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Haydyn Williams
3 months ago
#FindsFriday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Funds still needed for Oxfordshire museum to keep Henley Iron Age hoard
A metal detectorist discovered the hoard found inside a pot buried in a field five years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czewjr9xppxo
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Andy Brockman
3 months ago
“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.' Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.
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Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard
Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/25494590.time-running-save-metal-detectorists-hoard/
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David Graeber Institute
3 months ago
Being Anti-Fascist is important but we need to also be aware about Fascism's root causes.
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The Bear
3 months ago
Today Reform UK widened their scapegoating - moving from illegal migrants to people with Indefinite Leave to Remain. I must ask: how long before the shift goes from Trans people to the rest of the LGBTQ+ community? I suspect not very long.
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Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-farage-wants-to-tear-up-indefinite
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Declassified UK
3 months ago
We discovered that at least 32 Israeli military officers have been trained at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, including numerous senior figures now engaged in the genocide in Gaza.
www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...
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Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza
Exclusive: Declassified has obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. We’re publishing it for the first time.
https://www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trained-israeli-soldiers-fighting-in-gaza/
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Justin
3 months ago
Why anyone in Wales would vote for an English nationalist party is beyond me. No more free prescriptions No more free parking in hospitals No more NHS
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Owen Jones
3 months ago
“Their silence, because they’re afraid, is their support to the genocide.” 👏👏👏
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Clare Downham
3 months ago
The stunning Moel Hebog shield. Late Bronze Age (also nice to see bilingual signage in an English city that has hosted many Welsh speaking inhabitants) Treasures exhibition, Museum of Liverpool
#prehistory
#archaeology
#bronzeage
#cymru
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Resist 🕎🍉
3 months ago
Listen to Greta Thunberg 👇
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Professor Peter Matthews
4 months ago
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
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Journal of Wetland Archaeology
4 months ago
Hello & welcome! 👋 This is the new @JnlWetlandArch account, sharing news & updates on all things wetland archaeology. 🌿💧 Follow along for the latest news and updates!
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Mark Chadbourn
4 months ago
Liberal Democrat MP Mike Martin has written to the UK Home Secretary calling for an investigation into whether Reform’s Zia Yusuf has broken terrorism laws.
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LadyFluffyOrca 📎 🇵🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦
4 months ago
I saw this at the beginning of the invasion but was unable to find it again, thankfully someone posted it yesterday on Twitter. A very wry explanation of what’s been happening in Palestine for the past 75 years.
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Huw Marshall 🏴
4 months ago
And Reform want to reverse the "woke" 20mph legislation if they gain power in Wales. They actually want to see a return to more accidents and fatalaties on Welsh roads. That's going to be one hell of a campaign message....
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Mike Galsworthy
5 months ago
Nesrine Malik in the Guardian.
#Gaza
#Children
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Council for British Archaeology
5 months ago
We have one last surprise for
#AskAnArchaeologist
... To keep the discoveries flowing & to celebrate
#FestivalOfArchaeology
, we’re unlocking the British Archaeology archives for ONE WEEKEND ONLY - totally OPEN ACCESS! 🔓👉
shorturl.at/7uZaD
Let us know what you uncover!
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Dr Wendy Morrison
5 months ago
As the archaeologist who worked with the detectorist and land owner to properly lift this hoard, I'm thrilled it is headed for a brilliant museum that really punches above it's weight. Please support their bid to secure this hoard. Every little helps. Great to launch it on
#FindsFriday
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Angie Bolton
5 months ago
I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...
. Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you
@justrena.bsky.social
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George Monbiot
5 months ago
The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
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Owen Jones
5 months ago
Heroes ✊👏
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Professor Gilly Carr OBE
5 months ago
Whose royal monogram is this? Fresh from the ground of the former Warsaw ghetto. Help us us, internet!
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Janine Gibson
6 months ago
Documents reveal the role of the Tony Blair Institute in BCG's plan to redevelop Gaza into the "Gaza Riviera"
on.ft.com/3Ifa7Qr
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Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
[FREE TO READ] Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
https://on.ft.com/3Ifa7Qr
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Owen Jones
6 months ago
This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.
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Frances Ryan
6 months ago
NEW: Liz Kendall has told MPs that if a disabled person currently on PIP requests a reassessment after November 2026 because of worsening health, they will be assessed on the new tougher criteria. This confirms The Guardian’s report that those with fluctuating conditions will not be protected.
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Gareth Bonello
6 months ago
It's been a little while* since I played at
@glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
but here's some summer vibes from the new album to get you in the mood, whether you're heading there or don't even care 🌞😎🌞 (*ahem* 16 years...)
youtu.be/ASFWuyVFrOs?...
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The Gentle Good - To Be in Summer (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Gentle Good
https://youtu.be/ASFWuyVFrOs?si=yEWi2pNDlsvHlqkm
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Gareth Bonello
6 months ago
"THE GENTLE GOOD’s new album is his best in a 20-year career" Diolch yn fawr i Noel Gardner am sgwennu am Elan ar gyfer Buzz Magazine Thanks a million to Noel Gardner and Buzz Magazine for giving Elan a very positive mention here! ☺️
www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-welsh-mu...
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New Welsh music you may have missed in June, from primal screams to Ken Bruce samples
With these 10 new Welsh releases, Noel Gardner is picking out a soundtrack good enough to give the long summer days some purpose.
https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-welsh-music-june-2025/
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Robin Ince
6 months ago
And if you don’t want rickets you can buy tickets too
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“It is an increasing rarity to stand in the presence of anyone with an idea, a thesis, that they have thoroughly worked out to their own satisfaction and then present stylishly, exuberantly and still intelligently.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Shifty review – Adam Curtis’s new show is an utter rarity: stylish, intelligent TV with something to say
The celebrated documentarian’s five-part series charts the decline of Britain’s democracy with a witty, kaleidoscopic selection of archive footage. It begins, of course, with Margaret Thatcher
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/14/shifty-review-adam-curtis-new-show-bbc-iplayer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
6 months ago
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