Timeless design! Roman rock crystal gaming die marked one to six like modern dice 🎲 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

Busy, busy, scribble, scribble, tap, tap, tappity tap - writing life is a workout for the fingers and the mind. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky View from my desk - love my garden writing hub.

Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales. Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales 😮 www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

A special #MosaicMonday announcement – Save the Date - Free ASPROM Symposium, Saturday 7 March 2026, 13.50-17.30 (UK time) to be held on Zoom. Speakers on mosaics in Aquileia and Tunisia, plus Coralie Turpin and Jeremy Deller on the Roman-inspired mosaic on Marine Drive in Scarborough. 1/2

Consort of Neptune, Amphitrite rides a seahorse - a Roman floor mosaic from the Baths of Neptune in #OstiaAntica. Hadrianic in date (AD 117-138) and made in the workshops at Ostia. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome 📸 my own.

1. Ancient Rome 2. Pompeii 3. Ostia Antica 4. Herculaneum 📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser. #AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania

Nothing like an orderly queue to go outside. #Caturday

It’s never too late to change. I suppose I could say that in 2026 I’ve embraced change wholeheartedly. 😉😬 4 weeks into this orthodontic journey. #Saturday

‘Go!’ Crescens hisses, ‘You’ll scream for death if the lord sends you back.’ Barates swallows disgust, turns away. In the dusty yard, Yarhai waits, astride a silver stallion. His slave steadies a roan.Taking the rein from him, Barates murmurs ‘Hello girl,’ into her twitching ear. #WriteCBC

1. Ancient Rome 2. Pompeii 3. Ostia Antica 4. Herculaneum 📸 my own. Posting because I need a timeline cleanser. #AncientRome #Archaeology #Campania

This from Karl Ove Knausgard on his writing is so beautiful - worth a look. Many of us will identify with this: 'It's like going to your day job and failing every day.' He succeeded when he accepted that his writing was for him. #WritingCommunity #WritingLife youtu.be/Dr-dPzhzrxI?...

I've been a member of #BeingAWriter for several years. Wellbeing is crucial to my creativity, and creativity is crucial to my wellbeing. @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social have created community for writers that is safe, supportive and welcoming. #WritingCommunity discover.circle.so/product/bein...

I'm not here much at the moment. I'm in writing mode and it is taking up all of my headspace, as is meant to be. I'll be back sporadically when I come up for air. #HistFic #AmWriting #WritingLife #WritingCommunity

#HobbyGamesRecce I offer a glimpse into my own adventure gaming hobby-based coping strategies so readers might find some inspiration for their own self care activities in these trying times. Thanks to @katesfwriter.bsky.social for her concise reminder to balance the despair with joy.

One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription. The inscription translates: Envious creature, I trample you Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome 📸 my own

Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳. The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One of two fish shops on the Decumanus at #OstiaAntica One shop has a floor mosaic depicting a dolphin eating a squid and an inscription. The inscription translates: Envious creature, I trample you Dolphins were thought to have disrupted fishermen. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #AncientRome 📸 my own

On January 11th & 15th,Romans celebrated a festival to goddess Carmenta (or Carmentis) a goddess of prophecy and childbirth.She had power of looking back into the past and forward into the future.The festival was chiefly observed by women #Folklore #Myth www.vindolanda.com/blog/the-fes...

Meet Helena, mother of Roman emperor, Constantine (AD 249-325). The form of the statue is derived from a 5th C BC Greek work. The statue was once at the Vatican. Pope Pius V gifted it in 1566. I love how popes owned items like this. 📸 mine Capitoline Museums. #RomanWomen #AncientRome #Archaeology

Don’t #doomscroll. Fill your timeline with beautiful moments. This is not ignoring the harsh stuff or unbearable news, and big things beyond your control. It’s a balancing act. There is beauty and goodness. Lean into what makes you smile. 📸 my own. Reggie is adorable. He’s seeking doggie treats.

Very similar to the jet necklace found at Dunragit by #GuardArchaeology www.guard-archaeology.co.uk/DunragitBlog...

1/ Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman. #FindsFriday #Archaeology 📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.

#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? Fresh from the ground in Suffolk, having been seriously mucked about in the past. Note the markings around the edge on the left image.

1/ Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman. #FindsFriday #Archaeology 📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.

Every time I want to post about my #writing on #Bluesky I find myself distracted by my furry assistant, who knows I should either be drafting my story or cuddling her. She thinks I should definitely NOT be spending time on SM. 🐈‍⬛ 🤷‍♀️ #CatSky #WritingLife

We are back at our desks and ready to support you on your writing journey! To celebrate the turning of the year, we are running our popular VISION BOARDING FOR WRITERS webinar. And, it's completely free! 📌29 Jan 2026, 6-7pm (UK) Register on our website. #BeingAWriter member? Join us via Circle!

One of two of the Roman bath houses at Vindolanda, in the vicus, close to the fort’s west gate. This fort was occupied by Coh IV Gallorum from the early 3rd C. The baths served the soldiers and townspeople of #Vindolanda south of #HadriansWall. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology 📸 my own.

If you listen carefully you might hear the softest sigh as Winter settles beneath her snowy blanket.

A Roman marble relief showing a teacher giving a lecture. From the Area Sacra of Via Della Foce, #OstiaAntica, late 4th C AD. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome 📸 my own.

The humble whetstone was a must have item in every Roman soldier’s kit. The scrape of iron on stones like these would have been a common sound in Roman forts. #RomanBritain #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A Roman marble relief showing a teacher giving a lecture. From the Area Sacra of Via Della Foce, #OstiaAntica, late 4th C AD. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome 📸 my own.

This find is so special. And it’s an incredible story of recovery and conservation too. The new series of #DiggingForBritain is now on #BBCiPlayer and this incredible find is featured in the program. #Archaeology

More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses 👇👇👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2 Wowzers 🤩

From my photo archive for #RomanSiteSaturday - the sunken Mithraeum Temple outside the southwest corner of Brocolitia Roman Fort on #HadriansWall in early spring with its replica stone altars. This place is often atmospheric especially around sunset. #RomanBritain

Doing a little dance of joy because my nose has finally stopped running. I have survived the lurgy from hell.

My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon. Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology 📸 my own.

Head of the pin in the form of a #Roman lady An intricate bust of a Roman lady has been carved into this #hairpin from the Roman town of Caerwent, south-east #Wales. #VentaSilurum #RomanBritain #FindsFriday #Archaeology

My writing in 2026: Show up for 1 hour per day. Draft at least 250 words. Read from a book that resonates before lights out. Eavesdrop and observe. Fill a notebook. Walk in my protagonist’s shoes. Finish Draft by April/First Edit by December. And tell the lie that reveals a truth. #WriteCBC

Happy New Year #WritingCommunity! 🎊 It's time for #WriteCBC, share your writing goal for 2026. Tell us in the replies to this post and you might win a course worth £230! Enter by 10am Fri 9 Jan. Get some inspiration (and read T&Cs) here: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-writ...

Roman #NewYear was January 1st (Kalends) after Julius Caesar's calendar reform. Romans honored the 2-faced god Janus, who looked to both past and future. Feasting, gift-giving (honey, dates, coins for prosperity), new resolutions, wearing white togas, games, and public ceremonies for new consuls-my📸

The next 365-day dance around the sun is about to begin. Who’s on the dance floor? #NewYear2026 #HappyNewYear 📸 my own, #Northumberland

Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺

I’ve been quiet on BlueSky for the month of December. Was very busy before Christmas like everyone else. Preparing, parties, etc. Then came down with Flu on Boxing Day. Still in bed on NYE and feeling fatigued, nauseous, just miserable. This isn’t a ‘pity me’ post. It’s a Happy New Year post!

I've made a small donation to help make a big difference to an underrepresented writer's career: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

A #Roman rock crystal ring decorated with a crescent and stars inlaid with gold foil - it looks like an emoji 🤩, but for the Romans this wasn’t just decoration. The motif was associated with death: crescent and stars were symbols for eternity and afterlife. Rock crystal was valued...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

Erasmus is back.🤩 #BrexitHasFailed.

Floor mosaics in a luxurious second century AD townhouse in #Italica, Santaponce, near Seville, Spain. Italica was lavishly expanded during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (emperor AD 117-138). He was born there on 24th January AD 76. Emperor Trajan also came from Italica. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

One of two chambered tombs near Newton Stewart, Galloway - this is Cairnholy I. Tombs for ancestors were important to farming communities that lived here in the neolithic period, 6000- 4000 years ago. A curving facade of standing stones fronts the tomb. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology 📸 my own.