A structurally sound and very Happy Birthday to our expert, Melanie Backe-Hansen, House Historian & Author! 🏡📚 Wishing you a day filled with delightful discoveries and celebration! We hope your day is built on a foundation of pure fun and happiness! 🎉

Got a chance to visit the Giant's Causeway yesterday during our @fredolsencruise.bsky.social stopover in Belfast. It's such an amazing landscape. At sea today and I have my first @pastpreservers.bsky.social talk this afternoon on Irish folklore

We're excited to announce a massive update to our YouTube channel! You can now watch showreels for over 130 experts and trailers for over 200 shows. Dive into our incredible archive and find your next obsession. #Showreels #Trailers youtube.com/@pastpreserv...

Happy #BoxingDay from #York today ✈️🗺️ #TravelAddicts @christownsend.bsky.social @johnmanningpct.bsky.social @onloughrigg.bsky.social @pastpreservers.bsky.social @geopaula.bsky.social @haggewoods.bsky.social @amyjanebeer.bsky.social @ghurford.bsky.social early morning walking weather 😎

In 1955, Arthur C Clarke wrote the absolute darkest Christmas story ever. “The star” went on to win the 1956 Hugo for short stories I went on to read the story into a microphone in 2025, a year when you bleak seems to be in style. Check it out here. www.patreon.com/posts/arthur...

An interesting development in genealogical research, and I’d like to get back into researching my family tree next year. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Day four. I have begun to recognize the names of actors in the opening credits for Hallmark Christmas films. Send help.

Merry Christmas everyone!!! 🥳🥂✝️🎄🤶🏻😎

In this house, we build gingerbread keeps.

She carefully removed the pillows so she could roll the bag at me.

So excited to share this with you!

From all of us @artdecosocuk.bsky.social, best wishes for the festive season, and a Happy New Year! Thank you for making the centenary of Art Deco, one to remember. 💯

🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share! nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Thank you for reading my work and supporting @nmtdambusters.bsky.social, which will be returning on January 7th (Series 4!) For those who don't celebrate, may you find peace, joy and happiness in the coming year.

Covidy Christmas?

In the grim darkness of the future there is only mince pies and bucks fizz.

Buon natale, happy Xmas, and Nadolig Llawen to you all! Feat. @enrascanco.bsky.social

At this house, we have biscuits and gravy on Christmas morning.

I'm amazed and grateful for all those who support the @holocaustpod.bsky.social!

New episode out, and the last of 2025! I speak with Chef Cheng Lin of Shōta Omakase, exploring his commitment to sourcing ingredients that honour the traditional techniques and considerations of seasonality when selecting which fish to incorporate on the menu www.anthrodish.com/episodes/che...

I’ve been experimenting with video and here’s my first reel… #truecrime #murder #crimehist

It’s not often you see adverts for the cosmetic brand Radior in the wild and even less often when used to make a point about something.

One of my favourite holiday traditions - making sour cherry whisky. On L is already strained, on R is still with the cherries.

Recent exoplanet press releases just haven't had the amazing art we're used to seeing and using on @cosmoquest.org's Escape Velocity Space News show. Lacking in art I like for lava world TOI-561, I made my own. Learn how in this free Patreon post. www.patreon.com/posts/starst...

A deliciously Happy Birthday to our expert, Stephanie Brookes, Food Historian & Restaurant Reviewer! 🎂🍽️ We hope you're celebrating your Birthday with a historically amazing feast and that your reviews today are exclusively five-star! Enjoy your day to the fullest!

A big Happy Birthday to our expert, Dr. Dominic Selwood, Historian & Barrister! ⚖️📜 We hope you're setting the legal precedent for an amazing celebration today! May your day be historically great and totally fun! 🎉 @dominicselwood.bsky.social

Just 1 week until Christmas, why not get the gift of the greatest battle you’ve never heard of in Thunder Run? Or maybe find out how the Burma Campaign was not just infantry and jungle in Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma Order now from Chiselbury tinyurl.com/bau9mre2 Amazon: amzn.eu/d/gN2QhPR

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 🎄✨ Huge thanks to the incredible experts, colleagues, clients, and friends who made this year special. We couldn't do it without you. Here’s to a prosperous year ahead! 🥂 #HappyHolidays #Grateful

Pretty much signing off today for a couple of weeks or so... So wishing you all a very happy or merry Christmastime (whichever you prefer!), and see you next year! [Ho, ho, ho, etc...]... #HappyChristmas

A discreetly dazzling and very Happy Birthday to our expert, Lindsay Moran, Former CIA Agent & Author! 🎂✍️ We hope your Birthday is full of relaxation and celebration—may the only secrets you encounter today be the ingredients to a fabulous cake! Cheers to you! @lindsaymoran.bsky.social

Always look forward to this- it has become a family tradition! #WinterSolstice

Dr. Bellinger is outstanding. Don’t sleep on her unique perspective on the curious case of the Voynich Manuscript. One of my favorite lectures of the year.

A tactical and very Happy Birthday to our expert, Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, War Historian & Former Army Intelligence Officer! 🎂🎖️ Wishing you a day of strategic relaxation and brilliant celebration! Thank you for sharing your incredible expertise. @nusbacher.bsky.social

Thanks Nigel!

Sending a belated Happy Birthday wish to our expert Dr. Peter Campbell, the brilliant Maritime Archaeologist! 🌊⚓️ We hope you're diving into a great celebration! May your day be as exciting as discovering a hidden shipwreck. Cheers! @petercampbell.bsky.social

We're thrilled to announce our expert, Dr. Karen Bellinger's, debut course with The Great Courses! 🎉 She guides "Great Archaeological Mysteries of Europe and the Mediterranean," tackling puzzles like Ötzi the Iceman & the Antikythera Mechanism. pastpreservers.com/great-course... #GreatCourses

Third topic for this talk has now been decided! It's going to be Orient Express, Queen Mary and Concorde and we are going to trace a journey from check in to arrival for each. Tickets via New York Adventure Club www.nyadventureclub.com/event/197777...

❓Do you know what a 'stock buzzer' is? Or, a 'bit faker? This week in The Detective's Notebook, I've compiled a glossary of fabulous and colourful crime history-related slang. My favourite is 'cockchafer', what's yours? 🔗 drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/buzzers-bl...

A little note that I a) have a newsletter b) plan to actually send monthly mailings in 2026. January's will feature a round up of the surprising histories I have recently uncovered & a sneak peek at the AMAZING front cover for Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (Aug 2026).

🥰 Sam is always a dream to work & perform with, one of my fave people full stop!

The wonderful Winifred Atwell having a party at the piano. Have a good week Bluesky, keep on singing!

Oh my, what long legs you have! For #MedievalMonday, this beauty: Elephas (elephant), a charming miniature from charming folio 054r in the charming Der Naturen Bloeme by Jacob van Maerlant. [National Library of the Netherlands]

Happy Festival of Lights! May the message of Hanukkah—hope, resilience, and the power of a single flame—shine brightly for you and your family this year. #HappyHanukkah

Get a T-shirt to annoy the fantasy archaeologists. The Pyramids - 100% Egyptian Made. Makes a great gift too! worldofantiquity.dashery.com/products/841...

Very excited for series 3!

🎤Series 4 news! We'll be back on 7 Jan. Have we got a treat for you! Listen to the Series 4 trailer for what's coming up. 429 Sqn, Short Stirling, Mosquito, Peenemunde, Schweinfurt, Cold War bombers, Rotterdam, bomb disposal... www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

@nusbacher.bsky.social killing it with this outfit on 😎👍🏼 #MysteriesoftheAbandoned

A stellar Happy Birthday to the amazing Dr. Pamela Gay, our expert Astronomer & Technologist! 🚀✨ Wishing you a day that's out of this world! We hope your celebrations are perfectly aligned and absolutely brilliant. @starstryder.space

I shall be watching out for this! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...