🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier. The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!

Lucky to catch the last weekend of the stunning San Casciano bronzes' visit to Berlin - these sculptures were ritually buried at a Tuscan healing sanctuary in the 1st century CE after a lightning strike, & were excavated in the last few years. So revelatory about ancient religious practice

The Aurel Stein papers in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk....

An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable. The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2 🏺

This is superb - thank you @sjblakemore.bsky.social @roryoc.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social -- The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore youtu.be/xy7jkcSl8to?... via @YouTube

And yet I have never had an inkjet printer that worked www.facebook.com/share/v/1CRc...

Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

My old job as Director of Oxford's largest portfolio of online courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social is being advertised. If you enjoy academic management and digital education as well as teaching and research, this could be the job for you! F/t and permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...

Woven woollen shoes with rainbow colours, from tomb no. 5, Niya, Xinjiang, ca. 2-3rd century AD. [Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]

"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr

This month, we had the pleasure of welcoming Giles Quarme Architects to our collection to explore sash windows, staircases, and more, guided by Charles Brooking. Such visits are currently by appointment only as we organize and inventory the collection, but more online access is coming soon!

Exciting things are starting to happen @thebrooking.bsky.social (where I am a trustee). If you’re interested in buildings and their history you should be following! @constructionhist.bsky.social one for your followers maybe?

The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3JYSxkm

Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press. Back her petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

This welcome comment (by @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social on their redevelopment project) isn't a phrase one has heard much in recent years in the museum world - redevelopment has often focused on putting LESS on display!

News | Courtauld secures £30m donation – money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus

One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married

20 Years of Impact: Breaking barriers to epilepsy diagnosis. For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives. Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings. Watch here:

Twelve gods and twelve dogs: Roman votive relief from Lycia, ca. 2nd to 3rd century in Harvard Arts Museums harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...

Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk

The broadcaster Samira Ahmed was recently appointed president of the Twentieth Century Society. She talks to Apollo about conserving the built environment and making people feel that it matters

A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)

New issue of Journal of Roman Archaeology Vol. 28, No. 1 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social @lsnasrallah.bsky.social

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If you are not attracted to Gandharan sculptures ('ex Private Collection, Japan, before 1990') in Christie's current Asian art online auction, you could bid for a replica Bimaran Casket! onlineonly.christies.com/s/indian-him...

PostDoc-position in Classical / Roman Archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Assistant Professor job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935 jobs.chronicle.com/job/37879935...

Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office

A tremendous numismatic project curator role @britishmuseum.bsky.social bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/templates/CI...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

A curious sea-battered #Roman copper alloy statuette found on Sidmouth Beach #Devon in 1840 Featuring a man (Achilles?) riding on the back of a centaur (Chiron?) at the moment both are attacked by a wild animal An enigmatic object now on display @rammuseum.bsky.social 📷 May 2025 #FindsFriday

I am actually a believer in the importance of branding, but it will be fascinating to see whether the reputational damage from the University of Warwick’s risible exercise leads to net harm. It’s possible that it won’t.

This very fine book has its own care instructions on the cover.

“Gandhara Uncovered” - at Lahore Museum and online tomorrow 21 July

Spotted this extraordinary comparandum on the Twitter account of @persiaantigua.bsky.social

Full Professor, Greek History, Antiquity and Epigraphy, University of Vienna, Austria (Deadline September 17) - The Classical Association of Canada www.cac-scec.ca/2025/07/vien...

Annual re-post of the best rehearsal video of all time: youtu.be/PfZgOV4UHBU?.... Cameron Macintosh: 'Good.'

Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures - The Times Of Central Asia timesca.com/kazakh-archa...

A rare opportunity for a permanent lectureship in German in our fabulous School! Please circulate to your networks. @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Fragment of Roman woollen fish tapestry from Antinoopolis #LouvreCollections collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...

Late Roman tapestry fragment @colgate.edu emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...