Catching up on #RiotWomen and actually ‘pleased’ to see portrayal of the extraordinary violence that surrounds girlhood/womanhood.

This.

Today is working with brilliant PhD students, working out how we can get to past gender. Archaeologically. I love my job.

Brits. Can’t find it in full yet, but the Mamdami speech seems a good watch. Looks like there’s a new warrior on the block.

The trotters completely transform the recipe. Must be the marrow. This is Michelin standard broth now!

So, I finally found pigs’ trotters (Gloucester services) to make authentic Northumbrian broth. On making, I couldn’t see really why in particular they were chosen for it (other than cheap). Left the broth on low overnight and they’ve entirely fallen apart into the broth. Perfect.

Newnham has always led the way.

Loving the Reform Councillor calling Snake Pass ‘Snakes Pass’. Even people from outside the region know its name!

Catherine Connolly to make Irish working language of Áras when she takes office

Why are the roads such a nightmare atm. Two hours added to a four hour journey, both ways.

So yesterday I learned that in the NE, there’s a group called ‘Raise the Colours’ who are apparently coming into communities at night and raising union jacks at focal points. They’re targeting the poorest bits of the poorest places. Wondering how they are funded.

It's out today. Thanks to all the authors who participated in this initiative. www.routledge.com/The-Archaeol...

In Newcastle. Already seen a deer this morning. The dog’s had three admirers and been given a treat. I’ve got a smashing coffee. The brief writing break is starting well ☕️

Oh, Prunella Scales. Some deaths hit you harder.

Just finished writing my talk for this on Saturday. Should be a great day!

It’s pay day. Who will match my £25? If you’re English, consider it reparations.

It seems I’ve officially maxed out the British library system. There should be a scholarly medal for this.

The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this? (Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.) #Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...

"Very unsettling news about Gaza reconstructions, as discussions between U.S. officials and the Israeli occupation are raising alarms over a potential plan to divide the Strip into two zones one “developed” under Israeli control and another left destroyed"(Ahmad Darawsha) #Gaza

The to-do list is now 1/3 the size of the done list ✍️

For me the best bit about domesticity is that if I pack it all into one day, then I’m well prepared for a stretch of hyper-focus on writing.

Established today that we knew hillforts were Iron Age from the 1850s in western Britain. So then why Mortimer Wheeler thought they were as late as the 1st century AD in Wales in the 1920s, when Maud Cunnington already had them back to 500 BC in Wessex, is a bit of a mystery really.

Statement from National Trust for Historic Preservation. savingplaces.org/press-center...

Women and Archaeology 1990-2010. Out in hard copy now!

Plaid Cymru GAIN Caerphilly from Labour.

Tarte tatin loveliness.

CLOSING DATE TOMORROW!

King stuff.

The ICJ has ruled that Israel’s Gaza aid blockade violates international law, citing its obligation to facilitate humanitarian relief for Palestinians.

Now on D28. Please help to magnify their voices.

Not that I’m obsessively buying books on research leave, but Abebooks is down.

Very exciting to evidence of lead extraction/trading & use in the Bronze Age - a great find from Norfolk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@chrismanias.bsky.social Morning Chris - I was very pleased to find that you’ve written a piece on the great WBD. Please can I get a pdf copy (I’m rep44@liverpool)? Thank you!

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

1. Washington DC #NoKings 👑

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

#NOKINGS New York City, NY

British.

[Exit King.]

If the #EpsteinFiles can take down a child rapist Prince then they can certainly take down a child rapist President. #NoKings

"It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings...[When] a king seeks to bestride the people of his own nation, it is the same tyrannical principle." -- Abraham Lincoln #NoKings

Every time the 47 regime escalates its attacks on our communities, the #NoKings movement grows stronger. We, the millions of Americans who make up of this peaceful movement, are coming together on Oct. 18th to say: #NoKings! Courage is contagious! Be brave, join us & speak out.

Cutie.

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

Fascism sparks joy for him

Looks like a good time to buy shares in Antifa.

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

This is how it’s done

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2