www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A real breadth of materials representing materials over time, from the Palaeolithic onwards -

This is a fascinating picture of a widow writing what we'd today call a 'living will', in the 1780s. PROB 11/1143/398 at The National Archives

On GWR Newton Abbot to Exeter St.Davids this morning

Homage to my County of birth

Term 2, Archaeology, Exeter University 😊

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Catch Han Li and me on #diggingforbritain tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC2 talking about the incredible frescoes and finds from the Roman mansio excavated in Southwark. #archaeology #roman #romanarchaeology #fresco #conservation

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB) – the bacteria can hijack part of the immune system.

Start of term 2, Archaeology, Exeter University from GWR railway

A rather lovely Roman figurine from Penrith for #drawingdiggingforbritain excavated by @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social and @cotswoldarch.bsky.social and featuring @noddinggoth.bsky.social - a really special Roman cemetery on #diggingforbritian

Joining our regular team — fabulous zooarchaeologist Prof Naomi Sykes, amazing archaeologist Prof Stuart Prior & brilliant historian Prof Yasmin Khan — are fantastic archaeologists Rosanna Price & Megan Russell. And bringing palaeontological expertise to the team: the wonderful Dr Tori Herridge.

It is John Aubrey’s 400th anniversary this year! My next book publishes his Natural History in full for the 1st time. It is not the quaint collection of random anecdotes suggested by the heavily edited 1847 version, but cutting edge c17 science all penned with Aubrey’s characteristic brilliance.

#DiggingforBritain returns on 7th January with a new 6-part series on BBC Two with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, and includes two @nationaltrust.org.uk properties: 4th February - Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire 5th February - St Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Tune in to find out more!

For over 50 years, the British comedy sketch 'Dinner for One' has been an integral part of New Year's Eve in Germany. The sketch (that is largely unknown in the UK) remains so popular that it will be shown at least twenty times on TV today in the run-up to midnight. Happy New Year & Guten Rutsch!

Please give generously if you can and repost - 1/2 of us will experience cancer www.winterrun.co.uk/s/27912/110578

Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.

Happy Christmas and very best wishes for 2026

Our offices are now closed for the Christmas and New Year break. We will be open again from 9am on Monday 5th January 2026. We hope everyone has a very festive and restful break!

Merry Yule! It’s the shortest day of the year and we can now look forward to the return of the light! The Romans seem to have been a bit confused about measuring the daylight and celebrated Sol on 25th December instead. That will never catch on! www.instagram.com/reel/DSStf1u...

NEW Did the #Romans harm our health? Analysis of skeletal remains from England before and during Roman occupation confirms theories that the population’s health declined under Roman occupation, but only in the urban centres. #AntiquityThread 1/13 🧵 TW: human remains 🏺 #Archaeology

A small victory, perhaps. The Guardian replaced the word “Man” with “Humans” in this headline. After I pointed out the misogynistic anachronism. I’m not saying the two things are causally linked, but it happened.

Ooh, our podcast chat about Neolithic society in Ireland is out! Perfect for fireside listen as we approach winter solstice.