If you have BBC access and haven't yet heard this it's worth a listen Source: BBC share.google/zV0goAvrCEPt...

Founders of the KCL Greek play! Brian and Diana Sparkes (then Foss) first met at KCL and performed in Hippolytus in 1953, later marrying. They shared some of their recollections with us. We are bowled over. Do watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2T...

Get your tickets here for our fantastic students Greek Play 'The Clouds'! Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA.

If you know any 16-18 year olds interested archaeology or think it might be for them; look into our free ace courses. They do a range of great activities which gives them a taster or archaeology!

Book proofs and 'How it Was' stories - thinking through writing history for different readers. clairemillington.com/2026/02/05/h...

Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!

Book proofs and 'How it Was' stories - thinking through writing history for different readers. clairemillington.com/2026/02/05/h...

New! ‘Herodotus and History’ course with Professor Chris Carey. Join Prof Carey from Wednesday 25th February to find out about one of the most fascinating writers of the ancient world! Five, weekly online sessions with recordings available www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event... 🏺

#BlueskyClassics Check out this nuts bit of Classical reception: The Dying Gladiator pub in Brigg, North Lincs. Opened in the 1860s it is, allegedly and unsurprisingly, the only pub named this in the world. With it's weathered copy of the Dying Gaul sculpture. Wild.

Young Archaeologists’ Club has a new look and website! 🖐️ Over the past year we’ve worked with young people, volunteers, and two dedicated paid placements to rebuild YAC’s digital space so it better reflects the confidence, curiosity and creativity of our members. Take a look 👉 www.yac-uk.org

The first issue of EJA for 2026 is now available to read 🧵 The opening article presents the sobering results of research into the post-Second World War mass grave site of Jama pod Macesnovo gorico in Slovenia: doi.org/10.1017/eaa....

The bounciest and greenest of mosses. 💚 The simple pleasure of stopping to admire the colour and feel of them.

This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.' From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...

Just noticed an AI-generated image in a magazine to which I subscribe; if the image was supplied, the editor may not even have realised - but alertness to AI is now an indispensable part of being an editor. People don’t want to pay for slop, and subscriptions will haemorrhage

The excellent Mass Observation Project is asking people who identify as queer to share with them their normal day, specifically 12 February massobs.org.uk/2026/01/07/w...

‘The universities are the enemy … we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country’ --- J. D. Vance, 2021. #HigherEd #edchat #EduSky #AcademicSky #antifa #phdchat

Classical reception crew: if you have written a classical reception book* (anywhere in the ancient world obviously not just Greece and Rome) that is open access or has a cover price of less than £30, can you let me know so I can check I’ve covered them all in my list? Thanks!

Teaching Hellenistic trade with India today, which means I get to show this stunning Gandharan dish with depictions of Apollo and Daphne that dates to around 100-1 BCE. It is made of schist and was likely created in what is modern-day Pakistan. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Buckland wrote this despite understanding that women of his time, whether his wife Mary, or #MaryAnning whose work he benefitted from, were serious, skilled palaeontological fieldworkers & thinkers... Here's the @trowelblazers.bsky.social article on Mary Buckland trowelblazers.com/2014/05/09/m...

Absolutely delighted that the funding for Banbury Museum in 2027/8 has been reinstated. banburyfm.com/news/museum-...

🥳 thank everyone who filled out the Council's awkward consultation. Museum is saved for now.

My sister-in-law's dad died last week, in hospice in the VA hospital in Minneapolis. I just learned Alex Pretti was part of his care team. They shot Alex less than 1/2 mile from my niece's house while doing the same observation work that my niece is doing. These are real people. Step up folks!

Been thinking about the ick in antiquity and how Rosemary Sutcliff wrote prehistory for children clairemillington.com/2026/01/25/c...

As ever, incredibly inspiring words from Rachel 👏🥹❤️

Book proofs. Excited to be getting Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall ready for publication. Pre-orders from www.amberley-books.com/discover-boo... and all the usual places!

Get your diaries - for the M.V. Taylor Lecture! Professor Barbara Borg will discuss 'Via Appia, Mile Three: Tracing Ethno-Religious Minorities in Imperial Rome' at 17.30, on Thursday 5 February. Room 349, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU. All welcome. No booking needed.

You ask for Medea, that's how you get Medea. Here she is in this glorious fresco from Pompeii. www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...

May the earth lie lightly on us.

#TinyJoys a conifer in our garden was home to goldcrests and I was really unhappy when it came down. I hoped they'd move to nearby yew trees. This morning the Merlin app picked up their song.

Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...

I need 1 more person to enrol by tomorrow morning! Thank you! adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...

Did not think I could love Malorie Blackman any more ♥️♥️♥️ she is perfect for this www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

I am begging people to just imagine for a second talking as if the lives of the people in Greenland are an important part of what is happening in Greenland.

Exciting! Rehearsals are underway for the KCL Greek Play. 3rd – 5th March 2026. www.instagram.com/reels/DTizqU... Get your tickets at estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...

Roman vehicle fitting shaped like a panther with her paws on a severed head has been declared treasure under the new significance-based criteria of the Treasure Act 1996, after research by KCL's Dr John Pearce. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is pretty cool stuff. New graffiti from Pompeii thanks to RTI. pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de...

Applications are now invited for a new RHS programme for 2026, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and @chalkefestival.bsky.social 'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians

Oooh good question for historians and archaeologists... what's the oldest thing you've accidentally been injured by? I've cut myself with numerous flint flakes and implements ranging from 6000-3500 years old) - I'm sure someone can outdo that...

Lasagne - lovely metaphor for stratigraphy. Context really does matter in archaeology. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🗃️ V. cool work & important discovery. I'm interested though that it's not considered as something a girl might produce, as part of her religious & literary education (also recognising I'm unfamiliar with what's known about such girls' learning contexts at that time...)

Happy weekend! It’s a grey old Saturday so we are in need of some visual vitamin c. The lime plaster on the exterior of the Hall is tinted with yellow ochre providing a sunny warm colour. ☀️

I’m a huge fan of @g0blinegg.bsky.social If you haven’t discovered Amy’s work on Shropshire folklore 👇

We are well into our read of 'Year of the Tiger' in memory of Alice Wong, for our disability & chronic illness reading collective, The #PedanticZebra Book Club. This is a super quote about holding & unifying the many aspects of ourselves. 💙📚 To join us on Fable: tinyurl.com/3r2ctufh

The trial of allowing cycling access on Sheep Street, Bicester’s main shopping street, has shown that cyclists slow down, stop, or move aside for pedestrians in 86% of cases. Pedestrians gave way to cyclists in the other 14%. 320 behaviour observations were made via mobile CCTV.

Windowpane fragments from the Roman fort and caravanserai of Khirbet al-Khalde, Jordan #RomanFortThursday The glass was Egyptian, not Syro-Palestinian as was common for the region, suggesting the economy was less centrally organised than first thought. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Going to be videod. Looking forward to watching this.

maybe don't be Black? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Phenomenal. The Thetford Carnyx sound by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social and seen tonight on #diggingforbritain

The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵 #DiggingForBritain #DrawingDiggingForBritain #PlaymobilInfestation @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social 1: Life

🏺🧪 Reminder - it's never good #SciComm practice to make inaccurate/misleading gen-AI imagery. Case in point- recent posts here of #Neanderthals with complex engravings, & metallic-looking objects. (they also apparently have 6 fingers, but I guess who tf cares when it's just vibes for the public 🙄)