Work related thing: we have several funded PhDs available at present - see www.jobs.ac.uk/search/emplo... - covering archaeology, project management, neuroscience, skin science and telecoms.

Latest restoration project. Hull length is 5 foot 10. Cat for scale!

Walking behind someone when something fell on the ground from her pocket. I was tutting about littering, but as I got closer I saw it was £10. So I picked it up, caught up with her and handed it back. Many on ‘the other place’ won’t understand this. But I’m happy just with her thanks and smile.

PhD studentship Alert! We have a fully funded International position available at the centre studying with me and Jess @jwcookhale.bsky.social looking at Submerged Sites in the Gulf of México - good luck to all the applicants 👍😀

One of those days when I’m bumping my elbows on sharp corners, forgetting to bring the latest version of lectures, not able to find the links to an important web page etc. Muddled through, no one seems to have noticed!

I sent my first (and only) tweet 15 years ago. It was about the canal freezing over, so it seems appropriate as it’s starting to snow to make this first post on what hopefully will be a more friendly platform