While numbers for some species are up, this does not seem to be a good year for butterflies where I am ... but perhaps numbers will increase during August @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

More objects linked to Dietrich von Bothmer and Fritz Bürki deaccessioned by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/two-...

2100 butterfly observations this year. Painted lady numbers are striking; but overall numbers seem to be down @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

The scale of classical returns from New York's @metmuseum.org is staggering @manhattanda.bsky.social lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/clas...

#heritagecrime #Cymru #offroading #Cadw #Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Protection for the site of the battle of Granikos #AlexandertheGreat www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/bu...

Heritage Crime #Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Over 1,000 butterfly observations this year - and especially with large numbers of Painted Lady @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social Here is my list of top 10 sightings.

Presumably a hawk-moth feeding on the valerian in our garden @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

@bc-suffolk.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

First painted lady of the year basking on the Suffolk coast at Hollesley Marshes @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Volcanic activity on the Methana peninsula, Greece www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...

#archaeology #Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well over 100 observations - 9 species - today bringing this year's total to 450. Plenty of male and female orange-tips with a few holy blues. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

First sightings of green-veined white and red admiral today at Flatford; numerous female orange tips; this year's count just went over the 200 mark @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Late Roman portrait excavated in the agora at Izmir in the early 1930s has been returned to Türkiye from the Denver Art Museum @denverartmuseum.bsky.social lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/04/denv...

First 100 observations this year: Peacock (65), sm white (21), brimstone, orange tip, sm tortoiseshell, comma, sp wood @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

The life and legacy of Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith was celebrated at Choral Evensong on Sunday 22 March. Bishop Timothy served as Archdeacon of Norwich from 1973 to 1981, and as Bishop of Thetford until 1991, and during his lifetime he wrote more than 450 hymns. cathedral.org.uk/news/bishop-...

Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord! A great joy to preach at Evensong at @norwichcathedral.bsky.social with Pam Rhodes reading a lesson, and then to dedicate a stunning plaque in memory of Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith (Bishop of Thetford). Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.

All are welcome to join us for Evensong at 3.30pm on Sunday 22 March, when we will dedicate a memorial stone for Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, Archdeacon of Norwich from 1973 to 1981. This service will also be live streamed on our YouTube channel. Read more at cathedral.org.uk/news/bishop-...

Association with Becchina overlooked at the Cycladic conference @metmuseum.org discussing the Stern collection of Cycladicising material #provenance lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/02/draw...

11 species in the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch bit.ly/3tgxjGS

Roman villa identified at Margam @swanseauni.bsky.social #archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#wildlife #Athens #urban #fox www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...

Well, well, well. While I've been off trying to fight the advance of authoritarianism, there's been a development in this complex story. VMFA nobly "does the right thing," US authorities celebrate the step, but no one realizes that these aren't what they seem... cc @davidwjgill.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @hedgehogpress.co.uk for sending advance copies of my POLAR CORONA, my #poetry pamphlet. The 🐧 popped out of the package about an hour ago. www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/2025/12/06/p...

PRE-ORDERS OPEN: “Polar Corona” – Caroline Gill I am so verily chuffed to say that Pre-orders are NOW OPEN, which means that Caroline Gill's gorgeous wee collection, Polar Corona can be Signed and yours in time for Christmas if you get in touch with Caroline today 🙂 Here is all that you need to…

More thoughts on the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art on loan to @metmuseum.org #Cycladic lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-a...

Why has an Attic bf cup fragment been returned to Italy when it was known in 1957? Is Italy changing its approach to cultural property? #Hecht lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/hech...

What name would you have suggested? #mammoth museum.wales/news/1423/To...

Bronze Age objects stolen from St Fagans #Cymru #culturalproperty www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#RichardIII www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A crown of sonnets

A crown of sonnets from @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social to be published by @hedgehogpress.co.uk

Analysis of key collections of Cycladic figures including @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Fitzwilliam @metmuseum.org @gettymuseum.bsky.social as well as the Stern collection Tsirogiannis, C., D. W. J. Gill, and C. Chippindale. "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures."

New study on Cycladic figures now available: Tsirogiannis, C., D. W. J. Gill, and C. Chippindale. 2025. "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures." Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies 13: 203–33. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jemahs/...

Report and webinar on the importance of heritage as part of the visitor economy heritagefutures.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/u...

Theft from St Fagans www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #culturalheritage #heritagecrime

They agreed to loan the material in exchange for title to the objects and future research and exhibits. The agreement, approved over objections by the archaeological community, resolved what might have become a protracted dispute over the collection. Learn more: mola.omeka.net/items/show/2...

In 2024 the Stern Collection of Cycladic Antiquities was placed on long-term loan with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as the result of a novel repatriation agreement with the Greek government.

New Case: The Leonard N. Stern Collection of Cycladic Antiquities, contributed by Prof. David Gill The Stern Collection includes 161 Cycladic figurines and stone vessels dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 3200-2000 BCE). Stern assembled it between 1983 and 2020.

Poetry reading @longshop.bsky.social www.letteringartstrust.org.uk/events/poetr...

Cleon's Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis @bsathens.bsky.social www.bsa.ac.uk/events/david...

The comments between Mendelsohn and former curator Michael Padgett (also named in the 2024 arrest warrant for antiquities trafficker Edoardo Almagia), discussing articles written by @davidwjgill.bsky.social, Marlowe and ARCA clearly demonstrate his awareness that his statue was problematic.

Our local parish church illuminated to mark #VJDay

Tarentine antiquities returned to Italy from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sources: Robin Symes; Aboutaam family. lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...

Just observed my 2500th butterfly this year with notable sightings of common blues today. 7 species with more than 100. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Just passed my 2000th observation this year @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Phenomenal review essay on the new Stern Collection at the Met by @davidwjgill.bsky.social. An encapsulation of the ethical issues (and their ramifications) in antiquities collecting, and how they impact academics, museums, and the wider public bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.07... #AncientBlueSky 🏺