The splendid website London Pavement Geology (www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk) has been extended across the UK and tells you where to find treasures hidden in plain sight. Here are some London fossils from the LSE and Somerset House.

🏛️ Ottoman Iznik Wall Tile, c. 1590 (Western Anatolia)

When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".

BBC World Service funding.

Right, fellow Welsh learners, I am taking the plunge: My new structured practice program is ready for early birds at just £5 pcm until 31 March. Properly learn all the grammar your course skimmed over, expand your vocabulary, and grow your confidence! ymestyn.cymru #dysgucymraeg

9/ All eight #Detectorists covers available as a pack of postcards from here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop

One of my more random collections (although I did work there for a while): old gig posters from Goldsmiths… First up, early-era GLR favourites Love & Money: 🧵

@oispooky.bsky.social Dinosaurs!!!

The depressing and obnoxious reality here is that many powerful and well-connected rich men see half of the population as meat rather than as people.That will not change in a hurry because the culture, the wealth and the connections persist www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Snowy egret and friend, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #snowyegret

A #Roman glass bowl in cobalt blue with white irregular swirls; it was made about 2000 years ago, probably in Italy, but ended up in a C1st AD grave in Roman Britain #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientRome

1/6: There's a significant new addition to the display cabinet at @surreydocksfarm.bsky.social. It's the large jug on the right that's 'new' - but this has in fact taken over 10 years to reconstruct! The first part - the bit with the handle - was found in June 2015....

A Zone map and Charges for Watermen on the Thames in 1803, from today's new post - Watermen’s Rates, The Shock of America and a 19th Century Street View at alondoninheritance.com

'People resist ICE here too' - spotted at Deptford Bridge

I've been a guest of Historic Royal Palaces at #HamptonCourt today, seeing some of the outcomes of the brilliant Henry VIII On Tour project. What an inspiring mix of rigorous interdisciplinary history, public engagement and co-creation with communities. Congratulations to all the team!

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Great to see our new IHR Discovery Course on 'Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place', led by @justincolson.bsky.social, getting off to a brilliant start this morning. A full room, lots of treasures from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, + a fascinating few days of lectures, workshops and visits ahead!

News | Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets

Green spaces under threat. Greenwich one of worst hit!!! : Repository Woods, Metropolitan Open Land/Thamesmead, Equestrian Centre, STC Sports Club New Eltham, Quaggy Playing Fields. ‘Councils have unfettered powers’ 📣 @cprecountryside.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/future-...

Thanks to Ben Lerwill for a lovely article on my #urbangeology walks in today’s @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

#HeritageCrime at Buncton Chapel of All Saints - a Grade 1 listed building set in West Sussex All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged. Credit to Sussex Crime Watch

For the second night in a row, the skies over Ukraine are magnificent.❤️💚

Made it to Stromness on Orkney right on time after a smooth crossing on the m/v Hamnavoe. Tour to Scapa Flow tomorrow! There just remains the minor detail of how long I might be stuck here for…

The @findsorguk.bsky.social PAS report for 2024 is out. 79,616 finds were reported (up 7% from 2023's 74,506) 1540 Treasure finds (up 12% from 2023's 1358) So... numbers are still rising at alarming rates. 1/4 #Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure finds.org.uk/documents/an...

Wow wow WOW! Beautiful northern lights over Bathford tonight 😍 #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #BathUK

We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?” @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social citiesandmemory.com/listening

Sonoshaping the Frozen Seas: Exploring Sonic Imaginaries in the Polar Sounds Project - a new academic article about our Polar Sounds project has just been published, featuring interviews with the participating artists. Give it a read in Ocean and Society! www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...

One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again. —C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

Word has spread on the long tailed tit grapevine that I run a very good bird café. This family group (likely brothers & sisters from a 2025 brood) came to dine. I’m passing on these 5 adorable tiny birbs (colloquial name: flying teaspoons) to you bc we all need a bit of joy rn🪶:

For any who don't know, for most of the time I research prehistoric gold, especially Iron Age gold - looking at it from a craft perspective. My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here: #Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs www.bigbookoftorcs.com

Bewitched by Hamamelis x intermedia 1 'Pallida' 2 'Vesna' 3 'Robert' 4 'Rubin' 5 'Harry' 6 'Orange Peel' #Hamamelis #ukgardening

Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6... #kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film

One Show tonight, 13 mins. All about treasure hunting. ...& what did the arch present have to say? "Some objects you have to report by law, mostly gold & silver objects, but other objects [in] UK law you don't have to record" I give up... 😔 #Archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pvhm

@oispooky.bsky.social :-)

Today we’re celebrating The National Lottery Heritage Fund's Heritage Treasure Day 🏛️ We have some wonderful pieces of heritage across the Royal Parks, from the historic bandstand in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park 🌳 Find out more, here ▶️ https://bit.ly/425foSo.

Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay Jason Price, metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum #HeritageCrime share.google/tnbdl4tMPADF...

This is sad news. Sandys Fishmongers in Twickenham is closing following a berevement. That shop was a local institution. www.sandysfish.net

If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @hertfordcollege.bsky.social I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social in 2024: buff.ly/Yh62O5X

Maiden's Garlands These crown-shaped funeral garlands, also called virgin's crowns or crants, were carried before the coffins of unmarried women and then hung in churches. Made from paper flowers, ribbons and white gloves on wooden frames, they often bore the deceased's name and verses.

We have been visiting the sacred lake of Llyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey where part of an Iron Age trumpet has also been found. And one of our vets (Paul) has been placating the gods there with his own carnyx and giving lessons to an old friend (Lisa) in the mess at RAF Valley! ⚱️ #archaeology

If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Indian Institute, @ox.ac.uk I wrote about this for @wonkhe.bsky.social back in 2022: buff.ly/zaKoSP6 The tooth-marks come from Freya the dog

Here’s a comment on our petition by a local resident who commutes to Canary Wharf. @london.gov.uk , @sebdance.bsky.social and @willnorman.co.uk do you think it acceptable for commuters who opt into active travel to put up with this? And @royalgreenwich.bsky.social - your thoughts?

My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt

Today’s walk - lots of ice, broken reflections , and a heron #photography #canals #ice

One of the resident herons at Manor House Gardens. Spindly legs, huge feet!

So Long, Grace Payne. (at 101) @thegentleauthor.bsky.social republishes Sarah Winman's interview with her. spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/03/s...