When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends. Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.

I'm assuming this incredible book is on everybody's shelves (or devices) - & if not it's on your Christmas list🎄🧐 Brilliantly written & includes the best description of the frenetic & brutal attack on Ynys Môn/ Anglesey by the Romans in AD60 ⚔️👌

Yesterday, a chance for me to take an image I've had in mind for months- Matthew and Michael in homage to Richard and Dic Bach An incredible end to an incredible tour. Back to where it all started in Pontrhydyfen, Burton's birthplace- incredible stuff from Matthew Rhys as Burton

‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’ Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going

Butrint, a UNESCO #WHS, is slowly sinking due to the natural geography of its site in Southern #Albania. This niche is part of a Temple complex dedicated to Roman god of medicine, Aesclepius. Modern walkways keep visitors’ feet dry. #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 📸 my own.

Celebrations at Caerleon, marking the 175th anniversary of the opening of the National Roman Legion Museum. Over 800 visitors came to activities at the amphitheatre, the church, the neighbouring school and the museum itself. #RomanCaerleon #amgueddfacymru #Caerleon #ancientbluesky #museum

There was a racist pogrom in Ulster literally weeks ago. An actual violent pogrom. People fled their homes in terror. www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Labour are now MORE Tory, than the Conservatives are!

The Time Team visit to Isca (Caerleon, Newport) is now up on YouTube. #Isca #caerleon #caerllion #TimeTeam #cardiffuniversity #romancaerleon youtu.be/pAaV0x9WOv8?...

Simply this.

There is some very good advice here from HE. If you are interested in this area, especially in developing awareness and training in #HeritageCrime it is worth having a word with Mark Harrison, HE's subject lead, who has really driven this area of their work.

In Belfast, so went to see the statue of Big Jim Larkin, leader of the Dublin lock-out. His great rousing lines are more pertinent than ever: “The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise."

Tiberius Flavius Postumius Varus is thanked for restoring the Temple of Diana at Caerleon. A pity nobody thought to mention where the temple might be. #epigraphytuesday #caerleon #Isca #nationalromanlegionmuseum #amgueddfacymru

Venus with mirror. From the floor of Palazzo Gioia in Rimini,restored and conserved by students at Bologna University. Now displayed in the Rimini Museum. #mosaicmonday

A few years ago I had the good fortunate to l handle this Caerwent find, usually displayed at Newport Museum, when it returned 'home' on a day trip for a S4C TV programme. Celtic? British? Romano-British? #stoneheadsunday

Much of the remains of the forum basilica of Roman Bologna, built in the first century BCE, lie beneath the floor of the Sala Borsa library at Piazza Nettuno. #romansitesaturday #Bologna

This is utterly horrifying

Musk is enabling election interference against political parties he dislikes. He will keep doing it until governments stop him.

25 April in Bologna. 80th anniversary of liberation from fascism. #Liberazione80 #bellaciao #viadelpratello #Bologna

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

Pope Francis dedicated his life to the marginalised, displaced and dispossessed. A rare voice for humanity, he spent his final days on this earth calling for peace. Let his enduring legacy — of empathy, courage and kindness — inspire us to build a more humane world for all.

Part of a mosaic floor discovered in Bologna 1831. Context unknown it has been dated to the late 2nd century and depicts Triton. Now displayed at Museo Civico Archeologico Bologna . 📷 lamiafoto #mosaicmonday #Bologna

Welsh language theatre company Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn is bringing its acclaimed musical Pum Diwrnod o Ryddid (‘Five Days of Freedom’) about a Chartist uprising to Newport this spring, as part of a short national tour

#StoneHeadSunday, anyone? This the Bryn y Môr head on display at the wonderful Oriel Môn, Anglesey. Found on the farm of the same name near Valley in the 1950s. As with many heads, it is difficult to date, & suggestions range from prehistoric to medieval. Coarse sandstone 32kg. #StandingStoneSunday

#OTD 1791 • Rev Dr Richard Price died aged 68. He was an influential Welsh moral philosopher and theologian, well-known for his influence on both the French and American Revolutions 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o... #Wales #History

My mum died of covid in January 2021 because her wonderful carers had inadequate PPE. The VIP lane led to £3.8bn being spent on unusable PPE and 1000's of deaths. Thank you @russellscott1.bsky.social for exposing. Suppliers and buyers need to be brought to justice. @cbffjuk.bsky.social

A late second century statuette of Asclepius, heavily restored in the eighteenth century on display at Ferrara's Palazzo Schifanoia. #museoschifanoia #asclepio

A never-spoken-a-truer-word article. Idiotic raid of a Quaker Meeting House by the @metpolice.bsky.social And now nonviolent @youthdemand.bsky.social is famous and will be followed by many more, exactly what the police probably don't want. And yes, Labour must repeal the repressive Tory legislation

He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY! Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs. He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳

A mammoth auction of Welsh art is to go under the hammer in Cardiff this Sunday featuring original works from some of Wales' most celebrated artists including Kyffin Williams, Ernest Zobole, Claudia Williams and Gwilym Prichard

'About 40% of the teachers who responded also said they felt ill-equipped to handle such conduct.' Also a rising, largely unacknowledged problem in UK universities with especially obvious impacts for female students & staff, of much more immediate concern than often concocted threats to free speech.

📢 Announcing #Cambrians Walks and Talks 2025! We have an amazing lineup of walks (free, led by experts) including Dinefwr (10 May), upland Blaenau Gwent (15 June), Llangollen Denbighshire (29 June), Hillfort at Moel Fenlli (9 Aug), and historic Bangor (16 Aug)! 😀 Info and booking: bit.ly/4ckpOAy

March's addiitions to the Ellis library.

Beneath Pret a Manger in Chester, where Deva's principia once stood. #romanfortthursday #deva

'What a liar. What an almighty, irredeemable, hideous liar.' @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts as Donald Trump claims ignorance over the White House leaking war plans.

Mosaic of the first quarter of the twenty-first Century, Villa Ventorum, Somerset. #mosaicmonday #villaventorum #thenewtinsomerset 📷myphoto

A feature from a mid second century mosaic now in Rimini Museum. #mosaicmonday #rimini 📷 My photo

#C19th #Chartism Mary Ann Walker in her own words. I’ve updated the biog and transcribed the speeches and talks given by Chartist lecturer Mary Ann Walker. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/mary-ann-wal...

Putin & Netanyahu are not politely waiting for Europe to step up to the plate vacated by Trump’s USA. Those who thought they were already acting with impunity are enduring a rude awakening.

Beware the Ides of March.

Remains of the Romano British temple at Venta Silurum - modern day Caerwent - c. 330s. #romansitesaturday 📷MyOwn

#RomanSiteSaturday The footings of a Roman townhouse in the heart of Venta Silurum/Caerwent Roman town in south Wales 📷 My own

I'm no fan of Rupwrt Lowe, or anyone in Reform but it seems interesting timing that he gets referred to the police the day after lashing out at Farage 🤔🤨 BBC News - Reform UK refers MP Rupert Lowe to police www.bbc.com/news/article...

Burrium (Usk) was a roman legionary fortress in the country of the Silures in what is now Wales. It was superceded by the more famous fortress at Isca (Caerleon). #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky uskcivicsociety.org.uk/roman-usk/

Dydd Gwyl Ddewi hapus i bawb. Happy Saint David's Day to you all.

"Hitler, his administration, and his millionaire class friends used in 1933 to dissolve Germany’s Weimar Republic, a mere 53 days after Hitler took power as Chancellor. Take note at the time of this writing, we here in America are only 29 days into the new Trump administration."

With more and more businesses across Wales realising the value of the Welsh language, there couldn't be a better time to shine a spotlight on fast and friendly Welsh translation service, Helo Blod wp.me/p8Mk4U-VAq