The Daily Mirror brands Donald Trump "shameful" after the president blamed diversity hiring for the deadly air collision in Washington DC on Wednesday

They used to hang criminals from the walls of Lincoln Castle - and not as long ago as you might think! #truecrime #history youtu.be/BAg-7pEEcT8?...

Graves of Karl Marx, Malcolm McLaren, Douglas Adams, and Beryl Bainbridge at Highgate Cemetery

Catch me on Tales From Oak Island on History

Pre-decimal banknotes I kept in a Shakespeare folio as a kid back in the 1970s - remember these?

Dressing up for some filming today - guess the decade?!!

Reviews for my latest book: The Knights Templar - History & Mystery - published by Pen & Sword #books #history

Filming with Stephanie from the BBC - all very hush hush!

The majority of Britons believe that the public should not have to pay for the £369m refurbishment of Buckingham Palace, a YouGov poll commissioned for The Times has found ⬇️

Mike and I can’t agree on jam or cream first and whether it’s pronounced sc-own or sc-on. I’m in the jam first and scone like “own” camp. This threatens our future happiness!

Steep Hill in Lincoln is indeed steep!!

The Trier Gold Hoard is the largest #Roman gold hoard ever discovered. It comprises more than 2650 aurei (gold coins) with a total weight of about 18.5 kilogram. The aurei were hidden in 196AD during the revolt of Clodius Albinus against emperor Septimius Severus. 🧵1/2 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

The dangerous lies of Elon Musk His ill-informed backing for Tommy Robinson and slurs against Jess Phillips say it all about Trump's right-hand man www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-loudmouth-...

Temple Bruer - drove through a muddy field to see the remains of this Templar preceptory

The ruins of Canterbury Abbey - which came a cropper during the Reformation

Tamworth Castle lit blood red - very vampiric!

Greenland posts defiant response to Trump’s takeover talks “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale” 👊 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...

Boxing Day walk in Hopwas woods just outside Tamworth - spooky in the fog

Latest from the Elon Musk dictatorship - if you try and block or mute all the far Right and pro-Russian accounts drowning your feed - YOU are the spammer - Orwellian

Last Saturday we were in Canterbury cathedral with Thomas Becket and the Black Prince

My Twitter X feed today had in rapid succession Eric Trump, Laura Loomer, the Russian embassy and Richard Tice - none of whom I follow - what does this say? #musk

Christmas in Tamworth

New podcast: Henry VIII’s Christmas at Hampton Court. With longtime buddy @tracyborman.bsky.social Please listen here: 🎧: podfollow.com/dan-snows-hi...

That glorious moment the publisher sends you an advance copy of your latest book - The Knights Templar: History & Mystery - Pen & Sword books - first of a trilogy on the Templars with book two out next year #history #author #books

Women’s health tackled in medieval manuscripts - and the role women played as medics in the Middle Ages - things you discover at the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Joan of Arc’s signature on a letter begging for more gunpowder - at the excellent Medieval Women exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social

Weird and forgotten WW2 era Hollywood movies about Adolf Hitler - Charlie Chaplin wasn’t the only actor spoofing him in the 1940s

2 December 1889 | A Polish woman, Maria Mnich, was born in Udrycze. In Auschwitz from 13 December 1942. No. 26973 She perished in the camp on 21 April 1943.

Friday night at the British Museum - beats the pub (now I don’t drink)

Our “Royal Box” at the Curzon Mayfair to watch Gladiator II - loving the cinema’s 70s decor - plus Gerard Butler is here! @curzoncinemas.bsky.social

17 November 1898 | Czech Jewish woman, Marie Šlehoferová, was born in Trutnov. She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

There is now some hard evidence that X boosted the Trump campaign and suppressed the Harris campaign. What's to stop Musk from doing the same in other countries? www.threads.net/@profsander....

Latest Trump cabinet pick is Chris Wright for Energy Secretary, an oil executive. He has: -Described net zero as "sinister." -Last year said: “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” -Claimed we've seen no increase in extreme weather events.

I am doing a series of gigs from Edinburgh to Yeovil in autumn 25...dates, places and times announced here.

A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Beautiful stained glass window at St Katherine Cree in the City of London - a church that survived the 1666 Great Fire

I’m seriously loving this platform. It’s like a school reunion. Meeting up with old friends, remembering the good times and forgetting all the bad stuff

Imagine sitting down for a drink or a meal with people whose company you enjoyed & being told by management that half of the table would be now occupied by people who just wanted to shout ‘C**t’ at you. The exodus has absolutely nothing to do with ‘opinions’. Media reports must reflect this more.

Interesting to observe the fall out among liberals from the election - a lot of soul searching, what can we learn, what do people want, etc? When Trumpists lost there was none of that - just conspiracy theories, it was stolen, etc. This says a lot to me about notions of accountability on both sides.

Call My Bluff - BBC Four repeating the 1970s series - definitely of its time!

As a nerd who loves numbers I keep looking at the rising numbers of Bluesky users on their open source log.....over a million NEW users today 💙💙 Love it bsky-users.theo.io

35,000-year-old frozen saber-toothed cat mummy studied for first time ever The cat's remains were found in Yakutia, Russia, and were determined to be those of a 3-week-old cub. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is objecting to the release of a bipartisan investigation into the conduct of former Matt Gaetz, Trump’s highly controversial pick to be Attorney General. Senators had demanded to see it. Now they may never.

Is this the end of X? We've done an analysis on the rise of Bluesky ⬇️

Latest @thenewsagents.bsky.social Could an alleged sex trafficker really become America’s most senior law officer? Listen now. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Hanging out with Nigel from @pastpreservers.bsky.social and Natasha in Trafalgar Square

Tim Burton exhibition at the Design Museum in London is jaw dropping - amazing if you enjoy his movies

Appeared in episode one of Alien Corridors on Blaze last night mulling over UFO sightings in Washington state over the years - your views very welcome #uap #ufo #extraterrestrial

I'm sure everyone else is noticing this, but on X, I've got 800k followers and, since circa 2022, engagement was through the floor: often no replies whatsoever. Here, I've got 20k and I'm constantly chatting. X has been broken for a loooong time.