Out lecture and events season starts soon, so why not take a look at what we've got coming up! www.sal.org.uk/events/

Mandelson Crisis Starmer Acts! The new Private Eye is out now.

I’ve not noticed this before. In Lambeth on the Thames path by the Festival Pier.

#OnThisDay in 1613 the Globe Theatre, built by William #Shakespeare's play company, burned down. It was rebuilt the following year but ultimately pulled down for good between 1644-45 to make room for tenement buildings 1/2 📷 Tohma / CC BY-SA 4.0

On this day 240 years ago at St George's Circus, Mrs Sage ascended in Vicenzo Lunardi's hot air balloon and became the first British woman to fly. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... x.com/DerbyshireDR...

The British public is urging the transfer of Warrior IFVs to Ukraine, with a formal petition already submitted. The UK military currently operates 359, and are gradually phased out. While 80 are set for disposal, the fate of the remaining 279 is undecided petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

We're excited to be looking for our first ever Maker in Residence this summer! We're seeking a MiR who can inspire our audiences through their creative response to our exhibition #MagnaCarta1225. All the details are on our website, closing date 14 July. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Right going to post this again - since I'm not great at Bluesky yet! If you're interested in #Archaeology in Gloucestershire do consider coming along or watching from the comfort of your home. Some great speakers!

Also as an aside, if anyone has any historical consultancy/writing they need doing, I’m available. My calendar has now become much more empty 😞

On 18 July I'll be talking about The Anglo-Saxons: Myth and Reality in Southwark Cathedral. cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/visiting/sou...

The source mosaic from #southwark for this amazing biscuit!

🏺Does anyone know about old cameras? My dad used this one about 40 years ago, I thought my mother had given it away and she just handed it to me. #camera #photography #leica

+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+ We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

A closeup of Castlerigg and some artistic efforts. #standingstonesunday

#OnThisDay in London's indebted history: the ‘Amazons ‘ of the Southwark Mint sanctuary repulse the bailiffs wp.me/p74yfw-ui

#FindsFriday One of most evocative #Roman London finds ever: leopard as ivory knife handle. Tiny little thing <6cm long was buried 3-4 C in Southwark w 14 year old girl who originated from southern med. Inspired @carolawrence.bsky.social time travelling kids' book. 🏺 📷 @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social

We're delighted that this year's Annual Lecture will be with Gustav Milne and Angela Broomfield on New Research on the City Foreshore. Join us on 22nd May, 7:00pm at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL or online on Zoom. www.londonarchaeologist.org.uk/agm-and-annu... #London #Archaeology 🏺

Castlerigg from a distance #standingstonesunday

A papal bulls of Innocent III (1198-1216) found by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social at 127-143 Borough High Street #southwark. If my memory is correct the property was owned by Merton Priory.

On the Cover this issue! This Chinese fire-breathing lion was found during excavations which were conducted from 1998 - 2018 at Bermondsey Square. Photo © PCA/Strephon Duckering #London #Archaeology 🏺

Exciting recruitment news, we're now advertising for the role of Head of Collections (Library, Museum and Archives)! Closing date is 18 May. For all the details on the role and how to join our friendly team, please see the link. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Is this a first? I’m writing an article about #cannon and #bollards for @londonarchaeo.bsky.social and I need to reference TikTok!

Sat 3 MAY @ 1pm & 3pm onsite DISCOVERY DAY: ARCHAEOLOGY Tickets £7/£5 : bit.ly/4cLMWbs See the archaeological site of The Rose Playhouse, learn how its remains are preserved, and discover what the future holds. You'll be able to handle objects from the period, similar to those found at the site.

A film based in the town nearest to where I’m from. There is a film made in the village I lived in, but it involves a village in Surrey unconvincingly playing Monte Carlo

A #southwark special article!

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I got to talk about one of my favourite objects last night, so why not write a quick post about them for posterity? ancientbluesky ancientalexandra.weebly.com/gladiators/s...

Sat 5 April, 1pm & 3pm, onsite at The Rose A TUDOR EASTER £10 / £7 (Friends). Book: bit.ly/3DLhRHW Discover how Elizabethans celebrated the end of Lent. With a traditional mummer's play and talks on Easter customs, culture & food, you can try a sample or two or even join in with the dancing!

Local fox on Porlock Street, Bermondsey resolute in not posing for a photo.

The Rose's history is entwined with the animal baiting arenas it stood next to. Its owner Philip Henslowe and lead actor Edward Alleyn even bought the Mastership of this brutal sport in 1604. This fascinating thread from Archaeobears reveals new research about the lives of the animals themselves.

@se1.news will be interested in this!

I wonder if JD Vance is planning to lecture his boss’s buddy Vladimir Putin on democracy and free speech. 🤔

The Walworth Clinic, Southwark, 1936.

Good use of the disappointing cake photo of the road.

🏺 My talk to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society about the #southwark deep shelter is now online youtu.be/irm99cIsnhk?...

Not 1, but 2 articles about #Southwark in our Winter 2025 issue! Rebecca Haslam and Ireneo Grosso draw on work at Harper Road and Brandon House, and reappraise existing evidence to revise the model of Roman roads in Southwark. Stane Street under excavation at Harper Road ©Pre-Construct Archaeology

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

Cannons! Does anyone know of a useful spotters guide to cannons? The guns not the clerics. I’ve been asked to research a couple and don’t have a good place to start. #history #guns #bollards 🏺

A #southwark special edition this season.

1/2The manor of Rotherhithe & Bermondsey was owned 1801-1816 by Martha Goldsworthy, governess to daughters of George III where she met Jane Gomm, also a royal governess (below aged 13). Neither lady married & lived together upon retirement. Martha left the manor to Jane her “good and worthy friend”

Hello Bluesky! We are a quarterly magazine publishing the latest on #London’s #archaeology, history and heritage. ⚱️ You can subscribe here: www.londonarchaeologist.org.uk/subscribe.html

Join #LocalHistory legend Brian Green at our next online talk all about Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre. 8pm on Tuesday 4 February. Tickets £5 to @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social #EarlyModern #History www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2025/...

Sat 1 Feb, 12pm & 3pm Onsite at The Rose Join The Friends of The Rose for an unrehearsed, script-in-hand 90 minute reading of Anthony Munday’s hit play about Robin Hood – 'The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntington' (1598). Just watch, or take part – roles drawn from a hat! Book: bit.ly/40mv5U0

good sources of news from Ukraine

Tonight’s reading @beccyscottuk.bsky.social and @grindrod.bsky.social

tiny.cc/wfg2001 Time's running out, folks. Get all your Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop by clicking on this (imagine a finger pointing upwards) link. We can't keep these books out of the publisher's pulping machines much longer.

SAT 4 JAN at 1 pm & 3 pm Live at The Rose Playhouse on Bankside Join The Friends of The Rose to discover how Twelfth Night was celebrated at Elizabeth I's court. Meet the dancers and take part in the mayhem! £10 / £7 Friends of The Rose Book: bit.ly/4gPJHRo

#southwark has a bit of an archaeology foot thing going! Including one of my favourites the bronze foot excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social at Tabard Square.