I think it is the most fkd up thing, the very people who have broken the back of the UK, literally destroyed every institution in the UK, are now shouting from the top of their lungs as NEW Reform candidates that they, the ones who destroyed the UK, will now save the UK! IDIOTS WILL BELIEVE THEM🤔

This "open borders" line is *infuriating* - these people came here to study or work, because they had a uni place or a job to come to. They paid visa fees, student fees, NHS surcharge - and many of them are doing challenging and important work - staffing our care homes, for example, including Mum's.

Heaven and Hell This amazing wall painting at Chaldon (Surrey, c.1170-1200) is one of England's most important medieval survivals - a complete medieval sermon in paint spanning the entire west wall.

A Shepherd and His Dog Survive the Centuries This 15th-century bench end at Shingham (Norfolk) still retains its original medieval paint - showing a shepherd with his faithful dog at his feet. The shepherd holds his crook and wears the practical clothing of a medieval countryman.

Tried to make a map of a medieval town one mile radius around the cathedral today, using AI. It made a map of the modern town on a brown background so it would “look like parchment”.

First for doors on the #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare leg of the #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast: #StPaulKewstoke: Cross section of fabulous nailed and filleted south door, showing wide interior roughly sawn horizontal planks #AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

67% of Reform MPs have previously been elected as representatives of the Conservative Party. They broke the country last time; do you trust them to fix it?

An excellent piece that acknowledges that the West Midlands Police made mistakes, that there was antisemitic violence in Amsterdam, and that despite both of these facts, the case for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was - to use a footballing term - very clear and very obvious.

Poster yn rhybuddio melinwyr a delwyr rhag chwyddo pris ŷd yn fwriadol --- Poster warning against millers and dealers ‘Regrating, Engrossing and Forestalling’ the price of corn. Dyddiad/Date: 1800 Heb ei gatalogio / Uncatalogued

33 month postdoc (0.8 FTE) on a really interesting project at Essex on #EarlyModern German and English witchcraft... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQC497/s...

Some posh #shops give off this vibe of overt #exclusivity don't they? (Well, they do to me anyway!) #windowshopping #fashion #retail #hautecouture Unpublished #cartoon

'Detectorist sentenced – he fraudulently claimed he found national treasure and artefacts'

The way things are going Reform will be fighting the next election on a ticket of change from the political parties that came before … with a load of washed-up Tories who were part of the last failure of a government.

stæf-rǣw, f.n: a letter-row, an alphabet. (STAFF-RAEW / ˈstæf-ˌræːw) Image: St Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read from a hornbook; England, 14th century; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 231, f. 3r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Good morning from Oxford's most deceptively cosy-looking wind tunnel

It’s actually three guys but they’re all Peter Sellers

Did u know? Never underestimate insects because of their diminutive size - they're capable of achieving amazing feats. Take Hummingbird Hawk-Moths - they fly 100's of miles across hills, cities, valleys & seas from Europe, to the UK in summer to feed & mate..& the speed of those wing-beats! 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🪲🌍🦋🐛

#Greenland - a great place to breed ... ... if you're a Sanderling. Birds return in May, after spending the winter in countries as diverse as Scotland, Mauritania and Namibia. Fascinating research by @jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t... #ornithology

Donald Trump team 'trying to bully' UK into scrapping ban on sick trophy hunting www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Shocking finding. How are this woodland SSSI's soils being affected?

“Excuse me, but the others sent me up here to ask you to please not roll around so much.”

COMING SOON: Pets & their People explores why humans keep animals close, and what our evolving relationships with pets may reveal about ourselves. 🗓️ 11 March – 27 September 2026 📍 Weston Library 🎟️ Free admission Find out more: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/pets-and-their-people

www.bbc.com/news/article... 'So rare, so significant' So why is it at auction?

Sadly, this #cartoon didn't find a home...unlike millions of #householditems that were, allegedly, eavesdropping on behalf of the #chinese #government 😊 #espionage #spies #courtcase #judge

Join me (and other very special guests) on 4-6 March to explore historic townscapes and urban buildings in history. We'll be looking at architecture, urban development and the ways in which we as researchers can use resources like planning and historic protection as tools for historical work. 🗃️

Revamped website for @transportfornewhomes.org.uk - lots of research showing the gap between the good words in planning policy on sustainable transport and then what actually built on the ground: www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk

iiiiitttttttttttt's CARNYX DAY!! #Archaeology #DiggingForBritain 🏺

Digital ID cartoon from a few months back in Big Issue.

Request for help from any #London friends! Do you know if it's possible to view any of the #CrystalPalace #dinosaurs at present? I know they're undergoing conservation work at the moment. Is it worth a visit, even if I can only see some? Thank you!

Is it wrong to be jealous of your cat?

If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

A little closeup for your delectation #PortisheadToWestonSuperMare #ScamperDownTheSomersetCoast #StPeterWestonInGordano #TilesOnTuesday

A friend has a 'decoy' laptop (in fact a 20 year old IBM brick that just boots up) that they open up and set down near their workspace, Often their cat will settle for that...

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'Archaeologists discover signs of Roman industrial hub at site in Sunderland' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

If you can think of a better way to spend your Friday night I'd like to hear it!

In case you wondered what a Mari Lwyd dance-off looks like...

Don't forget that this is tomorrow!

Deadline tomorrow! Remember to submit your £10K-£250K Peatland Restoration Grant application naturalresources.wales/about-us/gra... With the on-line guidance webinar online for any last-minute checks youtu.be/eTIOtUStmPY @natreswales.bsky.social #HighNatureLowCarbon #WalesPeatlandAction

#ancientbluesky #history #classics #archaeology #rome Disreputable fellow! Not Denzel Washington, who I assume is a fine chap, but slave traders! Although he is an actor, and they were disreputable fellows, too. Find out more - shorturl.at/trlcz

Here's a real oldie from The Oldie... #orangutan #music #junglebook #cartoon

‼️ UK nature is declining fast, yet the Fingleton Review proposes weakening vital protections. Wildlife can’t afford more loss. These plans aren’t law ... yet. There’s still time to act. Speak up now to protect nature 👉 buff.ly/NrsJZ4A

if the Florida courts are honest, independent and fair they will throw out the ludicrous law suit against the British Broadcasting Corporation for airing a programme in England. But under Trump that is a very big IF indeed! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

People and governments in India and China discovering that clean and cheap solar power out competes dirty coal and allows their children to breath more easily. Meanwhile the US deliberately scraps even cheap renewables to put money in the hands of oil companies. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A fabulous vintage shop front. Lovely curved glass windows and look at that Verdi Alpi serpentinite beneath! Let’s hope it’s saved #urbangeology

Idle question for #historysky types: anyone out there genned up on suffrage street literature of the late 1860s/1870s? There's a song in the Alfred Williams collection I'd thought might be Chartist, but having seen some later Liberal ballad sheets on suffrage now suspect it might date from then.

Cardiff Castle is a striking example of Victorian Gothic Revival, reconstructed for the 3rd Marquess of Bute by William Burges in the 19th century. Highlights include the exquisite Arab Room in the Herbert Tower, considered one of Burges’s masterpieces, and the intricate windows of the Banquet Hall.

This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable

January 13, 2023 - 50.7 Celsius: The hottest temperature ever recorded in Australia. The hottest temperature *so far*... allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/12/j...