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As we approach the end of the year, 2025 is on track to be one of the UK’s warmest years on record, joining 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years. Find out more in our news release 👇 www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Two more sleeps, better make sure your chimney is swept for an important visitor #Stkilda, #NTS, #advent

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On 21 Dec. #Romans marked #Divalia - honouring #Angerona — a deity associated with secrecy, protection, and the easing of pain, sorrow & anxiety — during the wider celebrations of Saturnalia at the darkest point of the year. She is depicted with a finger to her lips, calling for silence or secrecy.

As long as we're renaming buildings

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is pure #TheArchers including a reference to a Billy Goat Gruff encounter under a bridge in October.

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Cleits are a unique style of building to St Kilda, small stone built turf capped 'sheds'. Great for hiding those Christmas presents in #advent, #NTS, #StKilda

There's a powerful illustration here regarding "influencers" vs. "experts".

Pretty much sums up America today.

Merry Yule! It’s the shortest day of the year and we can now look forward to the return of the light! The Romans seem to have been a bit confused about measuring the daylight and celebrated Sol on 25th December instead. That will never catch on! www.instagram.com/reel/DSStf1u...

We don't need an elf on the shelf because we've got

On 19 December 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien writes in a letter to C.A. Furth of Allen and Unwin: "I have written the first chapter of a new story about Hobbits – 'A long expected party'. A merry Christmas." This was the start of The Lord of the Rings. Merry Christmas indeed! #BookSky

Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.

#FindsFriday: A 'dragonesque' brooch from the British Museum. Its belly is inlaid with coloured enamel, and the pin (missing) would have fitted on the back between the two necks. These wonderfully sinuous brooches were popular in the decades after the Roman invasion. #RomanBritain 📸 me

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It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for: the theme for Day 19 of the Advent Calendar is The Viking World! Enjoy 50% off five fantastic volumes on a variety of aspects of life in the Viking Age with code ADVENT19 at checkout before midnight🛒 bit.ly/48PsK7c #vikings #archaeology

This #findsfriday we have a miniature copper alloy axe head fitted into a red deer antler handle for use as a hand tool. Found in Snail Down (XXII), Wiltshire You can search more of our collections here at: www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/search-the-c...

The BBC censored my line about Trump's corruption, turned off the comment section, and sat on the video versions for three weeks. Still, I’m genuinely glad to see so many people watching (and commenting on) my Reith Lectures. Here's the first one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...

I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy. www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...

Well hello there, welcome to advent window 18. Soay lambs are born in late April and are curious to explore their surroundings #StKilda,#advent, #NTS

It is now theoretically possible to be the Man Who Shopped for a Liberty Valance.

#Woodensday #ReliefWednesday Quite breath taking. St Peter's Chapel: originally c.1200 great hall for Durham's powerful Prince Bishops @ Auckland Castle. Amazing ceiling has arms of Bishop Cosin who converted to chapel after monarchy restored. #AdventAngels as a bonus Restored by aucklandproject.org

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So it seems that Glasgow's data on children whose first language is not English shows that overall these learners have higher than average educational achievements. Some important context for #Farage, the #Telegraph and the #BBC to reflect on. www.thenational.scot/news/2570331...

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf but how about

Good news. #Erasmus

Following our first collaborative event in 2024 with Historic Environment Scotland, I am pleased to announce our second with Historic England. We are exploring the cultural and physical implications of the loss lime finishes in a changing climate. Do get in touch if you would like to present.

Fascinating world of (broken) ancient #glass: some fragments of #Hellenistic and #Roman mosaic glass vessels. Sherds - archaeologists' joy! 📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺

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We should reclaim Turnberry. #GetTrumpOot

I'm a FLO losing the will to identify. I've given reasons as to why this 'Latin runic' inscription on lead is not Anglo-Scandinavian or medieval. I've consulted a relevant professor, and still charged with 'dismissing' this piece. Any thoughts, but no guesses - only reply if you know! Cheers

When you hear about a horror ask yourself: Is this widely known? Do the perpetuators want it to be widely known? If the answer to either of these questions is Yes, there is no reason for you to share the horror. If the answer to both of them is No, then you should share the horror. >

What happened to merit based hiring that these guys profess to want? This is why DEI started. Too many frat bro friends were hired. DEI never meant quotas or hire the least qualified. It means cast a wide net, and hire the most qualified and ensure they are welcome.

Scotland is one of the most energy-rich countries in Europe, yet families here pay some of the highest bills. That simply does not add up. An energy-rich Scotland should mean energy-rich Scots. My column in today’s Daily Record 👇

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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

This Trump meme is the new Sgt Schutz meme for our day.

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Oh @robinince.bsky.social is the best of us and it’s criminal that he has to resign from presenting on the BBC while Justin Webb and Sharron Davies and all the poisonous people continue without the “difficult” conversations

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

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Important reminder

The reform party nativity scene. No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation. And not a f*cking wise man in sight…

To celebrate the centenary of Woodhenge, this #findsfriday we thought we would share something from the site! This necked beaker, decorated with incised lines and zigzags was found from circle 1, Woodhenge, by Mrs M E Cunnington and Mr B H Cunnington, 1926-8. Now in our Prehistory Galleries!

I’ve been asked to write an article for the BBC website: Why People Should Listen To #TheArchers How would you answer that question? What do you get out of listening? Please email your thoughts to [email protected] Many thanks!