'Made in Manchester' paperback is still number seven English history bestseller at Waterstones.

The Northern Mine Research Society October Online Talk

The chunky, tile-embedded stone bastions of Roman ANDERITVM (Pevensey in East #Sussex) date from the late 3rd century AD Today, these towers of the coastal fort protrude menacingly out into the road, threatening unwary motorists 📷 May 2010 #RomanFortThursday

Kids Exploring Ancient Ruins 😄 #archaeohistories

Plan of the #Roman amphitheatre of Viminacium, Serbia. Discovery and analysis of brown bear remains here indicate bears were captured nearby and forced to fight for entertainment. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

AIA 9th East-West Workshop on Industrial Archaeology: Full Steam Ahead!

Walsall's Leather Museum will close, afterall

Just two weeks until I head over to speak at Staffordshire History Festival...

✨Caught like a fly in amber — the remains of Hexham Abbey’s cloister lavatorium. A fragment of monastic life, cockled to the wall.

Fab for freelancers, self-employed, independent researchers:

Conservation work at three windmills completed

Historic England's latest research news magazine focuses of Railway 200

The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)

John Carter's section of Durham Cathedral, printed 224 years ago. His were the first serious record drawings of cathedrals, packed with information and very beautiful.

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess✅

200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway: 'It's terrific to remind the world it all started here.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Restored Locomotion No 1 replica ready for 200th party ride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city... heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...

'Made in Manchester' paperback is now up to number five English history bestseller at Waterstones.

Nice surprise - fragment of Roman terra sigillata from our excavations at Lindisfarne- that's our fourth bit!

Interested in maritime trade in the past? #WorldMaritimeDay ⛵ Check out our Underwater #Archaeology collection for the latest research on past seafaring and coastal societies around the world 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Seven sites listed to celebrate Railway 200 Anniversary

World of Glass Museum saved from closure through supporters' fundraising

North West Industrial Heritage Network meeting will be on 17 October

Early bird registration and bursary applications are now open for Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference 2025 in lovely York: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...

Anderton Boat Lift: Victorian engineering feat's legacy lives on www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some incredible drone shots from our Borras Quarry excavations and the perfect time to share a reminder on responsible drone flight. The leaflets below highlight safe practice and you can read up on Cadw's drone policy here: cadw.gov.wales/visit/venue-....

Citizen Canal Heritage Survey Project Calls for Volunteers The Canal & River Trust (CRT) is appealing for people interested in the history of canals to volunteer to map and record the heritage of Yorkshire’s 250-year-old canals, as part of a national survey. The heritage survey will chart how the…