Historic Environment Adviser Forestry England Location: Bank House, Coleford, Gloucestershire Salary:£33,854 Closing Date: May 17, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/histo...

My brief essay on the incessant and pernicious persistence of architectural bullshit encapsulated in language. untappedjournal.com/stories/verb...

Yummy Bile Beans 🤢

Llanthony Priory's future secured after National Lottery funding - BBC News share.google/6RqKTUtXP7Er...

Publication Alert! Happy to announce the publication of the conference proceedings of the student showcase hosted by CBA Yorkshire in 2025. #archaeology It’s available open access here: cba-yorkshire.org.uk/1/monograph-...

Protests have rocked the so-called ‘Art Olympics’ over its decision to let Putin exercise soft power ✏️ Florence Hallett

Also, Ode to Joy slaps. (The kids in this video. 🤩)

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social

That said, I continue to believe it won't be built. Once Democrats retake the House in January, they can stop it with a lawsuit. Trump is trying to stop that by laying enough ground that it will feel like you *have* to finish it. They should not give in. My idea.... www.salon.com/2025/12/19/t...

Missing being able to post regularly Life has been v. busy the last 3 weeks But 2 weeks back: the Agia Eirini ancient cycladic site on Kea 🇬🇷 A gorgeous bronze age site Catch our episode on the parts of Greece you rarely hear about >>> youtu.be/HDPC4ZCNKec?... #AncientSiteSunday

#OtD 9 May 2012 Vidal Sassoon, "anti-fascist warrior hairdresser" died aged 84. As a teenager in London he fought Oswald Mosley's fascists in the streets with his hairdressing scissors, as part of the militant 43 Group. Learn about the group in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

#OtD 10 May 1933 German Nazis held their first book-burning. In Berlin they burned the library of the Sexology Institute, founded by Magnus Hirschfeld, which supported LGBT+ rights. Joseph Goebbels declared: "No to decadence and moral corruption!" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1131...

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

Sending your political opponents to prison is something authoritarians do. And it is exactly what the Trump admin wants to do to @replamonica.bsky.social for her doing her oversight job. Proud of stand with LaMonica. We will not be intimated by Trump. www.marieclaire.com/politics/con...

Before and Hereafter!

🏖️ ONLINE TALK! Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm. Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK

Hi! Parchment & Clay is on bluesky now! We are a new source for information and online courses about the ancient Levant and Mesopotamia. Give us a follow to stay up to date on our activities!

The Fundamentalists are in Town.

Job Opportunity! Lecturer in Modern British History University of Kent - History / School of Humanities www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRK538/l...

Job Opportunity! Professorship of Economic History University of Oxford The Department of Economics, in association with Nuffield College, intends to appoint the Professor of Economic History. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRJ428/p...

Job Opportunity! Lecturer in Latin and Manuscript Studies University of Kent - Medieval & Early Modern Studies www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH997/l...

Job Opportunity! Research Associate - Teaching the Legacies of Slavery in Theological Education Institutes Scottish Episcopal Institute www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH432/r...

Bluesky nerds! Can you help me get in touch with someone who works on East Indian languages, specifically in the 18th century?

The scrolling ticker tape on the side of the National Theatre, on the South Bank of the Thames, caught whilst it showed '6 June', reminded me that the architect, Sir Denys Lasdun, had taken part in the Normandy campaign in WW2. 1/5

‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Brussels 1665. Top, cathedral. Bottom, Augustine convent, now place de Brouckère. Used as British military hospital after Waterloo. Then a protestant church with a box for the new royal family, later the central post office. The facade was re-erected at the end of rue du Bailli in Ixelles.

Victorian Society publishes list of most endangered buildings in England and Wales www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Joseph Moxon innovative printer, publisher, author, globe and instrument maker in the second half of the seventeenth century #histsci #histtech thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/j...

75 years ago www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Historic England has published a research report into how the historic environment can improve Biodiversity Net Gain and nature recovery outcomes. historicengland.org.uk/research/res...

Historic railway bridge attraction to open - share.google/4mVvhpzrhWdQ...

At 4:30 PM #otd April 26, 1937, during market day, Nazi and Italian fascist forces firebombed the Basque village of Gernika. According to official figures, 1,654 civilians were killed. The raid was requested by Franco to aid in his overthrowing the Basque Government and the Spanish Republic.

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

For centuries the most common form of corridor was the cross-passage. It provided social & functional division between the hall and services in houses, such as Oakwell Hall. For more on The Surprising Secrets of Ancient Corridors, join us online 29 April: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-surpri...

"Pip's Graves" in St James' parish churchyard, Cooling, Kent. Graves of 13 members of the Comport and Baker families, all or most of them children who died between 1771 and 1854 This is supposedly the inspiration for the graves of Pip's brothers in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.

TOWNSCAPE 65 details on Eventbrite May 29. Talking about Nairn - and Cullen - and how they responded to the US cityscape.

The marvellous Ocean Chambers at 190 West George Street in Glasgow. This gorgeous building was designed in a Free Classical style by Robert Bryden and was built in 1899. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #westgeorgestreet

Nominations are open for the London Archaeological Prize! If you’ve read – or written – a great piece of work about London's archaeology over the past two years, why not enter it for this prestigious award? Deadline: 20th May 2026 Nomination form here www.londonarchaeologist.org.uk/london-archa...

Waymo taught their robots to shed a cone. They won't move if a door is open, but yes the doors are normally locked when passengers aren't getting in/out. Anything that blocks a sensor will disable it, including tape, spray paint, or bsky.app/profile/anic...

Getting ready to bowl with a skull in early sixteenth-century Germany: a putto with wings. #weekendsky

This Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it was made over 2,000 years ago! Ancient glassmakers created the tiny flower pattern using a technique now known as ‘millefiori’ (thousand flowers). A timeless design still made by glassmakers today! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Mesmerising in its hideousness. Zoom in, and out, and in again.