Reading River Kings by @catjarman.bsky.social and very much enjoying the picture of 200 Vikings trying to raid Paris for wine and being unsuccessful. NEVER GET BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THEIR WINE, lads!

Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

At a breakneck speed of 0.008 knots (or 25cm/min), the Oseberg ship is once again on the move today, for the first time in almost a century.

Completely obsessed with these incredible animals. This is Andora, the most inquisitive of the four. There’s a lot going on in that little head! She’s food obsessed, but still a little too shy to eat from my hand. Getting there! You can see our alpacas if you visit Althorp this summer!

This was the most incredible birthday present - a complete surprise!! Thank you @charlesspencer.bsky.social, I love them! 😍

It’s MS awareness week and recently, @charlesspencer.bsky.social and I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament arranged by the MS Society. We were there to speak to over 140 MPs, Lords and MPs’ staff about the realities of the 150 000 people living with this devastating condition in the UK.

Student 1: “I’m only on chapter 1 and there’s a mass grave, a guy missing his *you know* and four kids that might have been human sacrifices .” Student 2: “You ARE taking a class with Amy.” (They’re talking about chapter 1 of River Kings by Cat Jarman)

It is lovely to be at Althorp literary festival listening to fantastic writers including Cat Jarman talking about ‘The Bone Chests’ reviewed for the journal ‘Óenach: Reviews’ here #medievalsky oenach.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Really excited for the Althorp Literature Festival 11-13 April. We have some fantastic speakers: my favourite is the wonderful Bernard Cornwell, who is coming over from the US especially for this. There are still a few tickets available - please help spread the word! althorp.com/book-tickets...

Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73: Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer." Just write. Now, you're a writer. Keep writing, reading, observing, learning. Soon, you'll be a better writer.

Delighted to hear the German edition of River Kings came out well - thank you for this lovely review @domwass.bsky.social!

#AmReading #WorldBookDay #RiverKings @catjarman.bsky.social

Excellent book by @catjarman.bsky.social - some really interesting facts in here about dating objects and also a nice narrative style. Will definitely be reading Bone Chests soon #history #vikings

A watery-theme today at Winchester Cathedral with whales, mermaids, monarchs holding back waves, ships , and a contemplative soggy statue. Check out ‘The Bone Chests’ by @catjarman.bsky.social to learn more about the monarch’s remains!

A very exciting and important new piece of reading from @helengittos.bsky.social on connections between 6th/7th-century England and the Near East. Highly recommended! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Agree - this is really important context for understanding the world the Rus/Vikings were part of!

Testing BlueSky’s capacity for historical threads! A thread about my recent paper on Ibn Fadlan, (not) the Vikings, & 10th c. Eurasian trade & diplomacy. Read if you like medieval history, Middle Eastern history, Iranian history, numismatics, economic history, & investigative historiography! 1/?

Last night with @catjarman.bsky.social at Hatchards for their Author Evening - we were signing copies of our The Rabbit Hole Book, “99 chapters on the History of Stuff” - a cornucopia of quirky history, coauthored with @richardcoles.bsky.social - he was excused, as he’s in the jungle right now….

Here are some photos - all captured by Felix Petersson/Swedish Radio:

Seeing as the other lagoon is being eaten by lava, it was lucky we’d booked the Sky Lagoon…. 😬

With the wonderful Brenda Blethyn & the stellar crime novelist @harlancoben.bsky.social this evening at the British Embassy, Reykjavik, after we all spoke at the Nordic Noir book festival. A great event that I felt fortunate to be a small part of. Great to be interviewed by @catjarman.bsky.social

The Icelandic volcano this afternoon - a spectacular welcome to Reykjavik. I’m here to speak at the #NordicNoir literature festival tomorrow with @charlesspencer.bsky.social. They have a fantastic lineup - can’t wait!

Just arrived to a very warm welcome from Iceland! 😬 #nordicnoir

A fragment of #Roman terracotta pottery, into the surface of which someone a incised a sketch portrait of a man, some 1900+ years ago - a very round-headed bald man, with a big nose & bushy eyebrows. This is one of my favourite pieces of ancient graffiti! 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

The @catjarman.bsky.social introduces us to Alice Kyteler - condemned for witchcraft in this episode of the Rabbithole Detectives podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

www.theguardian.com/science/2024... The Tyne knife handle depicts a gladiator known as a secutor, a muscular fighter who carried heavy equipment including a large shield, a heavy helmet with limited visibility, and a sword.

This is going to be excellent - can’t wait!