Today for #Sarahs60 I'm moving to sharing some things I've done. Specifically my Blog heritagefortransformation.wordpress.com/thoughts-spa... Its a bit dormant, quite eclectic, but heritage focused. Posts aren't properly cited, which I sometimes regret, but they do have links. So, 6 blog posts

Digital Lunch alert! You can register below. I will be delivering a seminar with Archie Robson and Katina Lillios titled "Exploring #Communities of Practice through the Application of #RTI: The Case of #Iberian #Neolithic and #Copper Age Plaques" (King's Manor G/60 or online at 1pm on 5th Dec.)

@gavinmacgregor.bsky.social - the new art installation that Steve Driscoll was telling us about. I must try and get to see this next year and the other sites in Steve's excellent Dalrymple lectures.

🏺 Many excellent projects shortlisted for Engagement & Participation, but having seen @johnhenryphillips.bsky.social's incredible talk (at @chalkefestival.bsky.social) about The Close, it really felt like a perfect example of the power of archaeology, for both practitioners & wider communities.

Quick check on the Neolithic Tomb of the Eagles today, in 60 mph winds. Extremely proud that this important ancient site is now fully community owned. #Orkney 🧪🏺💀

NEXT WEEK! Our Martin Doody memorial lecture is happening next Thursday, 4th December, 7.30pm "Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain” will be delivered by Prof Joanna Brück of @ucddublin.bsky.social FREE, online, everyone welcome Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-doo...

So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...

I will be at Creative Conversations - 1pm at Glasgow Uni on Monday 1st December. This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free! Reserve your place at link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c... #Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading

Alex Ross + Heart of Neolithic Orkney + Blomuir + Tom Muir + Ness Squad + WSC...all seemingly filtered through the lens of MR James for the benefit of The New Yorker. What's not to love? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."

Great article in @theconversation.com by John and Fay to introduce my next adventure at @cretus.usc.gal … Soon more :) theconversation.com/plastic-wast...

ANGUS MILLER @geowalks.scot, the well-known geologist, is giving a programme about Calton Hill’s geology on Tuesday 25 November 18.00. entitled: 'WHERE'S THE VOLCANO? THE MAKING OF CALTON HILL'. Online/Zoom. Free public event. All welcome. Contact <[email protected]> for info/ invitation. 1/

Really looking forward to this exhibition coming to the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, next year 🙂

The obituary on Elspeth King by our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social will be in tomorrow’s @theguardian.com paper if anyone would like to read a physical version

“The Project is ‘On the Wing!’” New post uploaded to the Practises Make Places blogsite. Just click on the link below 🙂 www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com

"... inviting artists, organisations & creative agencies to submit proposals that breathe life into the wood saved from the felled tree. This extraordinary opportunity will see up to 5 artists receive funding to develop their ideas, with 1 final concept selected in early 2026." tinyurl.com/3pamneuv

Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/

#Glasgow850 Caught 'Empire Retold' project's display @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC building today (ends tomorrow) ~ the polyvocal approach to story collecting is long overdue & character/quote cards you can play with an inspired move ~ fantastic all round @daisyabbott.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social

Push the Boat Out 2025 20–23 Nov, Edinburgh This year’s @ptbopoetry.bsky.social festival sets sail from 20–23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music & art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms, with over 120 artists on board! pushtheboatout.org/programme/

JOB KLAXON 1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries. Pls share! my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Carved in Stone is officially out! In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.

You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again. We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers! We have 60 unmatched groups rn Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com

This is my painting 'Sun Henges', watercolour and gold ink on recycled cotton rag paper. It is one of several new works inspired by folk art and ancient megaliths that are now available for sale on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI #StandingStoneSunday #Art

The last @landscaperesearch.bsky.social meet up was a rare event where group size & make up enabled a proper conversation started by @frankrennie.bsky.social around his remarkable book: Among the Layers of the Land. A thoughtful, deep time story of place in alternating factual & fictional chapters.

These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew. They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia

True indeed! But how many more COPs can we afford to say the same things over & over? Political complacency & opposition from fossil fuel interests & bad faith actors like US & China have to disappear. Good luck my friends!! @kathymulvey.bsky.social, Rachel Cleetus, Delta Merner & all at @ucs.org 🌎

Thrilled to be regional winners of the Community Champions Awards 🎉 As a small, volunteer-led group, this means so much. In just our first full year, we’ve hosted events, school visits and heritage projects that have helped reconnect people with one of Glasgow’s most historic landmarks.

'Beach objects in the sand begin to read like words on a page, fragments of stories ready to be pieced together.' Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...

Bioregioning: A Catalyst for Renewal in an Age of Interconnected Risk - The Bioregions of the Atlantic Isles in conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Shandell Houlden of the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...

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Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.

📌 Scotland takes important step towards fairer use and ownership of land Scottish Land Commission statement on the passing of the Land Reform Bill

Today at 4pm (UK time) I’ll give a talk at the University of Glasgow archaeology seminar about our excavations at Punta Ferulosu (Copper Age settlement, Sardinia). This will also be on Zoom www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma... Thank you Arianna Magyaricsová for the invite!

Still set deep within its mound, eastern most of Dolmens de Mané-Kerioned. Step down to the dark entrance, within remarkable decorated stones are found. A powerfully atmospheric monument that leaves a deep lasting impression #Archaeology #prehistory #rockart #TombTuesday @megalithic.bsky.social

“As changeable as language itself” 11 Nov @uofglasgow.bsky.social & online – free A talk by Peter Mackay on Makaring / Bàrding, #Gaelic #poetry & Scotland. Part of the Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies series at the University of Glasgow www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-mack...

Want 20% off "Carved in Stone"? 📖 Remember to place your pre-orders before they close at noon on Wednesday 5 November: carved-in-stone.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help. Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology survey.app.do/archaeologis...

World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling… WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap. Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief: shorturl.at/Ti5lt

"Weird things like the standing stones give the city its soul." There's an extract from Upon A White Horse in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social. It's about Glasgow's only stone circle. I'll be talking about the book at the Aye Write book festival on Nov 15. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558912...

#tinyjoys Archaeology Bookmarks! By Scarlette, Lydia & D’arcy (8-10 yrs) of Stirling Young Carers to accompany their ‘Attainment through Archaeology’ presentation at last weekend’s @scotarchforum.bsky.social conference - supported by @janemiller000.bsky.social, Learning Mgr @archscot.bsky.social 🙌 +

Hello, people of Yorkshire! On November 11th, I'm doing a joint event with archaeologist Professor Nicky Milner at the University of York about the Stone Age. It's suitable for kids, but adults will learn stuff too! Tickets FREE! 6.30pm event, but book signing before www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Our project partner Living Life to the Full is giving a webinar on free online SAD resources later this afternoon. Details here: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

I'm contributing to a talk on Stonypath, Little Sparta tonight, with Patrick Eyres and Tim Richardson. Online viewing is possible. gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/talk-...

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean) – one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century – was born #OTD, 26 Oct A 🎂🧵 Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via @natlibscot.bsky.social – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith #poetry 1/8 movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

To ease you into the weekend, here's a lovely film by Guy Schofield, one of two winners of this year's President’s Award. The film is about an interactive mural commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition Star Carr: Life After The Ice. Enjoy! 😊 #Archaeology 🏺 youtu.be/xv_0yjWpK0s?...

Women and Archaeology 1990-2010. Out in hard copy now!

A fascinating paper on recent Mesolithic archaeology in the #Cairngorms. I was lucky enough to attend a couple of the digs & even found a couple of wee flints. Exciting discoveries & interpretations, & who knows what else there is to uncover. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

A question from a recent poster to our forum: "Can anyone recommend stone circles in Scotland that are good to wild camp near? I will obey all the wild camping rules, not leave litter, not cause damage etc etc. You'll not know I've been there." 1/2

We’re only 5 tickets away from capacity and I’d love to be able to put the big SOLD OUT sticker on my last conference so please let your archaeologically-inclined pals know!