This.

Honestly. We all need to read this. The amount of money apparently being spent, which could instead be being invested in our museum services is horrific. Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be? #Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting

"A spokesperson said funds had to be raised by April 2026 and they needed the public's help to secure it." AKA You give us your hard earned cash & we'll give it to two people. BTW £3.5 million is c.100 curator salaries. #Archaeology #Detecting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers. Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading... #Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...

“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.” Farage - the foghorn of failure. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia. This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give. How are Reform getting away with this? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS. Why are you voting for Farage?

Despite the ceasefire, Israel’s attacks on Gaza and severe restrictions on aid leave Palestinians struggling to survive aje.io/iwge48

Another week, another panel without a single person representing the Green Party, Your Party, SNP, Cymru and Lib Dems. That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation. Balanced? BS more like.

Bet365 CEO Denise Coates paid herself £277,000,000 this year, and £410,000,000 in 2020. This was more than 20,000x the Minimum Wage that she paid most of her workers. The betting industry needs to be taxed, heavily.

Catherine Connolly, a staunch supporter of Palestine and workers, is Ireland's new president! Backed by Sinn Féin, she defeated the centrist Fianna Fáil candidate in "the greatest landslide in presidential history" — 64%-27%. Tiocfaidh ár lá🇮🇪

BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫 A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩 Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?... #archaeology #history #Roman

Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk Who writes this junk?

MARI LWYD CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE! 2 wonderful delivery’s arrived today!! A postcard by @walkingintherayn (insta) and a postcard and crocheted mari lwyd ornament by @wyvernchick.bsky.social Please go see all the entries so far here!: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character: "Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...." www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

Amazing news! Plaid Cymru have beaten Reform and won the Caerffili by election. Congratulations 🎉 so relieved

The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC. Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.

After an amazing but slightly damp morning at Llyn Cerrig Bach (my lips are sealed but check out the Operation Nightingale Facebook page) now warming up nicely and working on my Cefyl Dwr

Whenever anybody mentions the Nathan Gill case on a BBC programme, it's "Move on now...". "On the streets of Caerphilly, none of this is known because most of the UK media has turned a blind eye to the story – even though, in any other circumstance, it would be catnip to the tabloid press." #bbcaq

A study by Cardiff University revealed that Reform, despite having only a handful of MPs, featured in a quarter of all News At Ten bulletins over a six month period.

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists. Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

Niche archaeology/history geekery but today doing research into a chapel in Denbighshire. Welsh Nonconformist history is a big interest of mine and I had totally forgotten these had been stashed by the books previous owner - pamphlets urging a no vote to the 1961 plan to allow Sunday opening of pubs

...and what about those who aren't students, nor earning nearly enough to afford a full conference, accom etc in one of most expensive cities in the country & just before Christmas? The @bajr-badger.bsky.social poverty impact report suggests there's a fair few of them: www.bajr.org/archaeologis...

Further details on the theft - clearly carefully planned. Seems crazy to hope that the thieves realise that the value of the items is far, far more than the value of the gold they are made from. They are irreplaceable

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

Awful news! Following the theft of the Ely Bronze Age torc & a Bronze Age bracelet in 2024,now more Bronze Age gold has been stolen from St Fagans Museum in Cardiff. 😔 #Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Absolutely devastating news about a major theft from Amgueddfa Cymru - thieves have stolen Bronze Age gold artefacts held at the St Fagans galleries 😭! St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News share.google/wHR1bDtJxDq4...

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Zack Polanski’s response to the Manchester terror attack has been a masterclass in mature statesmanship. Soulful, human, eloquent, empathetic, nuanced, confident and focused on healing. And bold. It has shone in contrast to so much weaponising or ill thought through commentary. Thank you Zack. 💪

…“The onus is on the party committing genocide to stop committing genocide. The onus is not on the victims of the genocide to sign agreements in the hope of saving themselves from the genocide. This is obvious to anyone who isn’t a psychopath” www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-trumpa...

20 #Israeli vessels have surrounded the #lead boats of the #Flotilla. #SeaMines have also been deployed. Comms on all vessels are currently extant, but that won't be the case for much longer.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

My suspicion is this will end up as another failed UK attempt to introduce ID cards because Starmer won't last long enough to implement it and his replacement will be the candidate promising to abandon the scheme, not least given the way it has been sold.

that immaculate vetting process strikes again

The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…

That feeling where the endless brain fog works for you and you discover that you have already done the illustrations for a report but you had forgotten. That's a definite win in my book!

Rethinking my Mari Llwyd from last year to give her more strength and support with a stronger wire frame. Still need to get the make time down if going to produce to sell but loving her development. Folk horror meets cottage core vibes 🤣 #FolkloreFriday #MariLlwyd #needlefelt

I’m not saying Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy but a Reform councillor in Wales has just stormed out of a local Torfaen Council meeting in Gwent because it failed to acknowledge the killing of a man in America. In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.

26 Police Officers were injured at today's riots but only 9 people were arrested. Compare that with the peaceful Palestine Action protest where 0 Police Officers were injured but nearly 900 people were arrested. The Government has got Law Enforcement ridiculously wrong.

"Eurovision is supposed to stand for peace, shared humanity, and lots of fun. But these values cannot coexist with complicity in genocide.” www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/eurovis...

Well done 👏🏽 We don’t have to be Supernatural super-fans to appreciate this amazing work. @mishacollins.bsky.social

So lucky to attend the opening of Treasure History Unearthed exhibition at Liverpool museum with @tessmachling.bsky.social . Not quite back in Wales saw the stunning gold cape from Bryn y Ellyllon (near Yr Wyddgrug/Mold) together with the massive torc from Ysceifiog and the Moel Hebog shield

Calling all #EAA members (whether you're in Spain or not) 👇 #Archaeology 🏺 #EAA2025

Sometimes when writing you come across a quote which is so perfect for the point you are trying (and failing) to make that you have to pause and give it the respect it deserves. Alex Gibson I salute you! #archaeology #neolithic #prehistory

You don't have to be #EAA member to email regarding #EA2025 mess. Email is so important - many people don't use social media & online comments can be dismissed, but heartfelt emails from individuals can't be ignored... Please write today. Thank you! 1/2 #Archaeology #Archaeologists 🏺

I have no words… I really thought that the experience of the UISPP (then WAC) taught us some things about the politics of archaeology. Seems it didn’t. Today I am ashamed to be an EAA member…

What's been puzzling me all day is who actually wrote statement & emails to organisers - it doesn't read like corporate statement of a board & from what I've seen more & more board members are coming forward & disassociating from any knowledge of it. This is all very alarming. #Archaeology 🏺 #EAA

Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

"If you celebrated justice for Hillsborough, you have to support the European Convention on Human Rights Without article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the gross negligence behind the deaths at Hillsborough would never have been uncovered"