Culmination of our family trip to Bournemouth was Adam Ant at the BIC. Cracking show!

A lovely family trip to Bournemouth the other day and a long overdue visit to the Russel-Coates Museum

A wonderful day celebrating our students’ achievements today. A real highlight of the year @uniwinchester.bsky.social

Just realised that today is the 36th anniversary of my first day on an archaeological dig - a school work experience fortnight at #Wroxeter 🙂 🪏 ❤️ 🏺

Wasn’t sure how best to post these images, but while I always love seeing Tbilisi, it’s not possible to avoid mentioning the current difficult situation in #Georgia. I was struck by the images of the current protest in close proximity to both the 1956 and 1989 memorials.

The final trowel back of Trench F yesterday, ready for drone photography, and then this morning we covered the trench up again ready for next year. It was a shorter season this year but everyone worked really hard and we achieved some good results. #Nokalakevi

On Monday night our colleagues from the University of Milan treated us all to bruschetta and bolognaise, and some wonderful local wine #Nokalakevi #Georgia

Delighted to welcome Gareth Ward, British Ambassador to Georgia, and to show him the results of our Anglo-Georgian collaboration, now in it’s 25th season and still bringing Georgian and British specialists and students together to shed light on this amazing site #Nokalakevi #Anglo-Georgian

On Saturday we enjoyed our day off - a trip to the wonderful museum at Vani, and then on to Bagrati Cathedral and modern Kutaisi #NOK25 #Georgia

On Friday the Federation for Chidaoba held a competition in #Nokalakevi. A great opportunity for the team to enjoy watching Georgian traditional wrestling - named on the UNESCO list of global intangible heritage

Day 5: still making good progress across the trench, resolving some of the wall lines of the 6th/5th century BC buildings

Day Four: continuing our work to better understand some of the key areas of the trench #Nokalakevi #Georgia

Day Three: After a stunning Colchian thunderstorm first thing, we were back on site and excavating #Nokalakevi #Georgia

Day Two: the big ‘trowel back’ of Trench F. The sweet sound of trowel on archaeology! #Nokalakevi #Georgia #Anglo-GeorgianExpeditionToNokalakevi

First day on site. Trench F covered in plastic sheet and plants after a year, now looking more like an archaeological trench again!

The team arrived in Nokalakevi yesterday. Today we have a site tour and team briefing, and preparing to start work properly tomorrow

Gearing up for our 25th season in #Nokalakevi with some special team shirts

This was meant to be a treat for the boys, and now we’re all off to destroy the Jedi order…

Recently published with @karenburnell.bsky.social: a new study seeking to understand “Wellbeing Archaeology” Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies journal-veterans-studies.org/articles/10....

Happy HESA student data publication day to those that celebrate. As ever, it’s best to start with the footnotes. A university returned 470 first years as living in St Barts - a volcanic island in the Caribbean with a population less than 10,000. www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...

My colleague was dismissed from Tbilisi State University after eight years of teaching. The regime is purging critics from the education system.

Or to put it another way - President Putin has said no to the US-led unconditional ceasefire that Ukraine has agreed to

An interesting article on the role of #universities in the current struggle for democracy in Georgia 🇬🇪 www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

"Dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone," Polish Prime Minister Tusk said after Zelensky's conversation with Donald Trump.

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple. They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.

Just finished my lecture to the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists, via a translator, and seemed to go very well. Слава Україні!

Really looking forward to speaking to colleagues in Ukraine tomorrow, reflecting on lessons I’ve learned from the @uniwinchester.bsky.social veteran studentships in archaeology, and the international veteran wellbeing programme I ran with Georgian colleagues on our excavation at Nokalakevi

Anti-Russian, pro-European protests continue despite freezing cold. #GeorgiaProtests Day 87

Dr Paul Everill’s work on the therapeutic potential of archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social is making an impact in Ukraine where it being used to help soldiers traumatised by their experiences in the war with Russia. Find out more here tinyurl.com/5f3uuy39

Having worked in archaeology for most of my life I never imagined that I would be co-authoring papers in psychology/ mental health journals, but today the most rewarding aspects of my work are those which support the delivery of mental health and wellbeing benefits through archaeology.

Delighted to be convening a session at this summer’s World Archaeological Congress on “Wellbeing Archaeology and the AMPHORA Guidelines”, to expand the global conversation around Wellbeing Archaeology, exploring and sharing the experiences of archaeologists and communities in this emerging field.

Honoured to have been invited by the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists to share my expertise of delivering wellbeing benefits for Georgian, Ukrainian, and UK veterans at Nokalakevi. Looking forward to collaborating on the new AMPHORA-Ukraine initiative @karenburnell.bsky.social

Dear Georgia watchers and defenders of freedom worldwide, help us spread the word about Mzia Amaglobeli, a female journalist, who's on the 17th day of her hunger strike, surviving only on water. Her act of defiance is a refusal to accept the agenda of a Russian regime 🧵1/

Day 58 continuous. I couldn’t be there but it seems that today brought the more dynamic spirit of the December days since a large amount of people marched instead of gathering just to block the Rustaveli. Various locations, including the embankment, is crowded. #GeorgiaProtests

Activist Tsabunia Vartagava gifted a sock to a false witness policeman and said: “You are a free elf now.” #terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

Its a day ending in y so there's news about the UK university sector collapsing in on itself. This here is a Russell Group story, but if the excellent education beat at the FT had the full sector data... I think I know what they would see. The great letting go (of staff).

Student movements at several unis have occupied their lobbies. They are demanding the release of regime prisoners & new elections. Among them are students from Batumi State, Ilia State, Georgian National universities, Tbilisi Academy of Arts and Batumi State University of Arts. #GeorgiaProtests

A special post-festive nod to the academic journal who “invited” me to review a submitted paper the Thursday before Xmas - 2 hours before my ‘out of office’ went on; added me to their editorial manager system; then sent multiple automated reminders before the “invitation” expired on 30th Dec

Finally shaking off the last vestiges of the ‘flu. Trying to remind myself that I’m not a week behind, that I was off sick and that’s okay, but with workloading in HE being so individualised it’s hard not to feel that I’m starting 2025 already trying to catch up

In 1850, the California government banned the controlled burning that Indigenous people had been doing for centuries. The practice controlled the forest density, scaled down undergrowth, and promoted fire-resistant species. It reduced the severity, mileage, and overall number of forest fires. 1/5

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

UK university drops Elsevier deal. The University of Surrey has opted out of a subscription deal with the academic publishing giant Elsevier, saying the arrangement is not financially sustainable. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

What’s next for Georgia: This is a process of attrition. We are focused on the regime collapse. For society to switch to the mode of toppling, they need to see that the collapse is not possible. However, it could very much be possible. 1/

Going to be holding my breath for the next 24 hours