Could this be my finest moment? '"Your average space billionaire probably doesn't give a rat's arse about future generations," she said'. I'm not sure I was expecting this to be quoted! 🧪

Fish spears, net dryers or mash forks? Too heavy for fish spears, being hewn from solid oak and therefore not easy to throw. Net dryers? Maybe but why would you need them? As mash forks they're a recognisable bit of kit for a medieval brewer. #neolithic #tridents merryn.dineley.com/2022/04/if-y...

Some wonderful news Once hunted to near extinction, humpback whales are rebounding "We've stopped killing them," said wildlife photographer Chris Fallows. "Since the late 1960s,the population that was reduced to just a couple of thousand animals has come back to several hundred thousand animals"

absolutely love lakes but i learned so much more about the cumbria scene

"New research points to the importance of cemeteries as habitat for ground-nesting bees—an 'exceptionally important' pollinator" Worth a read! www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

Sometimes when you volunteer to do something and then you do a good job it can be difficult to un volunteer and escape. So, anyway, I just got myself out of it and everything is fine. As it should be.

A rare opportunity to hear my online talk on Alan Garner & Archaeology on Saturday 18 April. Come and find out what happened when I descended into West Mine (pictured). This will be a fundraiser for the Folklore Library and Archive. More info & tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-th...

#Artemis II 🚀 NASA release two new images from the Artemis mission, both taken on 6th April Pic 1 - A crescent Earth rise nearly 250,000 miles away from Orion Pic 2 - A lunar closeup of the far side of the moon

Walked to the lighthouse at Rose Ness the other day. Sunny and windy, best weather for a while. A stroll along a cliff accompanied by the sound of the sea, crashing about a bit.

Life on the plastic ocean wave. Or something like that. www.earth.com/news/great-p...

#Artemis II 🚀 NASA released new images from the Artemis II mission earlier today, following the crew’s successful splashdown The first shot captures a breathtaking 'Earthrise,' with earth emerging from behind the lunar horizon

My book's out on Thurs. I have a request - pls ask your local library to get a copy so everybody can enjoy it? (also available as audiobook). ISBN: 9781529930276 / @hjm.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social @rogerhighfield.bsky.social @romatheengineer.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social

Cloisters of agreeable rusticity, Hereford Cathedral

There's a popular myth that Yuri Gagarin saw the Great Wall of China from space - but it's not true! In this post, I delve into the heritage significance of things seen from space. 🧪 🏺 #YurisNight

It's April 12 here in Australia, which means it's Yuri's Night or the International Day of Human Spaceflight! 🧪

Happy #InternationalDayofHumanSpaceFlight, celebrating the first human flight into space #OnThisDay in 1961. Did you know there is space #archaeology? Studying life on the International Space Station shows how a 'space culture' emerged. 🔗 from 2021 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 📷 NASA

Funnel Beakers, rituals, milk fats found in pots. To me it could mean sealing the pots with milk or butter. Not necessarily drinking 'lactose reduced milk'. Cos I wonder how neolithic people reduced the lactose in milk 3000 or so years ago. How did they do that? 🤔 notesfrompoland.com/2026/04/10/a...

Making malt "on an industrial level" at Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK in the Anglo Saxon era. Nice article. But I'm a bit puzzled. I always thought it was "a maltings" not "a malting complex". The former is what I'm familiar with. Anyone know anything about this? #malting arkeonews.net/the-sedgefor...

The paper begins with a brief discussion of malting, brewing and the social significance of kilns before discussing the archaeological evidence for the operation of kilns in towns and the countryside, chiefly between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. #malt #ale www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Vasa, wow! A fantastic museum - the preservation of the ship & artefacts, and their presentation are wonderful. #Stockholm

Very happy to see them splash down safely. And, as the repost below quire clearly shows, with a tasty snack as well. #tunnocks #yum

We’ve objected to plans to demolish the Railway Bell in Lambeth. 📣📣📣 The proposal would see this locally listed building demolished to make way for new apartments, with no clear evidence that it couldn’t be adapted for a new use. Read our response 👉 casework.jcnas.org.uk/appl/215997

I've just posted a new Prehistoric, Bronze Age pottery video on YouTube ⚱️🏺We learn so much from the marks left on pots by the tools and hands of the original maker. #Archaeology #pottery "Barbed Wire, String and Bone - A pot from Sizewell C" youtu.be/-V7Hl7gKOjI?...

When did people in northern Europe first adopt animal husbandry? #NationalFarmAnimalsDay 🏺 #Archaeology Isotope analysis of animal remains from Swifterbant 🇳🇱 suggests livestock management was practised in the Dutch wetlands over 200 years earlier than expected. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

A grand day out! We went to see the Bronze Age building on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. The new tour guiding team are brilliant. The neolithic Tomb of the Eagles and the Bronze Age burnt mound site are now community owned, what a fabulous achievement this is. #archaeology #Neolithic #bronzeage #orkney

Archaeologists 🤝 puzzle lovers Found on site @sizewellc.bsky.social and pieced back together by our office staff, this early Neolithic pot features delicate fluting which you can explore here: skfb.ly/pIxG9 #FindsFriday #OCAArchTeam @cotswoldarch.bsky.social

Nordic Grog never existed. It's a term made up by researchers with no knowledge or experience of the craft of brewing ale/beer. The Egtved Girl's coffin contained a birch bark beaker with residues indicating a braggott, maybe, which is wort and honey, fermented. 🤓 www.beerandbrewing.com/nordic-grog

Aludi, the sacred farmhouse beer from Georgia www.beerandbrewing.com/style-school...

Not an octopus news story. www.sciencealert.com/worlds-oldes...

This is coming out quite soon! I loved writing it. I still mean to do some posts talking about it and how it came about. I will!

Quick one to enjoy just ahead of #EnglishWhiskyWeek 2026 (18 to 26 April) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV8R...

Finally, after 8.5 years, this massive new farmhouse yeast paper is out! We've analyzed no less than 1760 yeast samples, and discovered that there is more farmhouse yeast than all known modern beer yeast put together. New results about contamination, too. www.garshol.priv.no/blog/440.html

So that's what crinoids look like! Wow. I spent my childhood fossil hunting with my dad, around the Wenlock Edge area, and he would have loved this. My absolute favourite fossil was a trilobite but crinoids were good too.

Liberal Democrat MPs have written to Keir Starmer today calling on him to withdraw US access to UK air bases. Donald Trump's latest shocking threats against Iran would amount to war crimes. The UK cannot be complicit.

y'all.

The Photos that Captured Earth’s First View from the Moon, 1966 🧪 #PlanetSci

Beer in Art #1907 Les Buveurs de Bière" (The Beer Drinkers), by Fernand Léger, 1913 (France)

Today the big winds have slowed down so I will mostly be messing with the compost bin. Clearing out the good stuff and stirring up the rest.

I recently discovered this incredible creature while on a night walk in the NZ bush. Known as a 'Velvet Worms', this adorable predator immobilises prey with organic glue fired from turrets on its head! Oh... and they are basically unchanged in about 400 million years! #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪

The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT! This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱

A lunar flyby, a broken record and a solar eclipse: #Artemis II's very busy night The Artemis II crew has completed its lunar flyby and is now on the four-day journey back to Earth. Here's a recap of a busy 12 hours for the crew: 1/5 🚀🌕

The first analysis of the Melsonby Hoards has big implications for our understanding of British prehistory, indicating Iron Age communities in northern Britain had levels of material wealth comparable to their counterparts elsewhere in Europe. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

There are doubtless more comprehensive histories, but this is the most definitive story on the current position of union brewing in the UK and beyond. Took me over a year to pull together, so do give it a couple of minutes of your time today 🤣

Bruce and the band opened the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis with the Motown classic "War" and "Born in the U.S.A." — a one-two punch that was live streamed on Bruce's social media for the first time, appearing here with a new audio mix by Chiller Sound.

Awesome view from Artemis II this morning.

The latest issue of British Archaeology is out 📖🏺 Inside: a volunteer-led investigation at Offerton, Creag Liath community dig, and how rewilding and the historic environment intersect. Plus: the launch of Heritage Crafts, the return of Spoilheap, & more! Read the issue 👉 shorturl.at/EAujm

Octopus hauling ass on the sea floor: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Romania_mi...

I've seen an amazing collection of these in Brazil; intriguing to see how they are made 😻

Oh look! Jason and the Argonauts is on the TV. Easter weekend so I guess it has to be. The first film that I ever saw in a cinema and yet I could watch it over and over again.

Day 1374 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and would you like to see a solitary bee really tucking in to its morning dandelion pollen brunch then? Of course you would! 🐝🌼😋🤗 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild