Billionaires, and the politicians they fund, will do everything they can to strip workers of their rights.

Stone bothering at Newgrange, Ireland. What an absolute privilege to go inside this prehistoric passage tomb yesterday. 🙂 #Newgrange #archaeology #prehistory

New archaeology blog post #archaeology #StoneaCamp #IronAge #Roman #Iceni

New blog post: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Royston Cave. perrytwinkle.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/t...

Excited to be heading to the Archives on Friday to look at a few more peices of 1926 General Strike documentation to enhance the talk I am giving. Haven't been rooting through the archives for a while! My talk is on 27 May at 2.30pm, John Clare Theatre, Peterborough. 💪#GeneralStrike100

Iluminated by a sunbeam, The White Menhir, one of a cluster of poorly understood megaliths in the middle of St Ouens bay, Jersey. This one is little more than a metre high and, perplexingly, is a mossy pinkish grey. Menhirs live by their own rules and names. #StandingStoneSunday #JerseyCI

Turns out, not much more to see once the mist clears!

Hengistbury Head in the Neolithic One of an excellent series of new signboards guiding visitors around the archaeology, ecology and geology of this important site on the #Dorset #Hampshire border Gotta love an informative signboard 😍

Press release for PTUCs #Peterborough Women's Festival taking place on 7 March. All welcome! @ptuc.bsky.social #IWD2026 💪

"UK send British officer to Greenland as part of European deployment" The officer.

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery in Britain: a Celtic military standard – alongside an Iron Age war trumpet. The hoard could rewrite what we know about the Iceni and their fight against Rome. Sarah Patey reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...

Peterborough Women's Festival 2026 is taking place at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery in March. Featuring women and: * campaign stalls * speakers * meetings * zine making * arts and crafts * displays Want to get involved? Then get in touch. #IWD2026

🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London. Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History. Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory

"What kinds of histories and stories might be useful for radical social movements and political struggles today, to overcome the enormous challenges that we face?" Current and former History Workshop editors reflect on the 50th anniversary of the History Workshop collective.

Murder and mangling and WEIRD DECISIONS and NO SAFEGUARDING

Plough Witches and Mumpers in Peterborough. Peterborough Advertiser 1899. #PloughMonday

From the Peterborough Advertiser, 1911. This memory came from an interview with Mrs Lemmon of Whittlesey. She was born in 1820! #PloughMonday

I love this time of year! Wassailing, Plough Monday and the Straw Bear all fantastic traditions from the old agricultural calendar. #PloughMonday #StrawBear

The first Monday after today Epiphany - 6 January) was Plough Monday, the traditional start of the agricultural year. It was celebrated with young men called "Plough Stotts" parading a decorated plough, performing sword dances, and collecting money for church plough

In medieval times Plough Monday, the first Monday after Epiphany, celebrated the start of the ploughing season. Some parishes kept a plough in the church for those who did not own one. In 1972, the tradition of parading the plough around to raise money was revived at Balsham, Cambridgeshire.

'The thread that runs through the exhibition is this: no matter the context [...] as individuals, as people, we can come together, we can organise, and there's power to that.' Historians and archivists on the LSE Library's new exhibition on trades union history.

It's going to be a bit of a shock to return to work tomorrow! Still lots of fun to come this month, including Whittlesea Straw Bear, and a night of live Finnish Tango music, and here are some photos from last night's Wassail at Stamford Community Orchard. 🍎🍏

Men from this country were imprisoned at Norman Cross before it gained its independence from France. It is a truly fascinating period of time and amazing to think this fight ended up being debated (and potentially fought in person) in a camp a few miles from Peterborough

We’re very excited about this at @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social HQ! This is OPEN TO ALL, regardless of your background, so no imposter syndrome, and please SHARE THE NEWS. If you have a story to tell, get in touch! You can interpret the theme any way you choose!

I've hit a brick wall in tracing my family history. I've traced my paternal line back to 1712 when John Perry married Mary Booker in Sneinton, Nottingham. I can't find anything out about John prior to that and am therefore stuck. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks! #FamilyHistory #Ancestry

Two years ago, I pitched an idea for a postdoctoral fellowship project based on trade unions and countering the far right in the 1930s. I didn't make it through the initial stages, but I now feel it's more relevant than ever. Still up for it if anyone wants to fund it! #academia

I love this photo of my Gran, probably dating from the mid 1930s. I've only just noticed the jagged edge making it look like it's been ripped in half. Now I'm intrigued to know who else was in the photo! #FamilyHistorian #FanilyArchivist

Exciting history news for #Peterborough! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Hey BlueSky, any recommendations for must-see museums / galleries in #Milan? Thanks!

Happy Pride Month! We continue to support Pride and our LGBT+ colleagues as our workplaces are not yet safe, fair and supportive. We will have a stall at Peterborough Pride in July - see you there? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

If you missed the second leg of my journey into Ancient Greece on @channel4.bsky.social last night - you can catch it on demand here! www.channel4.com/programmes/a...

Enjoying watching @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Greece by Train. Thessaloniki is one of my favourite cities in Greece and Athens is also fantastic. The Acropolis Museum would be the perfect place to display the 'Elgin Marbles'. It would be great to see them return home.

Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.

A retired GP has developed a theory as to where a mass grave containing the bodies of hundreds killed in a 1643 Civil War battle could be located.

At least #spring is here! Take a look at my tiny but beautiful Asturian dafodils! 🌼

Really pleased to be contributing a chapter to this book. It will be published later in the year. 😁

I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS on this lot... my main thought being that Maggie Hughes is the one TV should really be interested in. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

Next year is the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. I've dusted down my MA research, added a bit more and I'm taking it out on the road! Feel free to book me to speak, like Peterborough Local History Society have done! #TradeUnionHistory peterboroughlocalhistorysociety.co.uk/february-mee...

A second Roman watering hole at Cemex’s West Deeping Quarry was even larger, with a diameter of over 10m. This one contained carved wooden timbers, with the largest 3m long, that could have formed part of a cart or structure. A 100kg of artefacts were discovered from the rest of the feature!

Excavations at Cemex Quarry, West Deeping revealed some incredible archaeology with the most recent work finishing in 2024. In one layer of this 5m wide Roman watering hole was a pewter plate, ceramic bowl and the remains of a well-preserved leather shoe.

Well this is rather exciting, opening on Tuesday at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. Spent this afternoon putting a montage of recent photos together for it. 🙂

🗃️ #C19th #Genealogy #LocalHistory A reminder that if you need an excel calculator that works with pounds, shillings and pence, I have one you can download and use freely. Please share… chartistancestors.blog/2023/07/12/n...

I updated my blog last week. Post linked below. #Archaeology perrytwinkle.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/b...

Belchite, Aragón, damaged during the 1937 Republican and then destroyed by Francoist counteroffensive aided by the Condor Legion followed by 87 years of abandonment. The ruined church of San Martín de Tours standing there. Today's Francoist graffiti. Olive orchard in a landscape of war.

Felt the need to do some studying again. So decided to go for a Level 3 accreditation in Archaeology to go with the practical experience that I have gained over the past few years. 🙂

The Bath Inn, Nottingham, today. An inquest into the death of my 3x GGF took place in this pub, in 1897. He lived at 7 Bath Street with his daughter, Clara and died shortly after he had a fall in the house. He was in his 80s. #PubHistory #FamilyHistory

#Caturday morning is for lounging around in oversized boxes / cat caves. 🐾

Meet Rowan. He's an 8 month old kitten who adopted Tim and I back in August. Every home needs a cat!🐈‍⬛️

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