#FlagFen #AugerSurvey #Fenland

Does anyone still take B&W images of sites/excavations/buildings as a matter of course? #ArchaeologicalPractice

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Teddy Roosevelt, Great quotes of history 1/2.

"Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him [the President] or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." - Teddy Roosevelt, Great quotes of history, 2/2.

The fact that Reform hates the United Kingdom really does need to be made more forcefully by its political opponents.

It's party conference season. We thought it was time to see where each party stands on public ownership. 🔎 Some of the results might surprise you! Check out our full Public Ownership Party Scorecard via link in comments below👇

I just remembered the time when Ernest Rutherford’s cousin, a no-nonsense nun, told me she wasn’t at all impressed by his monkeying about with the atom

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

Behind the Castle Hotel is, ta dah!

Away on business, honestly, and it's always reassuring when you find out your hotel has bedrooms.

I’m sure the good people of Lincolnshire will be happy to accommodate a small rise in their council tax to help Andrea out with her emails.

BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 56 people in Gaza City, hospital sources in the besieged enclave told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/nu10uv

Israel is clearly now a terrorist state. This is almost three Charlie Hebdos, for which the West wept bitter tears. Where are the tears now?

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

I’m having intro chats with dissertation students this fortnight, and one of them asked which historians I’d recommend for beautiful writing they could absorb to further develop their own writing style. So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️

I think he means Brexit was worth it even though it made OTHER people poorer. Twat.

“It is unfair [building illegal settlements in WB] because the [occupied] West Bank has nothing to do with Hamas…This becomes a political project and his [Netanyahu's] aim is not to dismantle Hamas but to deny Palestinians the right to live in peace.” - Macron in an interview with Israeli Ch. 12.

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BREAKING: Israeli warplanes have attacked a tent camp in central Gaza City, killing at least four Palestinians and wounding a number of others, report our colleagues on the ground and the Wafa news agency. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/hg1tok

Worth going to the Royal Academy to see the Kerry James Marshall exhibition which centres the lives of Black Americans. Given [waves hand] all this, it’s an exhibition for our time www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/k...

Settled in for the #MerseysideDerby25 🍻

I thought I'd read The Great Gatsby, but I haven't. I have a read a different book: a bloke in a shop, his mate comes regularly for a sandwich, it ends with him on a beach. What book is that? Its linked to The Great Gatsby in some way but can't think why!

#Bath #BicycleThieves

Er... wow. #ancientbluesky

The first seminar in our autumn series, on 25 September, will be Joy Sleeman's paper, 'Land Art (whatever that might be): a history reconsidered'. Our seminars are free and open to all. Registration details below: @ihr.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Ex World Champions Spain are threatening to boycott the World Cup if Israel qualify. Israel should not be in the World Cup, Russia are banned, why the hell aren't Israel?

The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.

Yesterday was a bit of a mixed day. The morning saw the funeral of a friend who died suddenly aged 48. In the evening met someone who had played at #Woodstock. Life eh? 🤷

Over to #Warrington for #AdoorableThursday and the south door of St Elphin's Church.

An innovative scheme offering free music lessons and workshops to pupils has been expanded in Shropshire.

A reminder that if you’re in the UK, you can directly support Palestinian farmers and manufacturers by buying @zaytouncic.bsky.social Fairtrade/fairly traded olive oil, freekeh, almonds, maftoul, soap, za’atar, dates - from most Oxfam shops or the Zaytoun website: zaytoun.uk/products/

‘The church… is not distinguished for any architectural details of importance’. This is what Samuel Lewis wrote about St Mary’s, Penllech in 1833. 1/6

Join us next Tuesday evening, 23 September, for one of our popular guided walks exploring 17th century Huntingdon, including royal visits, a Civil War battle, witch trials, Pepys and (of course) the Cromwell family. More details and bookings at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...

Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory

In conversation with Hawkes, Varley, and Chitty about hillforts.

Potted over for a quick peek at the old sawmill in Longnor. The River Manifold is fit to burst! #floodalert #rainfall #Staffordshire #PeakDistrict

The Post Office paid law firm £86m for dealing with the public inquiry into the scandal. 30 years later victims await compensation for false prosecutions. Despite evidence no exec charged. Fujitsu, lawyers, advisers complicit. Made millions in fees. No contribution to compensation fund.

Fixed this article: Shocking news that one of the countries largest and richest landowners (Church of England) refuses to maintain the upkeep on nationally important heritage assets Herefordshire churches 'face ruin' unless new uses can be found - BBC News share.google/jNQGi5GwPH9P...

A fine example of a chest tomb here in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church in Cransley, Northamptonshire. #TombTuesday

This morning, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that the Israeli government is committing genocide — affirming what Palestinians and experts have been saying for nearly two years.

A trench at Brodgar showing the original 3 metre deep ditch outside the stone circle. Photo from the Orkney Archaeological Society. @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social #stonecircles #brodger #orkney

New from 404 Media: airlines are selling *5 billion* ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching, per new docs we obtained. ARC is a data broker owned by United, American, Delta, etc. Then sells peoples' travel info to ICE, Secret Service, FBI etc www.404media.co/airlines-sel...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I am a professor because the McNair Scholars Program showed me what I was capable of. I will fight with everything I have to make sure others have the same opportunities. McNair matters!

Academic-skeety-pals: what are your impressions of the general state of online archives search (ie individual institutions' search facilities for hierarchically-catalogued archives and similar collections)? Any favourites? Any real stinkers?

My youngest is playing bass. The band is playing two sets at a local pub. First set starts with #PsychoKiller second with #LondonCalling 🥰 #ProudParent #Buxton