The next installment of ' #HarryPrice & the #PulboroughTorc'. Whether he made the torc, had it made - or planted a real one - the overwhelming evidence that Harry Price was involved is becoming impossible to ignore. Enjoy! 😊 #Archaeology #Torcs #Pulborough 🏺 bigbookoftorcs.com/2026/08/10/i...

‘I at once coveted, not the car, but the engine’. More thoughts on the Pulborough Area torc and Harry Price.

by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] This paper can be cited as:  DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21860528 Abstract. Previous work (Machling et al. 2023, Machling…

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Oooh, I am excited for this!

Dr. Sarah Joan Moran@lc-beguines.bsky.social · last wk.

My new book, Unconventual Women in the Habsburg Low Countries: 1585–1794 Visual Culture at the Court Beguinages, is officially available for pre-order from Routledge! An absolute must for your university library, if you ask me 😉. www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

Have any of you found that once people know what you do, they like to tell you their family history stories? I feel honoured they chose to share something personal with me. #GenHour #genealogy #ancestry

"Why should I major in History?"

Bits@bitshammer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Works for #genealogy, too. 😏

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Why should I major in History?"

Great to have you joining us @ckolonko.bsky.social! Our question is: what would you say to someone who knows nothing about your specialisation to help them understand why it's so important/why they should be interested?

Ooh, I've been asked to do a talk for a a local archaeology group. #genealogy #history

Infamy, infamy, high heels are coming back in for me.

Kenneth Williams' Dramatic Leespoons Performance

Alt: Kenneth Williams' Dramatic infamy Performance

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hang on: her name’s *what*???

Link to the full advertisement here: rb.gy/yudran #AcademicJournal #genealogy #editor

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #gardens

Chatsworth's parched grass reveals 'lost' 17th Century garden

The hot weather uncovers the outline of The Great Parterre, an ornate garden designed in 1699.

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In 1964 Goldsmith spoke to 284 people in Norwich with disabilities , on their experiences of navigating the city and what improvements could be introduced. #Disability #History www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Norwich's key role in helping disabled people hailed

Jenni Pettican says the work of Selwyn Goldsmith in Norwich has improved accessibility for everyone.

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All hail our overlord, Jimothy, for he has risen.

Fool's autobiographer@jade-wayfarer.bsky.social · 4w ago

We love him! Did you know that he was already foretold in the 18-th century manuscript?

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is universally recognized for her uncompromising, brilliantly colored artwork—including self-portraits, still lifes, and narrative scenes—that deals with themes of identity, the human body, death, and pain. She was born #OTD in 1907. #ArtSky #ArtHistory

It's still pretty cool. #genealogy #history #ancestry

Stephanie Kolonko-Weet@stephkolonkoweet.bsky.social · 2y ago

I occasionally think about how my ancestor, Rev. William Weate, had no idea that his 5th great-granddaughter would one day read his parish record entries.

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

This is important to note. 👇

Abigail Nunes-Richards@abinr.bsky.social · 4w ago

The scientists are careful to say 'a female' not 'a woman', and the headlines should reflect that. If I remember my funeral archarology and my pre-historic archaeology courses correctly, shaman were often what can be described as two-spirit or 3rd gender people. Genetic sex is not gender.

Tip of the day: If your partner works from home, try not prancing around when they're in a zoom meeting. As I may have done.

P.s. if you want to know more about the tools *she* was buried with, it's all here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Materials in movement: gold and stone in process in the Upton Lovell G2a burial | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Materials in movement: gold and stone in process in the Upton Lovell G2a burial - Volume 97 Issue 391

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There's nothing that says women can't work gold. So many people roll their eyes when I talk about 'craftspeople', not 'craftsmen'. But this is why... There's female goldsmiths with their own marks in medieval London FFS so why not earlier??? #Archaeology 🏺 1/2 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals Wiltshire’s Upton Lovell Shaman was a woman

Exclusive: Analysis offers ‘smoking gun evidence’ that overturns previous assumption that bronze age individual was male

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It's just not for me, or my husband. That's it. 🤷‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why more and more women are choosing to be childfree

From financial constraints to worries about the environment, women tell the BBC why they do not want kids.

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Chris has gone to IWM Duxford to do some measurements. It's just me and the cats on this beautiful day. It's so nice just to bask in the sun and listen to the birds tweet.

Can anyone help? #genealogy #ancestry #genhour

RJ1611@rfj1611.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm probably being thick but can someone from @ihgs.bsky.social please explain how to access the July Anytime Talk as a student? It says it is available until 3rd August on the website but I'm looking at the list in the student area and it isn't there. Am I missing something? 🥺 #genealogy

📜 Wills & Probate Records Summer School @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social Discover how wills and probate records can unlock family stories, reconstruct pedigrees + reveal social history. 5-day online course on pre-1858 probate records in Eng & Wales. 13–17 July 2026

Had a lovely meal out with Chris #DateAfternoon

Ruth Ellis’s pardon will comfort her family, but the system still lets down abused women like her | Joan Smith

Ruth Ellis’s pardon will comfort her family, but the system still lets down abused women like her | Joan Smith

When Ellis was condemned to death in 1955, the horrific violence she had suffered was ignored. Today, vulnerable women are still fighting to be heard, says journalist Joan Smith

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Husband has gone to band practice (he's an electric guitarist in a blues band). I'm chilling out with the cats, playing a word puzzle and watching a movie that @whisper447.bsky.social recommended, Project Hail Mary.

Free for one more day! #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #Speirgorm #IrishHistory #FamilyHistory

Claire Bradley@cbgenealogy.ie · last mo.

This morning's webinar on #1926census is now available to watch for free for the next week. Please share. familytreewebinars.com/webinar/irel... #IrishGenealogy #Speirgorm #IrishHistory #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Every month I have lunch with the girls, and we are running out of new places to eat. Any suggestions? Must be in Norfolk, UK!

It is not unusual to find home remedies written in places like commonplace books such as John Gwin’s or in recipe books such as Caroline Peirce’s. However, this particular remedy can be found in the first register of St Peter’s Church, Blaenavon.

As a genealogist, you see pre-NHS deaths that easily could have been prevented.

Stefan Marciniak@profmarciniak.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy 78th Birthday to the NHS 🥳 Nye Bevan’s vision of universal healthcare became reality on 5 July 1948 "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the community"