I’m delighted to share that I have signed a contract with @yalebooks.bsky.social to write about ‘Encounters with Britain’s Giants’. Forthcoming in 2028! 📖 @folkloresociety.bsky.social

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

I couldn’t make it to the @imc-leeds.bsky.social this year, but the lovely @drcharlottepickard.bsky.social is there, and she’s kindly photographed my book on 11th century Norman charters out in the wild on the @routledgehistory.bsky.social stand … I’m thrilled.

The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

It's by the fantastic the_miracle_aligner over on YouTube!

Running up that hill Cover in Early Middle English BARDCORE/MEDIEVAL version. Original by Kate Bush.

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My forthcoming book with @routledgehistory.bsky.social. All about Norman charters and the 11th century history of the abbey of Sainte-Trinité-du-Mont, Rouen. Discovering ‘Bernard the Cook’ in 30 years of the abbey’s charters inspired me to write this book. www.routledge.com/Approaching-...

Approaching Norman Charters of the Eleventh Century

This book provides a ‘how to’ guide to studying eleventh-century Norman charters, to enable readers to develop a confident command of this material, inviting them to explore the possibilities these do...

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The magnificent Corfe Castle today. A celebration of community art and engagement with our landscapes. Part of the Inside Out Dorset arts festival. I’ve loved being part of this.

Wonderful to see the amazing ‘Giant’ community art project I’ve been involved with come to fruition today. It was unveiled next to the Cerne Abbas giant. It has made the BBC news and the national press. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Delighted to now be a visiting scholar at Edinburgh university. Great to be given a tour of the department and campus earlier this week. Very much looking forward to catching up with Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social and Bill Aird. @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

It was lovely to see ‘A Date with the Two Cerne Giants’ on the @oxbowbooks.bsky.social stand at #IMC2025. Chapter 13 is mine! And as always the greatest of thanks to @richardosgood.bsky.social for letting me include his famous Cerne Giant image in my chapter.

Following my work on the Cerne Giant project, it’s the greatest pleasure to be involved with this community art project about creating a new giant for the Dorset National Landscape. To be revealed in September. @beccagill.bsky.social and Radical Ritual.