Angela Raynor has apparently just suggested nipping out to shut the stable door, and perhaps even going down the field to check on the horse

A recent reconnaissance survey of the Holm of Papay, all the geos, the Holmie sheep and neolithic burial cairns in one go.. An island off an island. #Papay #Orkney #holmsweetholm

🚀 Countdown to Launch: Spotlight on White Horse Vikings! As we count down to the official launch of NorseMap and our photo capturing app on 5 September, we’re spotlighting the talented reenactment groups we’re beyond excited to welcome to our launch celebrations.

The very splendid doors of Heddal Stave Church, Telemark, Norway. Likely dating from the early 13th century, it is the largest of the 28 surviving #stavechurch #AdoorableThursday

Delighted to meet #Ragna again, this time in a #runic inscription in Lom Stavkyrkje.

Final reminder- the BBC R4 appeal to fund Parkinson’s nurses closes tonight -you can donate here www.bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4

It’s a big day, start of a week of fundraising for @parkinsons.org.uk Listen to BBC R4 at 0754 to learn more

A cause very close to me. Thanks to @rorycj.bsky.social for all he does to raise awareness of Parkinson’s. Specialist nurses are vital. Most professionals in general practice & hospitals have limited knowledge of this disease. Please donate or share. www.bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4

Shall we start #buyastrangerabook day? Yes. Let's start #buyastrangerabook day.

Just in case you were wondering about the name #Haaland and how to pronounce it ... norseandviking.blogspot.com/2026/07/erli...

Erling's Home

Photo of Bryne by Rune Sattler CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org One of the most famous footballers today is the still very young Erl...

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Although I generally hate being given a link that takes me directly to a pay wall, this juxtaposition from the Sunday Times did amuse me.

Finally it's #StandingStoneSunday 🥳 The small, family-sized Early Bronze Age cairn-circle at Hirnant, above Ponterwyd in the mid Wales hills, has somehow survived 4500 years of landscape change 😮 It's a remarkable survivor of prehistoric burial & ritual 🥰 📷 My own, 2022

The orthostats of Holm of #Papay North stalled cairn hidden among foliage. #StandingStoneSunday #Orkney

Can’t think of many better places to watch the sun go down than the Knap of Howar. Although Bess thought there was too much photography and not enough playing #Papay #Orkney

Two archaeologists on a #stile #Papay #Orkney Dog in #seaweed

Feeling completely over excited at having seen #BookyMcBookface in the wild today on Westray #Dreamscancometrue @orkneylibrary.bsky.social

Lovely urn - but even more splendid to see that tshirt in the wild!

Northumberart@northumberart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What's an Anglo Saxon urn (or as the old joke would have it "earn")???? Well here's one made by my husband @pottedhistory.bsky.social It's a much darker, richer colour than this photo suggests!

Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.

"A moment of ecstatic joy, the greatest a player could imagine, could still be celebrated alongside expressing grief," writes Chris Bowlby ✍️ #Football #worldcup #churchnews

Viewpoint with Chris Bowlby: Football and religion can benefit each other

FOR me, as for many fans of a certain age, watching the World Cup kick off last week in the Azteca stadium, in Mexico City, brought back powerful memories. In 1970, as an eight-year-old, I watched TV, transfixed, as a brilliant Brazilian team won ...

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Hey gang. It's #buyastrangerabook day! @laurabrennan.bsky.social sent me a tenner to buy someone a book with. How lovely is that? So, there are millions of ace books for you to ask for. So just ask if there's a particular book you want! UK only

Big Green Books@biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

THIS OFFER IS STILL UNCLAIMED It's Refugee Week this week, and for #buyastrangerabook day I'd like to offer out "When Stars are Scattered" by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed. It's a brilliant graphic novel depicting a child's life in a refugee camp. If you'd like it, get in touch. UK only

Big Green Books@biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's Refugee Week this week, and for #buyastrangerabook day I'd like to offer out "When Stars are Scattered" by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed. It's a brilliant graphic novel depicting a child's life in a refugee camp. If you'd like it, get in touch. UK only

I know you lot aren’t the ones who need to hear this, but: all a ban does is make the banned thing less safe, ever. Kids are gonna keep going online and now they are going to meet a predator who’s going to be able to threaten them with “you’ll get in trouble if you tell anyone”

Once again ‘the North’ defined as Manchester and South/West Yorkshire. #Northumberland anyone? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

‘Oyster card for the north’ could save commuters £276 a year, thinktank says

Proponents say scheme could generate up to £2.7bn in five years by making travel around north of England easier

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hi everyone! as your local resident witch and Celtic pantheon pagan *AND* British built heritage historian, please, PLEASE stop leaving lit candles as offerings in Neolithic monuments (cough cough West Kennet Long Barrow)

An extraordinary book about the emotional power of football within communities and families. And, of course, Newcastle United. #NUFC

chrisbowlby1.bsky.social@chrisbowlby1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wrote this as a kind of continuation of the running conversation I had with my son Ewan before he died. About what football has meant to me, and him, and the people and world around us. Looking forward to hearing what readers think.

What an excellent idea. I noticed people on sites this year immediately uploading photos of finds to AI for ID. As with everything else it takes away that inquisitive, investigative, learning process. And adds nothing to object ID skill sets.

Andy Agate@andyagate.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I led an undergrad seminar in archaeological artefact identification recently. Split into 3 groups. One using books, one using the PAS database and the third using AI photos. I couldn't get any student to admit they knew anything about AI!

End of 3 weeks at our Northumberland early Anglo-Saxon estate centre. More loom weights, post-built buildings and another loom weight production oven. Brilliant volunteers working in really challenging sand archaeology. #communityarchaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Felton Anglo-Saxon dig site reveals more finds

Archaeologists say a second oven has been unearthed, suggesting it was a busy hub producing cloth.

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End of 3 weeks at our Northumberland early Anglo-Saxon estate centre. More loom weights, post-built buildings and another loom weight production oven. Brilliant volunteers working in really challenging sand archaeology. #communityarchaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Felton Anglo-Saxon dig site reveals more finds

Archaeologists say a second oven has been unearthed, suggesting it was a busy hub producing cloth.

bbc.co.uk

I can’t believe I did this 😳 We launched our Janus Bust to our mailing list… then I forgot to tell everyone else. I’m a potter. The businesswoman part is still under construction 😅 See the Janus Bust potted-history.co.uk/products/janus

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?