This week: an evening at Society of Antiquaries, London, for a celebration of the Low Ham publication as part of their summer soiree. Here's us authors (@davidrobertsarch.bsky.social, Roger Leech and me) posing with the hard copy from Pen & Sword books but it's also open access - link in comments 👇

When I broke my wrist just before Christmas I was in+out of A&E in an hour. I thought I'd been very lucky and put it down largely to time of day (8.15am on a Saturday). So I found this interesting, and quite positive, reading. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I went to A&E with a broken wrist and caught a dose of ‘I’ve been lucky’ syndrome | Polly Toynbee

Statistics show my timely, efficient treatment wasn’t a matter of fortune but quite ordinary, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Really proud to see this out. A fantastic achievement that rests heavily on the hard work, expertise and dedication of all those mentioned here, not least @davidrobertsarch.bsky.social ! An excellent summary of all our contributors and of the overall findings. Now go read the book!

David Roberts@davidrobertsarch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10

Great to be @tag2025york.bsky.social this week to catch the excellent sessions and meet up with friends and colleagues new and old. Pleased to get good feedback on my #FindsFiction talk. Looking forward to following up new leads!

Doing fieldwork in your nice clothes?? This incredible piece of 3D pavement art recreates the experience of excavating the Trojan War Mosaic. Zoom in to marvel at the detail and then get over to Rutland County Museum, Oakham, to have a go for yourself! #FindsFriday #RCM3DArt

I'm pleased to have a small role in this Historic England/Cotswold Archaeology project. The swords are quite something and Glenn the detectorist is a great chap. It'll be interesting to see what else we learn as research progresses. #FindsFriday

Iron age settlement found in Gloucestershire after detectorist unearths Roman swords

When Glen Manning discovered two cavalry swords, a later dig revealed two distinct chapters of British history

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Now do the 'eyes' get used more often to replace those on clothing, or have these just been lost from this elderly card?

Good to celebrate the newly refurbished Fort Cumberland labs today. Lots of potential for interesting new discoveries. www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/nationa...

Historic England laboratories given ‘state-of-the-art’ refurbishment

The renovations involved reconfiguring the lab spaces with new flooring, heating and cooling systems while new jobs have also been created.

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When I say I've spent a lot of this week working on my nails, it makes it sound a lot more glamorous than the reality of this Roman ironwork assessment. #FindsFriday

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This is a nice listen: "Some of the friends I've made...they're my best 'finds' " www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Café Hope - Lost rings and things - BBC Sounds

How one man started a free service to find lost jewellery and metallic items.

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Favourite freebie from last week's CiFA conference - lovely finds from the A14 on a bookmark.