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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 7h

Well indeed. But in that moment, you need something as a reminder that you have every bit as much right to be there as the bully.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 11h

Outside of Oxbridge the bullies are probably acting out because they’ve had a whole summer of implicit, or explicit, criticism from their parents for failing to get into the institutions of their first choice so are punching down. Remind yourself your parents are likely unspeakably proud of you

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Supermarket profits-led policies are driving the expansion of polluting 'mega-dairies' - a bad deal for farmers, nature and especially our rivers. Our rivers have formed how we have inhabited our world over millennia. As their current custodians we need to do better for future generations

wildlifetrusts.org

Rise of 'mega-dairies' pushing nature to breaking point | The Wildlife Trusts

Tighter rules on intensive dairy farms and increased support for farmers to cut pollution, restore nature and build a more resilient sector are urgently needed, say The Wildlife Trusts

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And here’s the brief online tour for a quick introduction to the Offa’s Dyke Centre’s bilingual exhibition youtu.be/orWoc6FQakA?...

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A walk around the Offa's Dyke Centre

YouTube video by Offa's Dyke Association

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just saying. . . The trail starts in Knighton, home of the Offa’s Dyke Centre! Why not drop in and enjoy some excellent coffee and cake whilst perusing our updated bilingual exhibition on the early medieval Anglo-Cymric borderland.

theguardian.com

In the footsteps of Wales’s heroic rebel prince: hiking Glyndŵr’s Way

As Michael Sheen prepares to bring Owain Glyndŵr to life on stage, our writer walks the peaceful national trail named after the last Welsh Prince of Wales

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Huge congratulations to @theduncanmackay.bsky.social on Echolands hitting the best seller spot 👏👏👏

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Open source, people-powered tree watering anyone? There was lots of running around with people watering the immature trees in our local park during the heatwave. Thankfully, they appear to have made it through. This app would be a real boon.

theguardian.com

‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty

Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the world

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“I think Moluag had a very big impact on the evangelising of Scotland, but unfortunately, he didn’t get his PR right.”

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh no. My sorry. In that I had so many consultant-related scars, like so many of us, I feel like I could write a book - or an incredibly long BlueSky thread instead. Why are so many senior management bewitched by their particular kind of verbal bull?

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These arguments for cuts would be more plausible if it wasn’t for the fact that there always seems to be money for inflated salaries for growing numbers of senior managers to oversee these processes.

theguardian.com

Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector

Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That’s dreadful news. I am so very sorry to hear that Rena left us way too soon.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you for sharing @enortonhistory.bsky.social It’s a wonderful spot for a picnic too, the adjoining churchyard makes for a lovely potter. Oh, and the bees ❤️

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very much looking forward to getting hold of our copy 👍

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy memories. My Dad was Head Nurse at Grassington Hospital in the late 70s.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

More power to your leftist nonsense!

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We've decided to start a discussion series. Lunchtimes once a month, to remember why we 'do heritage' all welcome, please share with students and networks.

Poster for a discussion series. Text reads:

ButCH/*

Bureau for the Contemporary & Historic

Bureau Bites!

JOIN US AT THE BUREAU FOR A MONTHLY LUNCHTIME BITE

13.15-14.00

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/353204848682706?p=kTQLxkqUay7odEGmUi

Meeting ID: 353 204 848 682 706

Passcode: 72My9df2

Start your week with us in the Bureau for our new series, Bureau Bites. These informal, 45min online gatherings are open to all, whether you're a postgraduate student, a heritage manager or a senior consultant. Keep an eye on our LinkedIn account where we'll post a link to a short text (30 min read) the week before we meet. We understand how dynamic, energetic and enterprising (ie busy) we all are so please join the conversation even you haven't been able to make time to read and reflect in advance. Readings will be a mix of websites, blogs, reports, excerpts from academic papers.

The aim is to reconnect us with our communities of practice and to create space for the kind of thinking we might not be able to do on the daily grind. We invite participants to start a light-touch reflective journal to help document these conversations, which you may find useful in your work.

These gatherings also mark the start of ButCH's journey towards being a business partnership and launch of our redesigned website https://37looestreet.org/home/butch/

Monday, 12 October: Does heritage really matter?

Monday, 9 November: When loss is more!

Monday, 7 December: Beyond engagement? Art, heritage and placemaking

Monday, 11 January: Strategies, frameworks and plans why have them?

Monday, 8 February: Nothing ages faster than the future

Monday, 8 March: Place, land and more-than-human interve

Monday, 5 April: 'No, I don't want to do workshops with NEETs! Beyond instrumentalising heritage

Monday, 10 May: Not another toolkit! Working with creative approaches to unblock cross-sector heritage research, management and policy

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Aww, memories of Bill Putnam, my old Head of Department who ran the training excavation at Dewlish. It was legendary for those of us who worked on Woolcombe Farm later on.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s still too early in the day for that kind of language.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Full marks to them on sniffing out a complete dud, then 👍

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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I do like an inviting path! This is the old drovers' road on Adstone Hill, near the western side of the Long Mynd. These green walkways date back to medieval times and were used to herd livestock across the hills and valleys. I was there for a couple of hours and all I #Shropshire

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There is some lovely stuff popping up on BlueSky today. This is right up there. I cannot disagree with @suw.bsky.social Thank you for sharing.

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is just way too beautiful not to share. Am in awe of the dedication of Giuseppe Petricca. Thank you for sharing @astroroyalscot.bsky.social What site on the Anglo-Cymric border do you think deserves this level of dedication?

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Definitely my favourite explanation of it ever ❤️ “It’s where you’ve been living this whole time. Thank you for the link

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The stones store stories like lithic batteries. People anchor tales to them, give them folkloric titles – the Giant's Grave, the Sleepers, the Devil's Toad. In all of this, a recognition that the Long Neolithic lives in our imaginations. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ain’t that the truth “There are always compromises when making maps. Spend any amount of time with a cartographer and what might seem like fundamental truths quickly break down. “Which way is up?” or “Where is the centre” are not simple questions for cartographers”

theguardian.com

‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias

Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display

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Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust @gloswildlife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"There’s one place that is really close to my heart: the Severn Hams. This vast floodplain between Gloucester and Tewkesbury was once alive with nature. With your help, I am determined to bring that life roaring back." -Harry, Lead Land Manager West Support Harry’s Mission: ow.ly/U1yb50ZOATI

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