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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is NOT the future of scientific papers. #DataSharing already allows you to rerun analyses. A paper that is not static or does not provide the same answer all the times cannot grant #reproducibility. The dynamic part of a paper is made by other researchers.... 🧪 #science #academia #research

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks, Rebecca! It’s a huge relief to have finished but I’m keeping going with archaeology so still have plenty of writing to do 😊

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Amazing bioarchaeology workshop at Durham University helping research early medieval remains from Digventures’s excavations on Lindisfarne. I’ve been learning osteological techniques and applying them in the lab by laying out a skeleton and estimating biological sex, age, stature, and pathology

A photo of me wearing a black jacket and trousers standing next to a large metal sign for Durham University’s Archaeology and Anthropology Dawson Building

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you think your subject is safe because we need graduates wth those skills, think again.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A few photos from graduation this week. What a fabulous day — even though it was very warm wearing a gown over a suit — and it was even better to be able to celebrate with family and such good friends.

With my main supervisor, Prof Hannah O’Regan (@palaeohan)

Some of the wonderful, happy gang of students and staff from our department, Classics & Archaeology

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today marks the centenary of the National Trust's acquisition of the Coldrum megalithic monument, as a memorial to grocer-archaeologist Benjamin Harrison (d. 1921). As the Kent & Sussex Courier reported, the monument “was dedicated to the public use” at an afternoon ceremony on Sat 10 July 1926 🧵

Cutting from the Kent & Sussex Courier, July 16 1926:
"BENJAMIN HARRISON, OF IGHTHAM.
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED.
COLDRUM CASTLE CONVEYED TO NATIONAL TRUST.
Two memorials to the late Mr. Benjamin Harrison, of Ightham, were dedicated on Saturday, as the result of the sum of £250 subscribed to the Harrison Memorial Fund. The shop and house occupied for over half a century by the grocer-archaeologist no longer remain, but on the wall of the new residence erected there by Sir Edward Harrison (Mr. Harrison's son) is a tablet stating 'Benjamin Harrison lived here'."

View of the memorial plaque on a stone at Coldrum, that reads "COLDRUM STONE CIRCLE HAS BEEN VESTED IN THE NATIONAL TRUST AS A MEMORIAL TO BENJAMIN HARRISON 1837-1921 OF IGHTHAM"
10 JULY 1926"

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Finally, my paper on public responses to Stonehenge in British news is out. "What's the Meaning of Stonehenge?" reveals that archaeological news faces challenges of scepticism & backlash in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic era. Open Access (currently with mistakes in rendering, waiting for T & F to fix)

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What’s the meaning of Stonehenge? An exploration of responses to the archaeological site through ‘below the line’ comments in British newspapers

Through qualitative analysis of newspaper comments, this paper examines diverse interpretations of Stonehenge and public attitudes towards archaeology. This research reveals that archaeological new...

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Vice Chancellor Jane Norman didn't cause Nottingham University’s financial difficulties, but her response has been high-handed, misguided, tone-deaf & damaging Strikes in higher education shouldn't be undertaken lightly but this one is plainly justified westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...

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University of Nottingham staff announce two-month strike action | West Bridgford Wire

Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A reminder of what we are fighting against as our marking and assessment boycott begins today. physicsworld.com/a/nottingham... www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

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screenshot of the second article linked in the post

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Pleased (amazed, delighted, astonished) to announce that last week I passed my PhD viva (thesis defence) with no corrections! I’m grateful to Professor Joanna Brück, University College Dublin, and Professor Mark Pearce, University of Nottingham, for an enjoyable discussion of my thesis.

Group of PhD students, graduands and staff celebrating with drinks in the Humanities Building, University of Nottingham campus.

Happy PhD graduand holding a copy of his thesis.

Title page of David Osborne’s copy of Professor Jo Brück’s book, “Personifying Prehistory: Relational ontologies in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland”, signed by the author.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Breakfast in Jesus College, Cambridge, under the watchful eye of Colin Renfrew, Master from 1986–96

Row of portraits of former masters of Jesus College

Portrait of Colin Renfrew, Master of Jesus College, 1986–96

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Read it earlier: superb reminiscences. Saw him on stage as Hamlet @ Nottingham Playhouse, long before Snape, in seating built on the stage.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Sorry, forgot to add this… Hill, S. (2010) Howards End is on the Landing. London:Profile Books. 😉

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I’ve just finished my first non-archaeology book since completing my thesis: a book about the books that novelist Susan Hill has in her house. It’s great to be reading for enjoyment again! (Not that reading archaeology isn’t enjoyable but you know what I mean).

Book cover of Susan Hill’s ‘Howards End is on the Landing’, showing the title and the subtitle ‘A year of reading from home’ on two gold-embossed book spines.

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Wiltshire Museum @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

To celebrate the centenary of Woodhenge, this #findsfriday we thought we would share something from the site! This necked beaker, decorated with incised lines and zigzags was found from circle 1, Woodhenge, by Mrs M E Cunnington and Mr B H Cunnington, 1926-8. Now in our Prehistory Galleries!

Beaker pot of brown with zig zag patterns . Cracks seen throughout.

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) @leizarchaeology.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Out now & #openaccess: Grimm, Oliver (Ed.): Beast and Human: Case Studies for Northern Europe from Prehistoric to Early Modern Times, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (LEIZA Publications, Volume 8). doi.org/10.11588/pro... #LEIZArchaeology #Archaeology #HumanAnimalStudies

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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 12/12/2025

It took the cat a millennium to reach Ireland from England

Distribution of domesticated cat, from the domestication area in Mesopotamia (before 7500 BC) to Ireland and Northern Europe (900 AD)

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Just want to point out that both the Guardian and the BBC used "man" in their coverage of this research today. If you want science news that doesn't employ anachronistically gendered language, be sure to read us at @livescience.com. 😘

Screenshot of BBC story with headline "The moment the earliest known man-man fire was uncovered"

Screenshot of a Guardian story with the headline "Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests"

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Where Little Shambles meets Shambles, York. Number 8 Shambles can be seen, along with a bit of 9 Shambles, between numbers 43, on the left, and number 42 on the right. On the extreme right 1 Little Shambles, one of the few survivors of the street left after the creation of the market. #drawing

Pen sketch of timber framed buildings on a junction of two narrow streets. Some shoppers or tourists are crossing the road while others look at the shop signs.

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Plant Cuttings @plantcuttings.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Calling all who appreciate plants and what they do for us! Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at University of Nottingham (UK) chng.it/Fq67ZRxK via @UKChange #Botany #PlantScience

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

'It is notable that in the last Research Excellence Framework exercise the Department of American Studies at Nottingham was ranked third in the Area Studies unit of assessment and was one of the top-performing units across the whole of the University of Nottingham.' 1/2

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Another day, another round of news articles admonishing the administration for making cuts to our university. It's clear that faculty, students,. staff and community members are united against course closures. When will the university listen? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees

Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

An amazing day of solidarity with staff, students, and community members saying NO to compulsory redundancies and unnecessary course closures.

A panoramic photograph of the many people standing on today's picket line.

A photo of two people at our picket line holding signs.

A photo of someone holding up a solidarity fist at our picket line

A photo of a banner that says We Are The University with picketers standing behind it.

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Mike Collins - Chair British Association for American Studies @baaschair.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Please support and share this petition to help save American Studies teaching at The University of Nottingham. Staff are facing redundancy. The expertise that would be lost would be monumental. Please sign. c.org/26qjPmffNy

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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Every time I looked for you, you were in conversation so I didn’t want to interrupt! Yes, hopefully we can catch up soon. Good luck with your research! 😊

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

In Birmingham for tonight’s concert of Schumann & Stravinsky by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle and picked up this flyer about UoN’s dreadful Music Dept plans. Spread the word.

Photo of a flyer deploring UoN’s plan to stop taking music students, taken in Symphony Hall, Birmingham.

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

THREAD: Delighted that Peterborough Museum has received £250k, to further explore the amazing Bronze Age assemblage from Must Farm. One of my favourite projects of the past few years was creating replicas of the pots, to better understand the technology behind them 🏺 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Peterborough Museum gets £250k for Bronze Age project

The two-year initiative will explore the discoveries made at Must Farm in Whittlesey.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A massive number of our members just got word that the courses they teach on will be "suspended" by the university, effecting out current and future students in every single faculty and school at UoN.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

My Deutsch isn’t great but I like the pun! 👍

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Erratum: in my post yesterday on a recent Guardian article about Bronze Age feasting networks, I linked to a 2023 paper that was all I could find at the time. I’m grateful to @timdaw.bsky.social for telling me about the now-published paper in iScience, at doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Of course! Fabulous area… I’ve submitted a book chapter in which the Beckhampton Road long barrow, that wasn’t far from you, plays a leading role.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Thanks for that, Tim — I searched for it unsuccessfully on the iScience site but couldn’t find it and a Google Scholar search could only find the 2023 Frontiers paper.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Me too, I thought it was reporting a new paper from Rich & Angela but even though it’s a couple of years late, it’s still good to raise profile of the research.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today’s Guardian article on multi-isotope evidence for feasting at the Bronze Age/Iron Age transition is still interesting even though it’s based on a 2023 paper by Richard Madgwick, Carmen Esposito & @angelalamb.bsky.social 🧵1/2 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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People gathered for great meat feasts at end of British bronze age, study shows

Evidence of millions of animal bones at sites in West Country and Surrey points to ‘age of feasting’

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We have a family wedding in rural southern France (north-east of Toulon) next summer and my wife and I will go by train. Wish us luck!

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I might have one or two classical CDs that were recorded in the abbey at Fontevraud.

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We went there many years ago and although it’s a big site, those tombs are what stick in my mind. Henry’s castle at nearby Chinon is worth seeing — but wine from the vineyards was the real reason for the visit 😉

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Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Don’t forget the restaurant on the ground floor — we had a very nice lunch there during the Festival this year.

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