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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

RTÉ to explore C.S. Lewis’s Belfast roots in new documentary, The Lion, The Witch and the Ulsterman about.rte.ie/2026/10/06/r... @tolkiensociety.org @rte.ie

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 05/10/2026

In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we head back in time to the Bronze Age as we visit Kenmare Stone Circle in County Kerry. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #DiscoverIreland #Travel

A circle of low stones surround a boulder on a grassy knoll, with thick conifer trees as a backdrop

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Next up on my book reviews list for work is Chloe Aridiis’ The Shadow of the Object. #Books #Bookreview #Library #Fiction

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely A new study has made argon-argon dating more precise by using the well-recorded eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/vesu...

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2,000-year-old Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii helps scientists date Earth’s history more precisely | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A new study uses the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption to improve argon-argon dating and measure volcanic events with greater precision.

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 04/10/2026

The megalithic tomb known as 'The Calf House' in the Cavan Burren. The monument’s unusual name comes from the fact that it was modified and reused in the 19th century as an animal shelter. The Cavan Burren is a wonderful place for a walk to encounter millennia of Ireland's memories. #Ireland

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A wooden boardwalk leads to the megalithic tomb known as the Calf House

The interior of the Calf House, the gap between the slipped capstone and the orthostat has been filled with a rough stone wall

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds Archaeologists have recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from melting mountain ice in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains. One of the oldest is a 5,000 to 6,000-year-old arrow archaeologymag.com/2026/09/5000...

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5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A 5,000-year-old arrow is among 48 prehistoric finds recovered as melting ice reveals older archaeology in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains.

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Last night’s watch… Ride the Pink Horse (1947). Robert Montgomery excels in not only directing, but starring in this superior noir. The tension and atmosphere tick away at just the right pace and the pathos instilled in the closing frames feels real 🤠👌 #Filmnoir #noir #cinema

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social I’ve completed and uploaded my review today. Not sure how to share a copy with you, I may be able to to take screenshots though?

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love Will Tear Us Apart video session TJ Davidson’s Rehearsal Studio 28 April 1980 📷 Anton Corbijn

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hoping to write up my review of Few and Far Between and upload it onto our intranet this week, plus working on an idea to promote the novel while keeping up borrowing momentum around all our branches. 👍 @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Smile, it’s Friday! 😃 Meet ‘The Oldest Smile in the World’ a tiny face that’s been smiling for some 7,400 years! Carved from oak during the Mesolithic, this small human figure was found in 1966 in a layer of peat during dock construction at Willemstad in the Netherlands. #FindsFriday #Archaeology

My photo shows a human figure roughly carved from dark brown oak wood during the Mesolithic period about 5,400-5,300 BC. It is 12.5 cm tall with a long body with two finger-shaped indents on the right hand side (left in my photo), suggesting it was made to be held in the hand. The stylized head has deeply carved eyes, nose, and open mouth. The triangular shape of the mouth makes it look as if the figure is smiling, leading to its description as ‘The oldest smile in the world’. It is displayed against a black display case background at Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the figure is currently on loan for the ‘Shamaness’ exhibition. It is part of the permanent collections of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands. It was found in a layer of peat in 1966 during the construction of a dock at Willemstad, North Brabant, Netherlands.

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The Dark Almanac @darkalmanac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A witch was turned to stone at Mitchell's Fold, Shropshire, for milking a magic cow dry into a sieve. The tale was first recorded in 1883. Shortly after, someone cut it into a sandstone pillar in Middleton-in-Chirbury church. historicengland.org.uk 📷 Dave Croker/Geograph, CC BY-SA

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#RomanSiteSaturday The Roman Temple of Évora. The temple is believed to have been constructed around the 1st century CE, in honour of Augustus, who was venerated as a god during and after his rule.

The Roman Temple of Évora (Portuguese: Templo romano de Évora), also referred to as the Templo de Diana (albeit wrongly, after Diana, the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity) is an ancient temple in the Portuguese city of Évora (civil parish of Sé e São Pedro). The temple is part of the historical centre of the city, which was included in the classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It represents one of the most significant landmarks relating to the Roman and Lusitanian civilizations of Évora and in Portuguese territory.

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Because of we nice librarians, no doubt 🤠

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023

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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide

Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Honoré de Balzac in 1842 (daguerreotype by Louis-Auguste Bisson)

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 25/09/2026

This is a weight that was used by a Viking trader, some time in the 9th or 10th century. This is one of a number of weights discovered in Dublin. They were used in balance scales to weigh silver in the time before standardised currency. See it on display in the National Museum of Ireland.

A small weight on display in the National Museum of Ireland. It consists of lead attached to a small animal head made of gilt bronze.

With pointed ears and flared nostrils, the head may depict a wolf or dog, and it has been likely recycled from a stolen piece of metalwork taken from a shrine from an Irish church.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Leonard Cohen's birthday: "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Little Toller is reprinting On Silbury Hill, one of the ten books I would save from a burning house. www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

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On Silbury Hill by Adam Thorpe - Little Toller Books

A tenth anniversary edition of Adam Thorpe's acclaimed chalkland memoir, On Silbury Hill, investigating Wiltshire's mysterious landscape.

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just rereading ‘Few and Far Between’ before I write the review for Libraries NI. I’m enjoying the subtext 🤠 @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Talking Heads 1980 dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@slipperyjack.bsky.social I’m sure you’ve been getting plenty of kudos for (in this instance) Green Lung (don’t think they’re on here?) covers since Woodland Rites, so here’s one more 🤠 always a pleasure to pore over, adding another dimension to the album(s) 👌

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Past Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

theconversation.com/was-there-re... Egyptologists have long disputed whether Meretneith was an independent ruler of Egypt. Resolving that dispute would require finding a text that identifies her as a ruler. New research might do just that.

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Was there really a female king in ancient Egypt 5,000 years ago? New study says yes

Meretneith was buried in a tomb fit for a male ruler. But for decades, debate has raged over her true royal status.

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finland’s largest Viking Age silver hoard found near Sysmä Finland’s largest known Viking Age silver hoard has been found near the town of Sysmä. A metal detectorist found the hoard on September 3, 2026... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/finl...

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Finland’s largest Viking Age silver hoard found near Sysmä | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Finland’s largest Viking Age silver hoard, weighing 4.5 kilograms, has been found near Sysmä with thousands of silver coins and jewelry.

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

How a new crop reshaped land use in Bronze Age Europe A new study pushes back the earliest known millet consumption in Bronze Age Europe by more than a century. Researchers found evidence of millet eating in southeastern Poland around 1590 BCE.. More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/how-...

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 13/09/2026

Leacanabuaile Stone Fort • c.9th-11th century • Kerry Leacanabuaile enjoys outstanding views over the Kerry landscape and is thought to have been the seat of a high-ranking family in early medieval Ireland. #Ireland #WildAtlanticWay

The foundations of a circular drystone fort atop a grassy knoll on a misty day in West Kerry

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fully prepared for weekend jinks and jives 🦇

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Devil swinging on a gibbet. Print by Robert Bewick(?); ca. 1811-1823. The British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm back on the Wicker Men for this week's batch of gilded defaced copies of my book. I'll have five copies in the shop tomorrow from 12 00 🔥... slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

Title page of Tales Accursed a Folk Horror Anthology with a pen drawing of a Wicker Man with gilded flames.

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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The people who lived in Scandinavia 3,800 years ago carved footprint-shaped petroglyphs. But the pairs rarely matched—sometimes two left feet! Could they have been marriage pacts? A way to mark a departure and then a return? archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2026/digs-discoveries/foot-notes/

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The entrance passage of Cuween Chambered Cairn in Orkney. The Neolithic tomb is also known as the ‘Tomb of the Dogs’ on account of the skulls of 24 dogs which were found along with human remains. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Orkney

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Petroglyph of Sikachi-Alyan under the snow (elk-figure from Åskollen, Drammen, Norway)

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Past Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Several hundred so-called anti-vampire burials are known across Central and Southeastern Europe, dating from the late Middle Ages to the modern era. In Poland, the Pień necropolis contains at least a dozen considered atypical.

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‘Vampire’ grave mystery deepens as 17th-century woman ‘may have been an outsider’

A 17th-century woman buried with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her toe may have come from outside the local community, while a mysterious copper object placed in her mouth suggests locals ...

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Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The “night sea journey” is the journey into the parts of ourselves that are split off, disavowed, unknown, unwanted, cast out, and exiled to the various subterranean worlds of consciousness. It is the night sea journey that allows us to free the energy trapped in these cast-off parts. Stephen Cope

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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

80 years ago, 1946 was the year of cinema with the biggest amount of cinema attendance and huge box office returns. #FilmNoirFest 2026 will be marking cinema's biggest ever year with a special strand with some of the key #FilmNoir titles from that year: www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you enjoyed Chris Packham's Evolution series - you'll love this! 4 billion years of evolution in one evening - I'm live on tour across the UK this November... www.alice-roberts.co.uk/tour

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Dark Galloway @darkgalloway.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It has been wonderful to see the recent surge in writing about our relationship to our ancient past. Three I have enjoyed recently are Upon A White Horse by Peter Ross, Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson and Stories of the Stones by Paul Robichaud. 1/2 #StandingStoneSunday

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