Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 58mOh, totally! And just like cats, they think they own the place!! 000
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Anglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican point to a thriving English community in early medieval Rome Twenty Anglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican offer new evidence of a permanent English community in early medieval Rome. The finds... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/10/angl...archaeologymag.comAnglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican point to a thriving English community in early medieval Rome | Archaeology News Online MagazineTwenty Anglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican reveal trade, craftwork, and a thriving English community in early medieval Rome. 117139
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 13/10/20262 very comfy looking birds spotted keeping an eye on the restaurant courtyard! #peacocks #peacocksofbluesky! @dfgillie.bsky.social 220
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Source: The Guardian share.google/nhrYD3TpjRnu...share.googleDoctor warned Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe years before sect killed her by withdrawing medicineInquest hears paediatricians pleaded with child safety for action to protect the eight-year-old from her parents and other Toowoomba sect members 000
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Very sad to hear of the death of Chris Wickham, he was a wonderful historian of early medieval Europe www.medievalists.net/2026/10/chri...medievalists.netChris Wickham, Leading Historian of Medieval Europe, Passes Away - Medievalists.netChris Wickham, one of the most influential historians of medieval Europe, has passed away. His research transformed how scholars understand the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, whi... 315329
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Oh that's so sad to hear. He taught me in my undergraduate days and sparked a lifetime's interest in Iceland and all things Viking. 010
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A Milestone Worth Celebrating! 🎉Just one month after officially launching on 5 September, NorseMap iViking has surpassed 1,000 submissions. This milestone reflects the incredible enthusiasm, engagement and support of our growing community. 152
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Did you know that you can upload images to the iViking app from your gallery? 🌄 Easily share pics of Viking heritage from your photo archives... like this super pic of a modern runestone (the Vasastenen) taken by user Ingski and submitted this week. #iViking #MedievalSky #NorseMap #Norse #heritage 155
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman 👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 29/09/2026I’m actually gonna pop this one out of the thread and tag her because @nigella.bsky.social this was really a beautiful moment! Thank you for saying it! 8110069
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Which monster would not give him all the cheeses?!! 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pruning trees today. What my arms are going to look like when I've finished!!static.klipy.comStrong Woman Flexing Biceps MusclesALT: Strong Woman Flexing Biceps Muscles 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pruning trees. Will look like this by the time I've finished!! #gardening #gardens #pruning #treesstatic.klipy.comStrong Woman Flexing Biceps MusclesALT: Strong Woman Flexing Biceps Muscles 000
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On this day, 28 September 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, arrived off the Sussex coast. The word “Norman” derives from “Northman,” a term used for the Scandinavian settlers who established themselves in northern France during the 10th century. Image provided by WikiCommons. 092
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records a great sea-flood #OTD in 1014, the tide ‘reaching inland further than ever before, submerging many homesteads and drowning many people’. 📸Dave Fergusson 1409
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A lovely series of to-whoos to lull me off to sleep, courtesy of Mr Tawny! 010
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026BBC News - Avebury stones painted with gold paint in 'heritage crime' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAvebury stones painted with gold paint in 'heritage crime'The National Trust says the Neolithic Avebury World Heritage Site was vandalised with gold paint. 200
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026👏👏👏 to the students of @jeffsharlet.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Terry O'Connor @osteoconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Err... education? Anyone?? 072
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If this isn’t now your favourite Roman carving, you’re wrong. It is. I will not be discussing this further. Found Vindolanda; on display Chesters. 1826457
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRare Anglo-Saxon coin unearthed in ShetlandArchaeologists say the discovery suggests possible trading links between Viking and Anglo-Saxons. 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BBC News - Dolly Parton free book scheme to expand in London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDolly Parton free book scheme to expand in LondonThe late singer's Imagination Library posts children a free book every month until they turn five. 030
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Haraldr Harðráði, king of Norway, and Tostig Godwineson, former earl of Northumbria, defeated the brothers Morcar and Edwin, earls of Northumbria and Mercia respectively, at the Battle of Fulford, near York, #OTD in 1066. Coin of Haraldr 📸Kulturhistorisk museum 17213
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026thevikingherald.com/article/eina...thevikingherald.comEinar Selvik joins University College Cork’s launch of new app to map global Viking feverThe five-year NorseMap project aims to provide a greater understanding of how the Viking Age is perceived in different locations around the world. 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.paypal.com/gb/pools/c/9...paypal.comFundraiser for dormouse boxesWe are fundraising to buy dormouse boxes for released dormice, so they can have somewhere safe and secure while they adjust to their freedom, and to help them have safe places to breed and rear their ... 000
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Every Saturday since the end of October 2023 islanders in Orkney have come out and stood in vigil on the Kirk Green, Broad Street, from 1 to 2pm, in support of the people of Palestine and in condemnation of the #Gaza Genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t90I...youtube.com'We do need to keep coming out' Orkney's Vigil for #GazaYouTube video by The Orkney News 094
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Nothing says midweek quite like a fish-head níðstöng (“scorn-pole”) and the continuing afterlife of the Viking Age. This gloriously strange find was submitted by one of our users to NorseMap. Spotted something Viking inspired in the wild? Add it to the map with the iViking app! 032
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And a refusal to look you in the eye and smile at you. Just an automatic action for me. I guess a result of lockdowns but so rude!static.klipy.comFriendly Bear Waves HelloALT: Friendly Bear Waves Hello 010
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Basic manners. Noticing a distinct lack of them among all age groups.static.klipy.comMind Your Manners ScoldALT: Mind Your Manners Scold 000
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Gravestone fragment showing a hound chasing a hare from Roman Bath (Aquae Sulis). Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain 217336
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Those birds!!🤗 Could have been carved yesterday! 010
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The ‘Winfarthing Pendant’ - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon disc brooch that was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in South Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Winfarthing #NorwichCastle 426062
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology 502328507
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Want to see stunning early medieval narrative art featuring mounted warriors, but can't get a ticket to the British Museum? We have just the thing at the Govan Stones, and it's free to see every day, 11am-4pm! 📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social 123253
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Shop workers are being secretly filmed at work through Meta's glasses, then having it shared online. I've just signed to demand it stops, add your too: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...the.organise.networkBan Meta's creepy glassesAdd your name: 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Slavering morons. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...theguardian.comProtesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekersA group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou... 010
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's quite striking how annoyed Tory MPs are getting at Burnham for taking the time to listen and actually answer questions. But then I guess for part-time MPs with so many other lucrative engagements, brevity matters more than content. #PMQs 1656980
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...thelondoneconomic.comDonald Trump lies about being rescued from rubble on 9/11Donald Trump has once again falsely claimed that he was at Ground Zero on 9/11, telling an event he was rescued from the rubble by firemen. 000
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BBC News - Actor Sarah Hadland adopts wobbly kitten after West End event - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukActor Sarah Hadland adopts wobbly kitten after West End eventThe kitten, born with "wobbly cat syndrome", is adopted from a Peterborough charity. 010
Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 020
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/202680 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing. 9533571382
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You can always tell when an Argentine government is getting desperate. They pull out the Malvinas card. 610811
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“Earth’s flaunting flower of passion fadeth fair To ripening fruit in sunlit veils of the air…” #Fruits found for #WildflowerHour: rose hips, elderberries, white bryony berries, snowberries, crab apples, sloes, haws, blackberries, dogwood berries, holly berries, sweet chestnuts. 213829
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Farage, a man who was doing Cameo videos for £70 a pop as late as March 2026, apparently turned up to a meeting to discuss a half-million donation and "wasn't really listening". What utter contempt he has for the very democracy, country, and people that he claims to love. 371471341
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026 107112262826
Reposted by Elizabeth Trueman ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Proof of Delivery 1166200631
