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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 3h

3rd century wall plaster from the Romano-British villa at Tarrant Hinton in Dorset, possibly depicting Narcissus, a hunter from Roman mythology. Now part of the collections at East Dorset Museum in Wimborne, Dorset. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain #TarrantHinton

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 2h

I walked Offa's Dyke in Sep and didn't expect how it would change me. I think that everybody should experience this remarkable landscape - so I've created an immersive page with images, words and maps to take you there from you armchair. www.digest.andymarsh...

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Based In Churton @churton.bsky.social · 1h

The historic Plas Newydd cottage in Llangollen is famed for its decorative arts, first collected and installed by Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby in the early 1800s. The wood carvings are particularly stunning, covering walls and ceilings inside, with more outside. Pics + history: wp.me/pcZwQK-5CG

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Based In Churton @churton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My first visit to Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral by Frederick Gibberd was a delightful surprise. Light-filled and full of colour, with the brick-vaulted crypt by Lutyens beneath, it has a fascinating history as the 4th of 3 previous attempts to build a Catholic cathedral. More at wp.me/pcZwQK-a2S

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Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An old door with a message, St Margaret’s Church, Newton St Margaret’s, Herefordshire. #AdoorableThursday

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 13h

Great lot of people for #CelebrityTraitors. Big fan of Joe Lycett, Miranda, Michael Sheen and Richard E Grant. This is going to be hilarious and absolutely riveting

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 14h

Hardly ever watched The One Show except once when my mum was on it but tell you what, just happened upon their tribute to #EstherRantzen and I'm welling up. Ok it's sentimental but not mawkishly so...lovely tribute to a good, principled woman who deserves all the accolades. Now that was a life. ❤️

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#HillfortsWednesday Maiden Castle in England is one of the largest hillforts in Europe. Photograph taken in 1935 by Major George Allen (1891–1940). #Archaeology

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For #HillfortsWednesday the enormous, but heavily eroded, coastal promontory fort at Porth y rhaw, Pembrokeshire, in the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social 🤩 The 5 metre+ high ramparts are among the most massive anywhere in west Wales. Excavations have revealed a long occupation 📷 My own, Saturday

A view along a cliff lined coast with the sea on the right & blue sky beyond

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 30/09/2026

Werner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fantastic parch marks in fields around #Roman Aventicum, the former capital of Roman Helvetia, founded 2,000 years ago after Julius Caesar defeated local tribes. It's now the site of the small town of Avenches. #Switzerland #archaeology #ancientbluesky🏺 www.reuters.com/business/env...

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not high on my list of wants 😅

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt

Photo of uneven knitting with much larger amounts of red yarn than green

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They treat those who seek peace as a threat to the public realm, while throwing a defensive cordon around those engaged in genocide. They treat environmental protesters as if they were antisocial thugs, while the antisocial thugs of the fossil fuel industry get a free pass to trash our lives.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Owls keeping watch over the steps of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History a couple of weeks ago (and since 1860) #OwlishMonday #stonecarving

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Owl, carved from a Tridacna shell; Phoenician, ca. 8th century B.C.E. [Pinterest] #OwlishMonday 🤍🐚🤍

partial view of a cream coloured shell with an owl head at the top and carved markings on the inside of the shell signifying outstretched wings. Shades of cream and white

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Listening to R4 #StartTheWeek @tds153.bsky.social, discussion about poetry, sound and listening, ancient acoustics etc, & Simon Armitage's new translation of the ancient poem Gilgamesh. Think that'll be my new niche curse: 'May an owl roost in your room at night' 😅

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if you say "The Museum of English Rural Life" three times in a mirror, nothing happens. but if you speak it a fourth time, a man in a smock appears and asks you to incant the poem on the side of this rather menacing jug

harvest festival jug featuring a rather spooky sunshine design

the reverse of the jug, featuring a poem. it reads: "Harvest is come all
busy now in making
of the Barley mow if
you the Barley mow
neglect of Good ale you
can not then expect"

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Loving the beautiful @petroc.bsky.social sea-themed programme now drawing to a close on Radio3, Where the Light Sings. Broadcast from the lighthouse on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. Islands very close to my heart after several idyllic holidays there My 📷, Higher Town Bay, St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good straightforward reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Musk's promotion of Restore/Rupert Low/civil war in the UK. Lots of detail, no polemics. The BBC could and should do this. Why doesn't it? archive.ph/eTOS5

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A great record - how lovely that we can all enjoy this.

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hiding in Battle Museum of Local History are lovely plaster fragments that once decorated the nearby roman baths at Beauport Park. The purple, yellow & red lines would have bordered a central scene, and different paint layers suggest redecoration happened at some point 💜💛❤️. 📸 us #findsfriday

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Repost: Things you should know but didn't know you needed to know before knowing: A nasothek is a collection of the broken noses of statues and busts. Now you know.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We tested people living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. 70% of people tested had levels of PFAS in their blood that, in the US, would be classed as 'high-risk' for adverse health effects. 1 person had the highest levels of PFAS ever recorded in anyone's blood in the UK.

Our PFAS pollution story on the front page of the Times today

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Toby Perkins, MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, was on Radio 4 last night to discuss our findings about PFAS in people's blood in Lancashire. Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If 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.

A really cute little running wild boar, looks like it could be from Shaun the Sheep.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Late Iron Age, Black Burnished Ware pottery tankard 📷 Sept 2026 Found as a grave accessory at Wynford Eagle and now in Dorset Museum It would have originally held just over 4 pints - cheers 🍻 #FindsFriday #FridayFeeling

Brown / grey Pottery tankard with handle in a museum case

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An amazing set of carved stone heads here.. potentially some date to later prehistoric or Roman times 🧐🤔

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Popped in to the Oriel Gallery at Llangefni to see the Trysor exhibition of recent metal detector finds on Anglesey including some of the new metalwork from the Llyn Cerrig Bach survey. Amazed at the amount of (Roman ?) smelted copper ingots on show. Great landscape paintings too - loved the montage

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Slumdog Millionaire on bbc4 - not seen it for years. So good, if a bit gruelling in places...

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I try and keep off politics on here but this is an important (and worrying) landmark piece that everyone who cares about democracy should read. It makes very clear the context in which Farage & co and the far-right in the UK are operating, who backs them, and why. #Reform #farright #democracy

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#RomanSiteSaturday with the Roman Baths at Prestatyn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 caught these a couple of weeks ago we've got a new episode from a bit further south, that also explores Caerwent thats here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC_I...

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A #Roman cheese press, found at Balmuildy fort on the #AntonineWall (Scotland). The cheese was put in the press & pressed down by a weight, forcing out any moisture through the holes. The resulting cheeses would have the concentric circle pattern from the press 🧀 #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Very cute George V postbox at Chirk Castle, #NorthWales, set in its own characterful stone construction which nicely echoes the great round towers of the castle. Strangely, it also sits on the line of Offa's Dyke, which is more visible from the air than on the ground at this point. #PostboxSaturday

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lovely walk round Chirk Castle yesterday. Nerines rule at this time of year, especially against old walls, grey lavender and purple vine leaves @nationaltrust.org.uk #NationalTrust #gardening #flowerFriday

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A scene from The Iliad, famous in Greek and Roman art, here engraved onto a gold ring as an intaglio seal: the Trojan princess Kassandra clutching at the ancient wooden statue of the goddess Athena, as Troy falls. Ajax the Lesser would rip her away, defiling the statue and temple. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

This heavy gold ring is decorated with a depiction of Kassandra, King Priam's most beautiful daughter, before the Palladion, the cult statue of Athena in Troy. The reversed lettering of Kassandra's name indicates that the ring was intended to be used as a seal.

Greek, ca. 400–380 BCE. Met Museum, New York (53.11.2)

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just came across this very funny old video of #EstherRantzen asking people in the street if they're upper class. Hilarious and somehow quaintly last-century good-natured...how we've changed #ThatsLife youtu.be/eK6w6MzMDhk

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1986: How to Spot the Upper Class | That's Life! | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🧵🚨 #BREAKING | Israeli Journalists Against SIlencing The Genocide of Gaza, Supporting The Creators Of The Movie NAZA עיתונאים ישראלים נגד הפחדה והשתקה של רצח העם בעזה, ובתמיכה של יוצרי הסרט נז"ה The full list of Israeli Journalists who signed below 👇

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Helsbels @helenus3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lovely old milepost I met in Tarporley high street the other day #Cheshire

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What BlueSky was invented for...it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖 A classic winter view from the north-west over Mynydd Preseli, Pembrokeshire, with the famous domed summit of Foel Trigarn hillfort - dusted with frost - on the horizon, & the dark Carn Alw defended outcrop below 🤩 📷 My own 2022

An orangey moorland view across two distance hills

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

1/2. Maiden Castle, the Iron Age hill fort in west Dorset, must be one of the most extraordinary and atmospheric locations in the UK. While looking at Paul Nash's rather more famous photographs of Avebury, I spotted these that he took of Maiden Castle in 1935.

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