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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very pleased to have worked on this fascinating group of finds with the wonderful @francescatinti.bsky.social , and thanks to the comms team @cam.ac.uk for putting together the release. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/angl...

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Anglo-Saxon expats got special treatment in Rome’s 'Little England'

The first material evidence of the Schola Saxonum suggests the Anglo-Saxons in Rome were a thriving and valued expat community.

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

An extremely (and maybe surprisingly) cute Roman dolphin from the Villa of Orpheus in Tridentum (modern Trento in northern Italy). #frescoFriday

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 24/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who came along to our 25th Anniversary gig in Norwich last Saturday. Fine performances from @brucesoord.bsky.social, @timbowness.bsky.social and the audience!

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New discovery: 900 Roman silver coins found by a detectorist on a field in Wesseling, south of Cologne. He called the authorities once his detector kept going off and he realized he’d found something bigger. The hoard dates back to the era of Emperor Hadrian. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Four of the photos I took at the @burningshed.com 25th Anniversary concert in Norwich. It was great to see the My Hotel Year Band in action with @timbowness.bsky.social at last. Here's to many more years of wonderful music.

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who's the boss? I must have spent an hour or so looking up at Norwich Cathedral.

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Great way to wait for the @burningshed.com anniversary concert: the new Bill Nelson CD from, you guessed it, Burning Shed.

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A good day for my music collection. First @burningshed.com delivery of the month, complete with postcard signed by @mobymooby.bsky.social . Plus, I can't believe what I have found at 60% off at a bookshop.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Balkerne Gate at Colchester (Camulodunum) in Essex. The gateway was the original main entrance to the town, and is the oldest surviving Roman gateway in Britain. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Colchester

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 03/09/2026

ⓝ⦑e⦒ⓦ⦑s⦒ⓛ⦑e⦒ⓣ⦑t⦒ⓔ⦑r⦒ Mike Edwards, 10cc, Fruupp and Friends, Strawbs, Christopher Gordon, Martin Barre, Simple Minds, John Martyn, The Doors, Miles Davis +Buried Treasures, Shipping Now/Back In Stock burningshed.com/newsletters/newslet… #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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Leicestershire Fieldworkers @lfieldworkers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

'The Massive Melsonby Iron Age Hoard' by Dr Sophie Adams (British Museum) in the Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester on Thursday September 17 at 7.30pm. An annual joint lecture with @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social. FREE, all welcome

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Songs of the day: Days In the Trees- no-man Antenna- The Church Ice Age - Joy Division. Can you please put thess songs for me on a compilation called "Storm - 28/08/2026", @burningshed.com ?

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 24/08/2026

Bill Nelson - Magical Thinking: Guitars Of Tomorrow Volume One The first release in a series of electric guitar instrumentals from the Be Bop Deluxe maestro Out on September 4th, exclusive to Burning Shed: burningshed.com/store/billnelson #BillNelson #GuitarSky #musicfeed #musicsky

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Rupert Graves wearing a #Bauhaus t-shirt. Something tells me that he can easily name three songs or more.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This extraordinary helmet is a lavish example of a Celtic style worn primarily during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Its dome and neck guard were forged from a single thin sheet of iron, then embellished with ornamental bronze bands worked into flowing vegetal motifs. Inlays of reddish ...🧵1/3 📷 me

A dome-shaped helmet displayed in a glass museum case, richly decorated with ornamental bronze bands worked into flowing vegetal motifs. Inlays of reddish coral or sea-snail shell once added striking flashes of colour. Two curved side tubes and a vertical finial on top.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There is something inscrutable about this statue of Juno at Corbridge Roman Town, Northumberland. Perhaps her eyes are closed in meditation, or she just inhabits many different emotions at once - whatever the sculptor chose to depict, she has a strange, disquieting beauty. #RomanSiteSaturday

A statue of Juno, roman goddess, protector of the State amongst many other diverse and sometimes disputed epithets. Photo from the Corbridge Roman Town Museum, Northumberland, England. The statue was found in two pieces under the Stanegate Road, near Hadrian's wall during excavation work in 1911 and 1912. Attributed to the 3rd Century AD. In the background a statue depicting Hercules fighting the Hydra, looks on.

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 22/08/2026

This week's newsletter features King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Kavus Torabi, Record Collector (Yes / King Crimson), Tim Bowness + Bruce Soord and much more: burningshed.com/newsletters/newslet… #MusicNewsletter #ProgRock #MusicMerch #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

First @burningshed.com deliveries after surviving the heatwave. The summer sale had some offers I couldn't refuse. (Yes, that's a print signed by Steven Wilson).

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 21/08/2026

This week's newsletter features King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Kavus Torabi, Record Collector (Yes / King Crimson), Tim Bowness + Bruce Soord, Neil Young, Scorpion Milk, The Go-Betweens, Elvis Costello burningshed.com/newsletters/newslet… #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Black Celebration - Depeche Mode. It was available at the local newsagent's; there have never been any music shops in my town (OK, village). I played it on a toylike portable player on headphones until I was able to buy a proper CD player.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A small stone altar from Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, possibly dedicated to Mars Lenus - a combined Roman and native god of war. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Chedworth

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Colourful Roman glass cups decorated with animals from the Roman arena. Made in the AD 200s in Roman glass workshops in the Rhineland, they were found in ‘princely’ graves in Denmark, giving us a glimpse of how far Roman luxury goods travelled. National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 14/08/2026

Hello everyone, this week's newsletter is going out by email now. Sorry for the delay.

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Here's a video of another track from my new UXB album 'Lunik' which rather topically features something crashing into the surface of the Moon 🌔 CD & limited orange/red vinyl available here: burningshed.com/store/uxb The album is on all the streaming sites #musicfeed #musicsky #VinylSky

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UXB - Lunik 10

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#InternationalCatDay: a terrific #Egyptian gold finger-ring with a carnelian bezel in form of a #cat. The ring is presumably related to the goddess Bastet, who was worshipped in the form of a lion and a cat. 🐈 📷 The British Museum, 1947,1011.2

A gold ring with a red translucent gemstone featuring a small cat-shaped figure.

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

For me on #InternationalCatDay, it's got to be the Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) Bowl cat, found in 1974. museum.wales/collections/...

A red glass inlaid stylised cat face in copper alloy.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Exceptionally low water levels on the Danube have exposed parts of the foundations of the ancient Constantine Bridge, giving archaeologists a rare opportunity ‌to document what they describe as one of the Roman Empire's most impressive engineering achievements. www.reuters.com/business/env...

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 07/08/2026

NEWSLETTER: The Pineapple Thief, Bill Nelson, Quiet Sun, Madfish Boxset Offers , Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Alan Holdsworth, Kscope Boxset Offers, Ian Anderson, Yes, Burning Shed Deluxe Vinyl Box, Grateful Dead burningshed.com/newsletters/newslet… #musicfeed #musicsky

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 06/08/2026

This week’s newsletter will be arriving in your inbox tomorrow morning (Friday 7th August). You can sign up to receive it by email every week at burningshed.com

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Interesting fact about my area: #Phoenix filmed this music video a mere 16 km away from where I live. PS: I happen to like Phoenix a lot. #MusicSky youtu.be/Ybiow8D15g8?...

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Phoenix ‘Ti Amo’, Live in Teatro Bibiena, Mantova

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A "digital creator" who posts "borrowed" material, omitting author's credits while taking pains to "retouch" it with #AI is presently ubiquitous on FB and has even got his own page on England in the Middle Ages with over 200,000 followers; who mostly don't know / don't care / don't mind. #medieval

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Micklegate Bar - one of York’s four main medieval gateways. The lower sections date to the C12th, while the upper storeys are C14th in date. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #York

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A tiger from the Barton Farm Orpheus Mosaic which was discovered in 1825. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester #CoriniumMuseum

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’ Fantastic Yorkshire Museum exhibition showcasing some of the 800+ artefacts from the UK’s largest Iron Age metalwork hoard! So many beautifully crafted bronze objects decorated with coral, glass, and enamel! Do visit! 📷 me #Archaeology

My photo collage shows various copper-alloy objects, now green with corrosion, from the Melsonby Iron Age Hoard on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York.

Top left: a copper-alloy bridle bit. The metal rod was placed in the ponies mouth and the rings at each end rested on the cheeks

Middle left: an ornate copper-alloy finial

Bottom left: Decorative horse harness fitting

Top right: a view of the so-called ‘Block’. The block is made up of 88 individual artefacts which were threaded together, wrapped in fabric and then buried. Over time the objects have become fused together due to iron corrosion and appear as a large orangey-brown block of corroded metal. Objects in the block include horse harnesses, spearheads, wagon parts, and more! On the wall behind is exhibition signage reading ‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’

Middle right: Horse harness fitting embellished with coral bleached white by time, but once a vibrant red colour.

Bottom right: decorative stylised human face from a copper-alloy wine mixing bowl

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I am not very well versed with numerology, so the only hidden meaning I can find in this sequence of five times three is: yet another hot and humid night.

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My new album is up on all the streaming services today (as well as being available on CD and limited orange/red vinyl from the link below). Just search UXB Lunik on Apple Music, Spotify or wherever and help me recoup 0.00000000000001p of the cost of making this by having a listen. #musicsky

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

R.I.P. #Kavinsky. Your "Nightcall" and Ryan Gosling's Driver were a match made in film heaven. youtu.be/yc_zIAa-wns?...

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Drive 4K HDR | Opening Credits Song - Nightcall

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

When you take photos on your short break and the weather and lighting are on your side.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Bredfield Brooch - An Anglo-Scandinavian disc brooch which was discovered near Woodbridge in Suffolk during 2009. The brooch possibly dates to the 11th century, and is part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BredfieldBrooch #NorwichCastle

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Peter Hammill @sofasound.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For those interested who may have missed this, the Prog Prom at which I sang last weekend will be broadcast on BBC4 tonight at 7pm.

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 24/07/2026

Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim Remastered vinyl edition of Be Bop Deluxe's wonderful 1974 debut album, which restores the original gatefold artwork. Vinyl pre-orders shipped, now in stock burningshed.com/tag/Be_Bop_Deluxe #BeBopDeluxe #AxeVictim #ClassicRock #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I've got a new UXB album coming out on CD and limited vinyl (more news on that next week) Here's one of the tracks from the album with the topical title Foreverwar/Forevermore #musicfeed #musicsky #vinylsky

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UXB - Foreverwar/Forevermore

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Billy Reeves @billyreevesok.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Everyone's favourite Norwich electrogoth band are back and it's a dystopian batcave dance for the ages youtu.be/NadFxxnlCIk?...

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UXB - Foreverwar/Forevermore

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I haven't got the heart to tell folks at the local parish that the music they are using for the light show on the church facade is Air's (wonderful) soundtrack for The Virgin Suicides, hardly a modest, family-friendly film.

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Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Some lovely additions to my summer wardrobe and a reminder of the September event I am looking forward to. Thank you for everything, great assistance included, @burningshed.com !

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The ‘Great Bath’ - the main pool of the Roman baths complex at Bath (Aquae Sulis) which was constructed in around 70 AD. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Bath

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Two adorable Egyptian figurines: a roaring hippo and a baby hippo, dating ca 1,800 BC. The lotus flowers on the back of the large animal indicate the marshy habitat of the animal. They also symbolized regeneration and rebirth as they close every night and open again in the morning. 🧵 1/2 📷 me

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 16/07/2026

It's newsletter day...sign up at burningshed.com to receive our weekly bulletin by email before we post about it on here. You can unsubscribe at any time and we never share your details with anyone else, especially cats.

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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Idea for radio producers: Callers have to guess the 80s/90s hit from booming bass line and drums as heard from a distant radio in next-door's garden/local building site. Just needs a catchy name!

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