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William Carruthers

@williamcarruthers.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Heritage at a university near Colchester. ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. williamcarruthers.co.uk

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One of those October evenings
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Does the student union know something we don’t?
Sign saying ‘can you find the missing relic?’
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
River Colne
The River Colne near the University of Essex
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good building, gone
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Early autumn'
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hard to capture how much the sky is glowing in London right now
Sunset over Dulwich and the City
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It was a different time
1948 cigarette shortage
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A legal joke
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Feels pretty on the nose
Thames Water works, expected completion ‘tbc’
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In a new high/low (take your pick), I got one of those scam book club emails written to the other Will Carruthers: the bassist from Spacemen 3.
Scam email
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Parched Wivenhoe Park
Yellowed sports field
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Parched Wivenhoe Park
Yellowed sports field
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also a good sunrise
Tower Bridge etc. in the sunrise
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good sunrise
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Every single front page
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Spent yesterday wandering around a very parched Chartwell
Chartwell in the distance
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
People everywhere…
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hopeful forecast
Rain?
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What every restaurant toilet needs
Elvis
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Cinema billboard reading “The Odyssey Sold Out”
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It is always a bio like this.
Bio of hedge fund manager whose fund just  got bought in an emergency deal
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Never been so happy to be out of London
Rain, glorious rain
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Two more commutes until October (hopefully)
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Unexpected campus; that's transnational education for you.
The University of Hertfordshire apparently has a campus in Cairo's New Administrative Capital.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
France looking good today
View across the Channel from Dover Castle
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The new Winchester Jane Austen statue. You would not believe the arguments this caused (actually, you probably would)
It’s a statue of Jane Austen in Winchester Cathedral Close in the sunshine.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Frinton, yesterday, an hour before the by-election madness. Who knew?
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Today of all days I find myself in Frinton…
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On it goes
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Beautiful Surrey
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
One for the steam train fans
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Local pub. Should I?
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Finally went to EUR
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Good windows
Windows in Rome botanical garden
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This job does have some perks
Piazza Navona at night
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Confronted by John Cale across London
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I hate this so much
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
AI knocking it out of the park here…
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Is there a Network Southeast revival?
Charing Cross departure board. All trains labelled as ‘Network Southeast service[s].
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Metaphor
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Is something on fire in London?
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Adelaide House returning to life
Adelaide House, London Bridge
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The biggest hail storm I’ve ever seen
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
To clarify, it’s no longer sunny in London
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I’d never spotted the Beatle in the London Transport museum before…
A Beatle, surely
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Poppies sprouting out of private student accommodation…
Poppies flowering through the pavement
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I mean, it’s over, isn’t it?
Lobby of 51 Like Street, an office building in the City of London. A TV showing BBC News and the Labour move against Starmer.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
'Prime locations in the UK' such as ... Manhattan?
Advert served to me on the Guardian, purporting to show an office location in the UK (it is, extremely visibly, Manhattan)
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Leafleted by Labour at some point between 6 and 7 this morning (!). I’ve never received so many leaflets from one party.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
City
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