@helenhartstein
Co-leader at RAMM museum, Exeter and Chair of Refugee Support Devon. I love museums, archaeology, moors, art, books, crochet, weaving, heritage, walking, Devon, Yorkshire, Cordoba. Views are my own. She/her.
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The Lewis Chessmen are wonderful. One of my favourite museum exhibits
Beautiful sculpture
In 1973, NASA launched spiders into space.
One of them was called Anita.
This is her story.
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Image: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
#astronomy #history
Happy New Year! Our first newsletter of the year is out 🎉https://mailchi.mp/905f679fa12d/letters-from-lightbear-lane-13897283 Don't forget to sign up 😊 #arts #theatre #heritage
A photo of York students excavating a Saxon building with Skipsea castle in the background.
A photo of York students excavating an early medieval timber hall with Skipsea castle in the background.
A photo of York students excavating a Saxon building with Skipsea castle in the background.
A photo of a Saxon building.
Get your popcorn 🍿 ready for tonight - 8pm BBC2, our excavations at #Skipsea in Holderness will be on #DiggingforBritain.
@uoyarchaeology.bsky.social
Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness. The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men. Gripping and truly remarkable writing but a bit traumatic to read at times.
Agree! These are both fantastic.
Beautiful. A good walk is a tonic for the soul.
There are a lot of motivations for these men, including feeling powerful & TikTok income. But I firmly believe it’s also about making women feel constantly under vigilance and anxious - so it is similar in that way to the most oppressive religious regimes.
Grayson Perry: Aspects of Myself is a fantastic exhibition. Do visit it at RAMM if you are anywhere near Exeter. #museums #contemporaryart
When you find yourself in an art museum 😱
🖼😀 16 photo series [1/4]...
#art #painting #museum #collection
I need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you!
adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
a colourful tapestry showing a man and woman surrounded by people and buildings
Opening 24 Jan 2026
Head to RAMM later this month to see this unique new exhibition of work by artist, writer, broadcaster, drag act, poet and social commentator Grayson Perry.
Tickets £6 online (students & MA Members £4, ArtFund £3, Under 19s and carers go free)
Book at ramm.uk/grayson-perry
a tall medieval puzzle jug, the base and spout in the shape of a long-necked animal (described as a 'donkey' but with an exaggeratedly long neck). The neck of the jug itself is in the shape of a building with figures of people emerging from windows. There are carvings and holes throughout the jug neck. It is decorated with green and yellow patterns.
Pottery fans, this one’s for you!
Tonight the #GreatPotteryThrowDown contestants are taking on one of the quirkiest challenges in ceramic history: the puzzle jug 🏺✨
RAMM’s medieval puzzle jug is a beautiful example of this playful tradition. Find out more >> rammcollections.org.uk/collections/...
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
Libraries are transformative. In fact, Farnham Library saved me. Kept me afloat when I was being bullied at South Farnham Middle School in the 1980s.
This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't is my homage to it...
Playmobil Cacofonix the bard blowing a miniature reproduction of the Norfolk carnyx, on a green field with other Iron Age Playmobil figures in the distance.
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
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A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r. Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face
"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
The wall of a dam. Blue sky and water very blue
Sometimes the best thing to do is to go for a walk. This is Avon Dam on New Year's Eve day #Devon #Dartmoor #photography
Daffodils blooming in Buckfastleigh cemetery
Christmas daffodils in Devon 😯
Season's greetings to you all! #flowers #climatechange
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink) Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Some little gems here. So wonderful to hear real people's voices from the past.
Please donate to Refugee Support Devon if you can...
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
another large ship in whitby harbour, lined with houses. a castle is visible on the cliff.
mhm yes
Some of my favourite objects 8n the British Museum. Lovely photos 😍
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
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