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Archaeologist, Finds Liason Officer for Northumberland and Newcastle, Visiting Fellow Newcastle University.

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New Channel 4 sitcom just dropped

09.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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This Roman bracelet with punched ring-and-dot decoration is complete making it a remarkable survival. The majority of Roman bracelets recorded with the PAS are fragmentary. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

06.03.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Needed that.

06.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday to Constantine I who was born #OTD in AD 272 and who's coins could single-handedly keep the PAS in business. This nummus, minted in London, with a reverse type depicting the god Sol, the personification of the Sun, is a commonly recorded type. #FindsFriday finds.org.uk/database/art...

27.02.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so wrong. I was talking a detectorist the other day who said, 'you must have loads of stuff from all the excavations you go on' and couldn't believe it when I told him I had nothing. He couldn't understand why I bothered doing archaeology if I couldn't keep what I found.

05.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

What happens if they kill this one? Is there another smaller younger one inside him?

04.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 474 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 2

Tell Trump he's no Lincoln.

03.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the β€œspecial relationship” is genuinely pathetic

If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

03.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1121 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 20
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 6606 πŸ” 1564 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 45

Precis of Hegseths 'speech'; war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. #dickhead #stopthewar

02.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cheddar Man FAQ | Natural History Museum Natural History Museum scientists answer frequently asked questions about their research into Cheddar Man, whose story was told in the Channel 4 documentary The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year ...

Tell that to Cheddar Man. www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...

01.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Nigel Farage’s history of spurious election fraud allegations.

2014: Farage claims voting fraud happening β€œon a third world scale”, no evidence found.
2015: South Thanet elections, Farage fraud allegations dismissed.

01.03.2026 06:36 πŸ‘ 874 πŸ” 391 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 43
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Gorton and Denton.
Just a simple question for Reform:

Does this mean Matt Goodwin is now a β€˜Shadow’ MP?
😜

27.02.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 1423 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 117 πŸ“Œ 18

AI doesn't know how to say, 'I don't know' or 'I'm not sure, you should check this'. Traits of male thinking. Instead it 'hallucinates', that's a laff - it just lies to you like a bloke who doesn't know the answer would do. If you can't admit a weakness, can you be intelligent?

26.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nowadays, conflict arch is no big deal. But when I was researching Caribbean forts, nobody wanted to know about an arch approach.

But there was this telly prog, "Two Men In A Trench". It gave me the confidence to do my own thing. I got my PhD.

Happy retirement Tony! 😊

26.02.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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The long 2010s are finally over

26.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 6106 πŸ” 856 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 92

Probably time for a new one. They do them now that you don't even need to plug in. Tiny things. It's mad!

26.02.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuine question. Why does the media always refer to Tyne invasion of Ukraine as a 'full scale invasion' rather than just invasion? It seems unnecessary.

25.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is gladdening. Life is a terrible shit and an amazing gift.

24.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't imagine the pain you have felt. I hope you are okay. x

23.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so excited by this a small amount of wee came out. Sorry!

23.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the top of the Reform wave are the promises of deportations of those who are not Christian, made by a Muslim man who is observing Ramadan. I respect his faith. Under the wave, the dark waters of detention, of concentration, of denial of common rights and the end of decency. Sweet moderation...

23.02.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear. Mentally knackered. Exhausted. Nowt left.

22.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This one hits hard.

21.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 35634 πŸ” 10541 πŸ’¬ 778 πŸ“Œ 592

Even if the only thing Pope Leo ever does is continue finding new and fun ways to spit directly into JD Vance’s eyeballs, I will consider him one of the greatest Americans in history.

22.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Nowt wrong with a good historian! Love 'em me! But this whole story is rotten. No money to acquire the hoard, no donation to a museum, splitting the hoard, no respect for material culture, saying the PAS 'compensates' people for finding Treasre, the IA cemetery theory from auctioneers.

21.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's class!

20.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooo yes please!

20.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's very pretty.

20.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon

18.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1680 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 26