Annie Campbell

The oldest image of Stirling Castle and Stirling! Some thoughts on the oldest surviving images of Stirling Castle

My latest blog is all about the oldest image of Stirling Castle open.substack.com/pub/stirling...

Now's your chance to make Pictish history. Please buy a copy of our Rhynie big book - you have till 6th December to order!

Recently back from filming for BBC’s Digging for Britain showcasing the wonderful finds from East Lomond. The fab @theAliceRoberts and my daughter snuck Gerald the 🦧 on set so hopefully he’ll appear. Tune in and keep your eyes peeled for great finds and 🦧on the new series

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Lush has closed all UK stores, factories, and its website today, replacing its homepage with a Palestinian flag and the message “Stop starving Gaza.” The company is protesting the situation in Gaza and seeking to pressure the UK government into action.

Unearthing secrets of the Pictish villagers who lived on Fife's East Lomond summit Michael Alexander meets organisers and volunteers braving all weathers on the latest archaeological dig at Fife's second-highest hilltop.

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South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

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Information about our upcoming dig at East Lomond with the Falkland Stewardship Trust - there are a series of free talks on the archaeology of East Lomond as part of our mini festival of archaeology and the open day for the dig will be 12th July. Come along and find out more!

All this bullshit around the world right now is happening because literally just a HANDFUL of motherfuckers are trying to avoid justice & reckoning for their previous crimes.

We COULD have a decent world.
We COULD make things better.
We are able to do that.
And these selfish fucks won’t let us.

What a speech.

Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

Never imagined I'd punch the air with delight on finding out the result of a Wisconsin Supreme Court special election. But here we are. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Side 2 finished on recreation of the Skinnet Cross-slab from Caithness. Scheduled for installation at Halkirk next month.

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

Cutaway reconstruction illustration of an Iron Age roundhouse showing a souterrain or underground passageway used for the storage of items and perishables such as foodstuffs. © Bob Marshall / badenochstorylands.com 2020

OK, you haven't got a 'proper' roundhouse until you've got one with a souterrain beneath it! 😉

Late Iron Age / Pictish period #Scotland. Note the amphorae, where I infer possible trade with or, more likely, theft from Roman occupiers!

© Bob Marshall / badenochstorylands.com 2020.

Look at the size of the footprint from a White tailed eagle 🦅😳 the eagle had landed on the beach in the distance to eat a bird. This is the size of its footprint left in the sand, compared to my size 5 😳 what an amazing sight to see in the wild #OuterHebrides

Rachel Reeves says she'll amend the finance bill to soften planned changes to the non dom tax regime after intense lobbying from wealthy UK residents 🤨

“We have been listening to the concerns that have been raised by the non-dom community,” she says.

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Scotsman

Our team and the Falkland Stewardship Trust made it into the top 5 archaeological discoveries in Scotland 2024.

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