Ten years to the day since the Brexit vote, and thank goodness for all that political stability it brought.
This oral history of the referendum campaign, from those who were behind it, is a pretty bracing reminder of the farce and tragedy of it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s future
www.theguardian.com
Two post holes in the soil 150m apart (and now under a housing estate) revealed to be one of the oldest solstice-aligned monuments in Britain. Archaeology is magical.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
NEW: A positive TV story..!
‘Men and boys need to see this’
How Jo and Kush have countered toxic masculinity - and Race Across the World has quenched a thirst for uplifting TV.
PS: Casting and producers work hard on this one...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Esther Addley
A Roman #glass flask in the shape of a #fish.
We don't know what flasks in the shape fishes were used for, maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce), maybe they were used to hold oil.
On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus.
Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr
Esther Addley
Esther Addley
Esther Addley
Esther Addley
Byzantine Mosaics
Esther Addley
An alignment of standing stones near Cloghane on the Dingle Peninsula, West Kerry, Ireland.
I wonder how many tides have ebbed and flowed through the estuary in all those years since the stones were erected during the Bronze Age?
#Ireland #WildAtlanticWay #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺
Michael Savage
Nina Willburger
Tuatha
The BBC series and its breakout teen stars have been lauded as a much-needed antidote to crueller, more toxic entertainment
A #Roman mosaic octopus, found in a villa at Villaquejida (Spain) - laid some 1800-1900 years ago, but still looking fabulous today #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky
After a busy weekend - #MosaicMonday be like:
Stone mosaic; medallion with mask of Phobos in the centre of rosette with 12 petals; triangles between rosette petals.
📷 The Trustees of the British Museum.
Late 4th Century Halicarnassus.
#History #art #artwork #Archaeology
Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.”
When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything!
(Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)
Dr Jo Ball
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Jon Hawke
Relief of a Roman period ‘horned god’ - possibly a fertility god native to the North East of England. Now part of the collections at Durham University's Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #DurhamUniversity
