Claire Boardman

I'm thoroughly enjoying your evaluations - 10/10! 😅

I absolutely agree with this and it has absolutely not been my (albeit outside of Scotland) experience!

Excited we are going to be discussing this at Palaeounch next week. In this Aurignacian ivory mammoth I can't get away from seeing a model of a stitched up toy mammoth. Did Auriganican kids have cuddly toys sewn from megafaunal hide? 🦣🏺

sod AI

what this country really deserves is a patented Wallace and Gromit envelope-stufferiser, clanking away in a basement

we could charge tickets to watch it

👀 Great opportunity and department ...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Today at the Scottish Parliament we’re discussing 5 tax reforms from Funding Scotland’s Future - our new report from Future Economy Scotland on how to fund a fairer, greener Scotland.

📕 Download your copy of the report. www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

Chris Stark: UK poised to reform ‘egregious’ grid charges The UK government’s head of Mission Control, Chris Stark, has revealed that the UK is poised to reform “egregious” grid charges.

UK poised to reform “egregious” grid charges that disproportionately affect wind farms in #Scotland.
These charges add £2.9 billion to Scotland’s renewables energy costs compared to similar schemes in England and Wales.
www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

Unsurprising: "In our new study, we analysed 4,667 images from nine UK rewilding organisation websites alongside AI-generated representations of rewilding produced by chatbots. What we found is that both tell a similar story[:] A sanitised vision of nature [and] Empty landscapes, missing people..."

YouTube video by Royal Archaeological Institute A small town on Hadrian's Wall? I Dr Tony Wilmott

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Dr Tony Wilmott will be presenting our next lecture on 'A small town on Hadrian's Wall? - the extramural settlement and bathhouse at Birdoswald’.

At Burlington House and on youtu.be/a87uR2-M3Go

Non-members are welcome - just contact us to join the guest list.

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

Just 2 days ago: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good for you, Rich. You go from strength to strength.

This resonates so strongly right now: "the options all stacked up in front of me blocking any view of the path through." ... I won't be the only person who feels this was written just for them!

Also...
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Job Vacancy: Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies (Ref.: B03-02901).

This could be a dream job for someone out there. Plus the fact they don't advertise a salary implies you can pretty much name your price, right? 🤔

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Great prompt! What are good sources for everyday 'clothing' research?

Blogging and Social Media Prompts January - July 2026. January: #OnePlaceAdverts. February: #OnePlaceNetworks. March: #OnePlaceClothing. April: #OnePlaceVisitors. May: #OnePlaceArchaeology. June: #OnePlaceCarers. Image: Woman sitting at a desk with a keyboard and large computer screen. Link: www.one-place-studies.org/blogging-prompts/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Our blogging prompt for March is #OnePlaceClothing! What did your #OnePlaceStudy residents wear, and who provided their clothing? Consider everyday clothes and Sunday best, workwear and uniforms, what was worn by those attending weddings or society events—and how fashions changed. #OnePlaceWednesday

These are beautiful, Michelle. I think the wild carrot is my favourite too! Will you be making cards from them?

ICOMOS SDGWG Newsletter Issue 01 - ICOMOS SDGWG is proud to share the first issues of its newsletter with you. The ICOMOS SDG WG newsletter will be published quarterly a year. This is our first

🏛️ Moving from Advocacy to Action: A New Chapter for Heritage

I am thrilled to announce the launch of the inaugural newsletter for the ICOMOS Sustainable Development Goals Working Group (ICOMOS-SDGWG)!

To access the newsletter, click on the link below:

icomossdgwg.com/icomos-sdgwg...

A little normality in the chaos. I'd really like a flake now!

States & NGOs are weaponizing conservation, trampling cultural rights, Special Rapporteur Alex Xanthaki tells the UN Human Rights Council today at #HRC61.

Repeatedly “communities complain they have not taken part in decision-making on…projects impacting their cultural life.”

x.com/un_hrc/statu...

and people solutions ... win, win, win.

The 2026 Viking Society for Northern Research student conference takes place at the University of Liverpool on 11 April. Includes student lectures, launch of the paperback 'Embers of the Hands' by Dr Eleanor Barraclough & plenary lecture by Prof Howard Williams @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social

Sounds suspiciously like doing upfront analysis and evaluating the 'fit for purpose'! ☺️

this might fix me 😻

This archaeological research really captures the enchantment of trying to understand human life across the barriers of time and evidence. A warm July day, grief and sadness, colour, scent and precious things.

ARP - Saturday 23 May. See you there?

😅

We're doing it again!! ☺️
As part of the work that Tertia Barnett and I are doing with @scarf-scot.bsky.social, we'll be running another event to celebrate rock art research and launch brand-new sections of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework.

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Data Coordinator (Post-Ex) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £35,457.99-£37,778.88 (depending on experience) + generous benefits packageClosing Date: 27/03/26Location: Based in Headland Midlands & West (Hereford), South & East (Silsoe), Scotland (Edinbu...

Data Coordinator (Post-Ex)
Headland Archaeology
Salary: £35,457.99-£37,778.88 (depending on experience) + generous benefits package
Date: March 27, 2026
Based in Midlands & West (Hereford), South & East (Silsoe), Scotland (Edinburgh) or Yorkshire & North (Cleckheaton).
www.bajr.org/job-ad/data-...

Excellent point by @morphss.bsky.social 's @jenniad.bsky.social at #OxFos26 yesterday: how can we uplift the epistemic status and institutional support for a whole hemisphere of openness? Which open research practices are actively promoted in actions, not only in discourse, and which are not?

Aerial view of circular stone alignment on the foreshore with two people in the image

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: At the Far End of Everything: A Likely Ahrensburgian Presence on Skye

Travel back to the Late Upper Palaeolithic period to learn about Scotland's pioneer human populations with Prof Karen Hardy FSAScot at our free hybrid event on 12 March: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-the-far...