Claire Boardman

Eely, Steve Ely
The Blue Hour, Angelina D’Roza
Sapo, Rob Hindle
Truth, Justice, and the Companionship of Owls, Peter Riley
Meridian, Nancy Gaffield
Rock as Gloss, Mark Goodwin
Cazique by Matthew Clegg
The Grail Roads, Rob Hindle
Contraflow, Fay Musselwhite
Envies the Birds, Angelina D’Roza

and more

This gives me hope that even if all those MPs - with dollars in their eyes from what they can personally gain from US Big Tech’s ravaging of human creativity - vote for a data mining exception to copyright, the Lords ain’t having it - and the boom will be over by the time any dust settles?

While it's a long, long way from being perfect, the Lords have sent back some truly appalling Bills in recent years.

Very interesting line up of speakers and topics. I'd definitely be attending if I was anywhere near London!

@livingmaps.bsky.social, this might also be of interest to the counter-mapping community.

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💯 This is THE diversity that drives the coveted 'innovation'.

This attitude and behaviour doesn't surprise me but I expected better from the Guardian. I'm astounded at the lack of critical reporting here.

These are the people most in need of loans. We have such a pathological position on education and who 'deserves' in this country. It's hurting us now, and it's really going to sting in the long run.

people in the environment can be good for the environment

I was trying to explain this a few weeks ago to someone, but British culture is so estranged and alienated from its own industrial countryside, and Victorian/colonial gamekeeper lenses of conservation, all soaked in Malthusian fear

The purple cover of a large book entitled 'The Romano-British villa and prehistoric settlement at Low Ham, Somerset'. A blurb explaining the contents is on the back, along with sponsors logos. A reconstruction of the villa is the cover image. This image and all others from the book.

Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College London at Universi... PhD Project - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship – ‘Urgent rescue curation of space heritage in a time of world crisis’ with The Science Museum Group and University College Lond...

We have a 4-year AHRC-funded PhD studentship on 'Rescue curation of space heritage' advertised!

Supervision by me, space scientist Lucie Green (@luciegreen.bsky.social), and curators of space and engineering at the Science Museum, Doug Millard and Ben Russell

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Not just an inhumane comment but ignorant too - burqas are not worn in Iran.

I'm glad to see that new partners are being sought for the Sutherland spaceport. Some really good community engagement and participation work had been done around the development and local people were genuinely upset when the project was abandoned.

Power to the People How Labour can restore civic life and counter the "Britain is broken" narrative

I worked closely with Big Local in Tang Hall, York and the key was consistency. The annual investment in the neighbourhood was relatively small but came with the security that it would be repeated the following year.

samf.substack.com/p/power-to-t...

Wrong link: jburnford.github.io/indianoffice...

Any response from our PM?

I'm so sorry and hope you reconnect with them very soon.

Applicant: Victoria Hayward University: Lancaster University Project Title: Fair Realms: Equitable Adventures in Fantasy Project Summary: Fair Realms is a co-created project between researchers, libraries, authors and gaming clubs to establish innovative methods for facilitating social cohesion via fantasy fiction. It combines creative writing praxis with mediated contact theory to understand how representations of women via fantasy fiction and gaming may be written to reduce real-life prejudice.

This is a really cool one bringing researchers, libraries, authors and gaming clubs to look at how representations of women in fantasy fiction and gaming may be written to reduce real-life prejudice

University: University of Sussex Project Title: 'Global Imaginaries: Farming Futures' Project Summary: Approximately 70% of the UK's land is used for agriculture; pressure on land is intensifying, yet debates on the future of farming remain polarised. This project empowers young people to imagine a range of futures for farming through storytelling and games grounded in scientific expertise and ethnographic research with farmers and food systems stakeholders, focused on the UK and enriched with perspectives from Kenya and Uganda. Farming Futures creates space for young people to explore diverse perspectives spanning locations and generations, learning about controversies while imagining hopeful futures. They decide whether to honour, adapt, or challenge farming practices before watching their choices ripple through ecological, economic, and social systems to engage with farming as a site of creativity, care, and activism.

We are funding this project bringing young people together to think about the future of farming using storytelling and games grounded in scientific expertise and ethnographic research with farmers and food systems stakeholders

New calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: opening in March 2026 - RHS The Society currently invites applications for the following two schemes — open to postgraduate researchers and early career historians — with closing dates of 5 June 2026. For further information on ...

Money for UK-based historians engaged in research and/or public history. #Skystorians

I never saw the intricate connections
with quite this sunny clarity before,
such intimate revealing of relations
in brilliance, and at such an hour…

—Alan Riach, “Kilmartin Glen”
published in CLEARANCES (Hazard Press/SCP, 2001)
#poem #poetry #archaeology

Collections Lab: Building Stones: collections as resources for sustainable construction - Collections Connections Communities The John Watson Building Stones Collection at the Cambridge University Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences comprises of approximately 2,500 specimens of building stones, in extensive use throughout Brit...

There's lots of talk about the growth of Cambridge. But what materials will the buidings be made of?

This @camglamresearch.bsky.social roundtable is focusing on the potential of local stone and the university's collections of natural materials.

📆 27 March 2026. 12.00 - 2.00

Please share!

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Thank you, Cat. Unfortunately, the general narratives around rewilding aren't getting any better.

What makes a city beautiful? Here’s what ratings of thousands of urban landscapes reveal Historic buildings are worth preserving not only for their architectural significance but their scenic quality.

What makes a city beautiful? Here’s what ratings of thousands of urban landscapes reveal

theconversation.com/what-makes-a...

An amazing resource. It's easy to spend time wandering around in it. Thank you, @daisyabbott.bsky.social for creating and sharing 🙌

Rock Art Gathering - Kilmartin Join us in Kilmartin for a one-day event to celebrate rock art research in Scotland.

If you'd like to join us, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rock-art-g...

We’re now sold out, but you can still register to watch online! Link for webinar in Eventbrite below.

FASCINATING

Image of a 'strip' York to Lancaster road map from John Ogilby's Britannia atlas, published in 1675. The ornate road map is drawn to give the impression that it is an unwound and flattened paper scroll.

This is the map that I'm currently musing over. I'm fascinated by how the cardinal points are set against the mapped features rather than the other way around.

North point? Too fussy?