Andy Agate

On Friday night #TheGefrinTrust, along with our partners #AdGefrin and @arcdurham.bsky.social, lit up the contours of Edwin's palace and grandstand. For the first time in over a millennium, the structures' footprints could be seen against the dramatic backdrop of Yeavering Bell. (Image: A. Jansen)

American Idiot “Generative AI tools offer significant opportunities to improve teaching and student learning.” Uh huh. The key question about the new American Historical Association guiding principles on th…

This is a good article you may have already seen, of course. "So let’s, I dunno, undermine the teaching of critical historical skills by making it okay for students to rely on AI summaries and ideas plucked from a soup of rendered-down plagiarism?"

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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

Kemi Badenoch: I don't identify as Nigerian any more The Conservative Party leader says she has not renewed her passport for the West African country in years.

Kemi Badenoch believes everybody's identity is assigned at birth, and nobody should be able to change how they self-identify later in life.

Except for her, of course.

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Jazz apocalypse ... nice.

And that thought went straight from 'in' to 'pending'. Will it ever see 'out'?

I've just quickly tried making this out of a used cereal packet, and to be honest, it looks rubbish.

Fantastic. Hope it makes it's way to the island of idiots who voted to distance ourselves from the rest of Europe at some stage

I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.

Give them something!

Do it for the ponies !

Is Hallaton allowed? Or too much Roman 'contamination' 😆

A singularity? What's happening in NW Europe? Perhaps I should know this!

In the IA there are plenty of silver coins. Fowsands.

How about BA objects that are alloyed with silver - primarily gold objects, like this torc. finds.org.uk/database/art...

There are 428 PAS BA objects, in 120 records, that have the word silver in the description but are not primarily made of silver. I can send a csv file if you like.

No, I'm on me holidays, so being mischievous! 😊

No, I'm on me holidays, so being mischievous! 😊

Bronze? How many goes do I get?

I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it.

IG twicesoldtales

Tech bros don’t want to save the world. They want to own it, brand it, license it, and charge you a monthly fee to visit.

It'll be boldly kissing you next; you mind yerself!

I did - and couldn't complete with your excavation. I can offer only a Roman ditch, truncated by a modern field drain, which had early medieval gold in the top soil. A working shot from 2 weeks in Northumberland, with amazing Newcastle students and my mate James Gerrard.

Good work - and thank you for your marvellous posts!

He should be allowed to keep the other half. As a 'thank you'.

The committee won't want to give it to him; he wants it desperately. There's only one way to settle this ... 😄

The Guardian view on metal detecting: hobbyists as well as experts can play a part in unearthing the past | Editorial Editorial: Detectorists and archaeologists sometimes clash, but the recent find of two Roman swords was the thrilling result of collaboration

Another day, another article in the press on metal-detecting that makes zero mention of the PAS or the Treasure Act. Seriously, why are we bothering? #ancientbluesky

An image of the Droid Zord from Benji Zax and the Alien Prince tv show. The droid looks a little like a silver table lamp with black eyes instead of a light bulb

If you see this quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, or Transformers

Ella Baron on Labour pushing through its welfare reform bill – cartoon The government avoided the embarrassment of a defeat in the Commons but more than 40 Labour MPs still voted against the cut in disability benefits

Ella Baron on Labour pushing through its welfare reform bill – cartoon

Not much left to dig, but I'll see what we can do! 😃

You'll need your rain coat too! Looking forward to seeing you.