Ulla Rajala

Melodifestivalen: Tjuvlyssna på låtarna Lyssna på 60 exklusiva sekunder av årets bidrag i Melodifestivalen 2026 redan innan låtarna har släppts.

Smash into Pieces is meh, Meira Omar promising, Felix Manu really beautiful, country song uplifting, Timo Räisänen a disappointment, Cimberley generic. #Melodiefestivalen #Mello #Eurovision www.svtplay.se/melodifestiv...

‘Grace period’ needed for dual nationals returning to UK on second passport, say Lib Dems Will Forster MP says ‘lack of planning and haphazard communication’ on new border rules has caused chaos

Finally, some common sense! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

In Townfield, Charterhouse, in Priddy, Somerset, is a rectangular univallate earthwork 87 x 76 m with surrounding ditch. The bank is wide and low, and the ditch is shallow. The date of the earthwork is unclear. It was recorded by Skinner and Colt-Hoare in the early 19th century. #RomanFortThursday

Professor of Greek | Ralston College ...

Professor of Greek | Ralston College
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Reform-run council says free library scheme for refugees ‘is not value for money’ Party withdraws all Lancashire libraries from City of Sanctuary UK programme that supports new arrivals to UK

A Reform council is scrapping a scheme that costs it nothing & helps refugees integrate, while Reform scapegoats refugees for failing to integrate.

This is the nature of Reform and the viciously racist ideologies that feed it from overseas.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

New report on The State of Geography in UK Higher Education UK universities are facing a financial crisis, with over 40% of institutions experiencing deficits. Others will likely face similar challenges.

Useful new report from @rgs.org on the state of geography in HE based on a snapshot survey. Most striking for me are textual responses which suggest larger/Russell Group institutions expect to face similar pressures in the coming year already felt by smaller institutions
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

View of Vesuvius looming over the Porta Nocera gateway of Pompeii with the paved road wending its way into the city. Above clouds gather and lit bright orange melting into shades of pink. The same hues illuminate the stones of Pompeii

Close up of the Nocera gateway into Pompeii drenched in pink lighting. The same hues seen on the clouds above Vesuvius in the background

No light quite like that produced against gathering clouds after a day of sunshine. The pinky-hues drenching the road paving and walls of Pompeii are magical.

Professor Dan Hicks has a useful thread on the what the BM is doing, or not, regarding using the word Palestine in its displays and databases, including a link to the original article from UK Lawyers for Israel which appears to have sparked off this row.

It is Finland vs. Greece in the #Eurovision odds!

12. Sommerkurs Paläographie. Lateinische Schrift in Heidelberg.
Der Kurs vermittelt die Grundlagen aus zwei Jahrtausenden Schriftgeschichte (Datierung, Lokalisierung & Lesekompetenz). Wir freuen uns auf die Bewerbungen (bis 31.05.2026) 📖
#medievalsky

Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*

There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you

If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A stone with spiral carvings in a dark chamber

#TombTuesday rare Neolithic tomb art from a Welsh passage grave: multiple spiral motifs inside the Boyne Valley-style cruciform chambers of Barclodiad y Gawres in Ynys Môn/Anglesey

📷 My own, winter 2023

A timeline cleanser 😁

The hillforts at Ire on Gotland were probably sites of defense and observation along the coast. There is a cliff towards the sea and a wall towards the land. There are c. 30 hillforts on Gotland on cliffs out of c. 100. There was also a Viking Age harbour at Ire. #HillfortsWednesday

This beauty

We're delighted that Dr Anwen Cooper, who heads the @rewildarch.bsky.social project, will be delivering this year's de Cardi lecture for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social AGM!

📍 The Milner York
📅 21st February | 12:20
🎟️ FREE

Read more about the AGM and how to book tickets here: tr.ee/CBA-AGM

Reminder: this is happening on Friday! My talk title is:

"Lost in the Moment: A Case for a Contemporary Archaeology of Video Game Play"

I'm moving to Denmark soon so this is probably your last chance to see me give a talk in London for a while.

National Gallery to make major cuts in effort to stem ballooning deficit Move could mean fewer free exhibitions and paid-for shows and more expensive tickets

Is it time for a tourism tax if even our biggest arts institutions are struggling this much?

And this is after blockbuster exhibitions (Van Gogh) & successful philanthropy, so think how much tougher it must be for more local-regional galleries and museums
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

this update/correction from @willdalrymple.bsky.social on the question of removing the term Palestine from British Museum gallery texts definitely raises more questions than it answers

British Museum Reviewing Palestine Terminology in Galleries after Audience Testing The British Museum has confirmed that it is reviewing and updating some gallery panels and labels after “Audience testing has shown that the historic use of the term Palestine … is in some circumstanc...

for one thing, who exactly was the British Museum spokesperson quoted in the original UKLFI article? web.archive.org/web/20260216...

for another, on such a crucial issue for our most significant national museum, why is this an informal comment reported second hand on social media?

and in any case, what does "we are not removing mention from Palestine from our labels" [sic] actually mean?

fourth — and this is the main issue here for me, seeing as Palestine was formally recognised as a state by the UK in 2025 — why does the "place" field in the British Museum collections database only have the phrase "Palestine (historic)"??
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/

I would have advertised the course to others (but they are in the same position as me). There are plenty of free resources but less training.

👀hvis man er nysgerrig i et flot visuelt overblik over mineindustrien. Hvor der er miner og hvad det bliver udvundet hvor.

Was it? I had a page without fee but I am on a phone

It would have been polite to flag the cost on the landing page

Cover of Border Land: Frontiers of Early England by Ryan Lavelle.

Due November. Border Land: Frontiers of Early England by Ryan Lavelle. #medievalsky

OK, beyond me...

Does this cost something?