David Gill

Man wins 'substantial damages' over portrayal in Steve Coogan Richard III film Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.

#RichardIII
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A crown of sonnets

A crown of sonnets from @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social to be published by @hedgehogpress.co.uk

Analysis of key collections of Cycladic figures including @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Fitzwilliam @metmuseum.org @gettymuseum.bsky.social as well as the Stern collection
Tsirogiannis, C., D. W. J. Gill, and C. Chippindale. "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures."

A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures ABSTRACT. The urgent seeking for Cycladic figures since the nineteenth century has caused significant destruction of the archaeological record and serious corruption of the corpus of knowledge. Unsurp...

New study on Cycladic figures now available:
Tsirogiannis, C., D. W. J. Gill, and C. Chippindale. 2025. "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures." Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies 13: 203–33.

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Understanding the Economic Value of Heritage A newly commissioned report has shown the huge value of the heritage sector in the Eastern Arc region (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, and Sussex).  It is responsible for a quarter of the natio…

Report and webinar on the importance of heritage as part of the visitor economy
heritagefutures.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/u...

St Fagans: Thieves in four-minute raid on museum gold Two thieves stole 'irreplaceable' gold artefacts in a targeted attack on St Fagans Museum in Cardiff.

Theft from St Fagans www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#culturalheritage #heritagecrime

They agreed to loan the material in exchange for title to the objects and future research and exhibits. The agreement, approved over objections by the archaeological community, resolved what might have become a protracted dispute over the collection.

Learn more: mola.omeka.net/items/show/2...

In 2024 the Stern Collection of Cycladic Antiquities was placed on long-term loan with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as the result of a novel repatriation agreement with the Greek government.

New Case: The Leonard N. Stern Collection of Cycladic Antiquities, contributed by Prof. David Gill

The Stern Collection includes 161 Cycladic figurines and stone vessels dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 3200-2000 BCE). Stern assembled it between 1983 and 2020.

Poetry Reading at The Long Shop Museum — The Lettering Arts Trust WHEN:  Thursday 19th September    TIME: 6pm    WHERE: Leiston, Suffolk  We are delighted to collaborate once again with the Suffolk Poetry Society. Their poets have ...

Poetry reading @longshop.bsky.social www.letteringartstrust.org.uk/events/poetr...

For the posts relating to Bubon:
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Cleon's Victory at Sphacteria and the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis
@bsathens.bsky.social
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The comments between Mendelsohn and former curator Michael Padgett (also named in the 2024 arrest warrant for
antiquities trafficker Edoardo Almagia), discussing articles written by @davidwjgill.bsky.social, Marlowe and ARCA clearly demonstrate his awareness that his statue was problematic.

Our local parish church illuminated to mark #VJDay

More returns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tarentine funerary relief Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art The Manhattan DA has provided limited details about the recent return of antiqu...

Tarentine antiquities returned to Italy from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sources: Robin Symes; Aboutaam family.
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We have been averaging c. 5 species - though one day last week was 10.

Just observed my 2500th butterfly this year with notable sightings of common blues today. 7 species with more than 100. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Thank you.

Just passed my 2000th observation this year @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Phenomenal review essay on the new Stern Collection at the Met by @davidwjgill.bsky.social. An encapsulation of the ethical issues (and their ramifications) in antiquities collecting, and how they impact academics, museums, and the wider public bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.07...
#AncientBlueSky 🏺

Thank you.

Bubon fans: the Babesch organization kindly published the text of the talk I gave last month in Leiden about the looting and circulation of the statues, in which I also imagined how they might have been arranged and rearranged on the pedestals in antiquity. www.babesch.org/byvanck-lect...

Over 600 butterfly observations this year with 16 species @savebutterflies.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

The Met returns three antiquities to Iraq Source: Manhattan DA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned three antiquities to Iraq ( Manhattan DA Press Release ). The three ...

Three antiquities handled by Robin Symes - as well as by Elie Borowski and Nikolas Koutoulakis - returned from @metmuseum.org through @manhattanda.bsky.social
lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Replica mural in Crete’s Palace of Knossos collapses | eKathimerini.com A replica of the famed Dolphin Mural at Crete’s Palace of Knossos collapsed on Friday, sparking concerns about the maintenance of the archaeological site.

Piet de Jong and Knossos www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1269...

Cultural property essay by Christos Tsirogiannis bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.04...

Do the Write thing poster

I’ll be asking META to #DoTheWriteThing on Thursday 3 April ✍️ To help spread the word and protect writers of every kind, please join us in flooding social media with this important message! @societyofauthors.bsky.social

I'm supporting today's day of action by @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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