Matthew Johnson

Was he channelling Darwin's thoughts on worms? Or am I over-thinking this?

Noël Coward Quote Elyot: I met her on a house party in Norfolk. Amanda: Very flat, Norfolk. Elyot: There's no need to be unpleasant. Amanda: That was no reflection on her, unless of course she made it flatter.

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But he did say that you should let a bad review ruin your breakfast but not your lunch, which is excellent advice

And it involves lunch breaks

Hi @tandfresearch.bsky.social. I got an automated email from you asking me to review a paper on 23rd. I got a reminder on 25th, Christmas Day, and another reminder today. Is this a timely and respectful way to treat someone you are asking for unpaid labor?

I have just voted for the recommended slate, and encourage others to do so as well.

Erm, no it's not. You have to subscribe to read on.

Marry an archaeologist. The older you get the more interested they will be in you (paraphrased from Agatha Christie)

Congratulations Gabe!

I visited last week. It's an amazing achievement. Congratulations to all involved.

Envious. Can't make it to TAG unfortunately.

Enslaved Labor and the Construction of the U.S. Capitol “Would it be superstitious to presume, that the Sovereign Father of all nations, permitted the perpetration of this apparently execrable transaction, as a fiery, though salutary signal of his displeas...

Brian, building of the US Capitol was ongoing into the 1860s using enslaved labor www.whitehousehistory.org/enslaved-lab...

Cracking stuff from the Lionesses

Understood but his article has left me Full of Doubt about the whole concept of ancient landscapes. Maybe best discussed over a pint...

You don't buy Williamson's critique of 'ancient fields' then?

Really important book, not least on EP Thompson

Au contraire Brian. One of the great evocations of a deserted London. I agree it goes downhill when they leave for the countryside and it all gets faux pastoral

Do you welcome archaeologists?

Time for the epic Bluesky quest of @popeleo?

Thank you for the shout out Adam! This is spot on!

In the c18 gentry bought books by the yard, to furnish their houses

When Anthony Fletcher complained that Germaine Greer panned his gender book without reading the 2nd half, a colleague retorted that he shouldn't have written such a very long book in the 1st place

Hang in there Jonny

Tell us more about the medieval furrows please

It's the white heat of intellectual enquiry emanating from the IoA

YouTube video by Amal Koshy George Lagaan Trailer | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India | Aamir Khan | Ashutosh Gowariker

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhi4... greatest cricket movie ever made

When the rest of us would sit around saying 'someone should do/say something', John was the one who got up and did it.

RIP John Barrett. I never came away from one of his talks without being forced to think deeply and in new ways about archaeology. His was a really profound and uncompromising intellect. And he practiced and insisted on values of decency and responsibility in our work.

I show this (the clean version) every year in our Intro class