Richard Fitch

Good of you to offer a ladder 😉

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Tesco’s birthday cake sandwich launch divides opinion on social media Product intended to mark 30th anniversary of Clubcard has 42% of an adult’s recommended daily saturated fat intake

Supermarket sells tarted-up jam sarnie, social media has thoughts, journalist gets word count in for the day, success all round. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Homes of ‘working-class Romans’ discovered during Rome metro dig Experts say the relics at Piazza Venezia appear to resemble a multistorey complex of homes and shops The remains of homes believed to have been lived in by working-class people around the time of the early Roman empire have been found by workers building an underground station in the city’s historic centre. The relics are the first to emerge from beneath the bustling Piazza Venezia since work began in 2023 on the station that will form part of the Italian capital’s Metro C underground line. Continue reading...

Homes of ‘working-class Romans’ discovered during Rome metro dig

Woman bottom left
"Yes [sigh] he got loose again, can you send someone over when you have a spare minute, no rush, he can't get down on his own"

Medieval manuscript image showing 2 characters in front of a stone castle type building.

"Wow Dad, that's the best playhouse ever, thanks"

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"Ms. germ. qu. 6 - Der Renner" f.82v

Wowza!

Pomato for the win!

Potato, potato, tomato tomato

The mystery of the first potatoes has finally been solved – and a tomato was involved The potato and tomato are members of the nightshade family of flowering plants that also includes tobacco

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

"The potato, a global food staple first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before its worldwide spread from the 16th century, has long presented a puzzling evolutionary mystery."

August from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry A medieval hawking scene with high status men and women on horseback, dogs and a servant carrying a hawk

What! Wait! What! August!?!

Already?...Bloody hell

320-year-old sunk warship in ‘remarkable’ condition  - Museums + Heritage Recent diving survey finds Stuart-era warship remarkably intact on Kent seabed despite deterioration risks from shifting sands and marine environment.

museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...

"Recent diving survey finds Stuart-era warship remarkably intact on Kent seabed despite deterioration risks from shifting sands and marine environment."

Was a pleasure. Can't wait to see how your research progresses

Good to meet @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social this afternoon and talk about cheese, research, and interpretation with him and one of my team.
Lots of crossover to discuss, made for a great chat

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Those claws, awfully useful for holding all those beers...just tip him well for the service

Medieval quay discovered by archaeologists in shadow of Welsh castle Emily Price A medieval quay discovered by archaeologists in the shadow of a Welsh castle is the first of its kind to be found in Wales. The site was discovered at Island House in Laugharne, Carmarthen...

nation.cymru/news/medieva...

"A medieval quay discovered by archaeologists in the shadow of a Welsh castle is the first of its kind to be found in Wales."

I sense the story could limp on, even if he can't

pretty sure we all have the same questions

genuinely amazed that they've only been inscribed in 2025!?!

Writes itself

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies age 76, his family announces Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76, his family has announced. A statement said: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time." We'll bring you more on this breaking news story - stick with us.

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 "surrounded by love", family confirms

Divers find lost Royal Navy warship 109 years after WW1 sinking HMS Nottingham's location had remained a mystery until its discovery this month.

Divers find lost Royal Navy warship 109 years after WW1 sinking

A woman stands with a market bucket on her arm. She’s come to pick up a coat. Inside the tailor’s workshop. The tailors sit high up, raised above the floor to catch every beam of light. A hank of thread dangles above the table, ready for the next stitch. 🧵

👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108320

A LinkedIn message that warns that a link isn't hosted by LinkedIn

They say that as if it's a bad thing 🧐🤔

3D-printed model of a 500-year-old prosthetic hand hints at life of a Renaissance amputee To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It's an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user's world.

phys.org/news/2025-06...

Some more info on how they went about troubleshooting the plastic print version of the hand

kasselhand.auburn.edu

Need a 3D printable version of a sixteenth century prosthetic hand? Then this project has got you covered