Edmund Lee

In the UK, you could demolish a church VAT-free, but if you wanted to repair that church, you would have to pay VAT.

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Mentimeter.com is a great tool with free account options that might be what you need @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

CHUCHYARD CROSS IN CHURCHYARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY, Cricklade - 1023108 | Historic England List entry 1023108. Grade I Listed Building: Chuchyard Cross In Churchyard, Church Of St Mary. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.

I'm fairly convinced that one of the (badly damaged) panels of the 14th century parish cross at St Mary's in Cricklade shows the presentation in the temple historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

This is not spam. More like pepperoni IMHO...🌼🍕

I love the sense that in some ways we know less about our own galaxy than those we can see with Hubble etc... and maybe there are frustrated alien astronomers out there looking at us and wishing they could see their own galaxy as clearly as they can see ours....

Is it just me, or is anyone else looking at this and imagining what could be done with a redundant cooling tower?

Considering technological change in this period makes this smooth curve remarkable. World Wide Web, Web 2.0, social media, AI (just in the latest two years) don't even register as changes.

Quatermass (TV serial) - Wikipedia

Are fictional prehistoric sites acceptable for #StandingStoneSunday ? One of my favourites is Ringstone Round, which featured in 1979 #SF series in the UK, Quatermas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaterm... . Also appropriate for #JodrellBank80 celebrations.

Monumnet for monument, which was a bit of a thing as I worked for Historic England... 🏛️

Exactly same view from the Historic England local heritage hub page for Peterborough late 19th century historicengland.org.uk/local/locati...

This is such an innovative way to present archaeological discovery! As an archaeologist trained on dry journal articles and monographs, but a #TTRPG gamer as well, I do wish there had been setting guides for the cultures I studied back in the 1980s. 🏺

"The danger is not that this generation has given up on democracy. It's that if nothing changes, they might stop believing democracy can work for them at all."

💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.

72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.

"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.

Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...

Indeed. Keep the thesaurus use as a tool for information retrieval, rather than information provision.

Heritage Careers Workshop Are you interested in a career in archaeology and heritage? Unemployed, or looking for a change of direction?

For anyone who’s interested in a career swap into archaeology and in travelling distance of Gloucestershire from @cotswoldarch.bsky.social 👇

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?

Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes

The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

Signed! Join me and the other 000s looking for a positive way to make UK politics better.

The double hexagon scoria bricks in back alleys found in South Bank, York

#ICYMI: In one of our latest blogs, Dr Susan Major shares a history of recycling, ingenuity and urban change by considering the history of scoria bricks found in York's back alleys.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-...

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Ah, yes. @tomgauld.bsky.social has this covered ... bsky.app/profile/tomg...

Latest YouGov poll shows multi-party Britain breaking the voting system If there were a general election tomorrow, who would form the next government? It sounds like a simple question if you have access to the latest polls. But when the latest YouGov poll, r

It shouldn’t take an expert to translate public opinion into seats. But the brutal truth is that in our system, votes don’t add up to representation, they get filtered, distorted and wasted along the way.

I know many people who would *love* this game (including me) so thank you so much for sharing 🏺

Electoral reform's time has come During the Blair and Brown era, supporting proportional representation felt revolutionary. At Labour Party Conference, year after year, we were seen as the ‘cranks’, left to discuss our vision for a f...

“Anyone who believes that our outdated electoral system is unfit for purpose and wants to create a country where all voters feel genuinely represented in our politics should join our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform” @annadixonmp.bsky.social
renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/

BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...

It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.

Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology

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AI in the Heritage Sector Free Seminar UK Heritage Pulse is running the second of two free online seminars on 'AI in the Heritage Sector' on Friday 7th November at 2pm. The first session explored the principles, opportunities, and risks of using artificial intelligence. If you weren’t able to attend, you can now watch the recording here. The follow-up webinar on the 7th November will take a deeper look at practical applications of AI, sharing real-world examples and tips for the sector. To book your place follow this link: 🔗 Book your place here You can also read Heritage Pulse's recent report on the operational use of AI within the heritage sector…

AI in the Heritage Sector free seminar

FAQs : The International Space Station Transition Plan - NASA The International Space Station Transition Plan laid out NASA’s vision for the next decade of the microgravity laboratory that is returning enormous

Maybe reuse as an orbiting data centre would be a viable future for the International Space Station? #SpaceArchaeology www.nasa.gov/faqs-the-int...

Fascinating thread on the long historical perspective of the role of battery development in #EnergyTransition parallelled with the #Neolithic agricultural revolution. Good read for #archaeology and #climatechange 🏺

Bing AI generated concept art showing how the base of a cooling tower might be reused as a performance venue

Don't generally post AI generated art, but ten minutes with Bing got me this to show what I mean about reusing a partly demolished cooling tower as a venue and memorial to #IndustrialHeritage. #CoolingTower

My understanding is that the structure of cooling towers makes it non-viable to keep after they are out of use. But I'd like to see one (or a group) demolished in a way that kept the footprint, and maybe lower few metres of concrete. Would make a great open air venue.

Very tempted by this... Good luck with the launch.

📢 Funding. What a great initiative! Kudos to those funding and delivering this assistance for community #archaeology 🏺

Now if this included cats instead of dogs I might just be tempted to come out of retirement 😺🙂. But seriously this is such an exciting field for research. A great career starting opportunity 🏺