I still maintain this is competition level housework...but it's fun...
06.02.2026 09:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@mancent.bsky.social
Archaeologist and historian. Author. Course Director and lecturer of Independent Adult Education Provider MANCENT. Director Roman Gask Project. Loves all things Roman and Silkroad, and lots and lots of ancient glass.
I still maintain this is competition level housework...but it's fun...
06.02.2026 09:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Fun day exploring the Staffordshire Moorlands, including the church of St.Oswalds #church in #Ashbourne. Somebody tried very hard to copy Lichfield Cathedral at quarter scale. The grave effigies of the Cockayne family, which span 250 years are something very special
31.01.2026 19:48 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Timeline cleanser. I was very blessed today to meet #Hodge, the furry dean of #SouthwarkCathedral.
This Cat celebrity has everything (T-shirts, mugs, coasters, postcards), but what he really wants is attention, scritches behind the ear, and belly rubs - and he is such a good listener. Thanks, mog.
That's still before the fall of France and the U boat war, things got bad quickly after that. Try 1943.
23.01.2026 17:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Tom Baker is 92 today
20.01.2026 06:19 โ ๐ 1175 ๐ 310 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 23Eher 1800/1820 (die Hose schlieรt modern und nicht in der Zugbrรผckentechnik) und wahrscheinlich Nordliches Deutschland mit der gestickten Kappe
19.01.2026 18:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0*schleifen
19.01.2026 09:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Der arme, schon Hosen, aber immer noch Schleichen....#Iblametheparents
19.01.2026 09:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Um Carolina und Herr Acton gab es spaeter Gerรผchte, aber die Motivation war dass sie erst im Kronrat sitzen durfte, nachdem sie einen mรคnnlichen Thronerben produziert hatte.
Und viele der Kinder waren ganz der Papa, was kein Kompliment ist.
But its presence is absolutely part of the magic! Diolch yn fawr.
18.01.2026 22:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Teabrack, however, benefits from half a cup of cold tea in the recipe. More divisions! Vive la difference!
18.01.2026 20:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This is the first (and hopefully the last time) I have met with a pink enamelled range during a tour at #QuarryBank #Styal. The guide did an amazing job on a rainy day, but....pink! Really folks, pink!!!
18.01.2026 20:48 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0A sketch of the carnyx found at Thetford
Phenomenal. The Thetford Carnyx sound by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social and seen tonight on #diggingforbritain
14.01.2026 21:21 โ ๐ 105 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2Quite a few of the green ones really should be yellow, like bismuth. But I guess we are still looking for Darwin award contenders.
10.01.2026 13:04 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This summer, investigations unearthed evidence that a hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway may have been besieged by an invading Roman force 1,900 years ago โ๏ธ
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotlandโs past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Looks to me as if being spun is his aim. Did someone notice a high-pitched wheeeeeeeee. Followed by a quiet "wow! Let's do it again" "Then 'I am not feeling so good'"
07.01.2026 07:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Nevermind Melos and Athens, look up Theodosius and his sons: from riches to rags in one generation! Oh Western Roman Empire where art thou?
06.01.2026 20:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sir Walter Scott would be so upset with you lot. He and Lessing in Germany tried so hard to rewrite Richard the Lion Heart as a proper hero and you have to set the record straight. You Historians, you...:-) Next you are going to tell me that being a bully is an great medieval survival strategy. :-)
06.01.2026 12:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Be grateful the French archers practiced - a lot. The gentleman in the velvet waistcoat can't be everywhere. :-)
06.01.2026 12:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wozu die drei Kรถnige alles gut sind
06.01.2026 01:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Japanese #Garden in Tatton Park, Cheshire, UK. Yes it was built by a European about 100 years ago. But the more time you spend with it, the more you appreciate how many principles of the Chinese and Japanese garden traditions he got right..
06.01.2026 01:13 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I hope you are safely home now, relax for now . new boots in the near future (hopefully)
06.01.2026 01:03 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0C'est presque tous les villes d'Iran.
03.01.2026 07:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Enjoy it.
02.01.2026 21:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yep, famous for it
02.01.2026 11:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A British supermarket shelf. At the bottom Christmas chocolates incl. Cadbury's Christmas puds on the top Chocolate Easter Eggs and Lindt rabbits.
in the voice of D.Attenborough: It is the turning point in the year for the Common British Supermarket, while he completes the winter moult. Below you can see the winter plumage in red, green and reindeer, while above there are already the hints of spring with chicks, eggs and rabbits. #NewYear
02.01.2026 09:42 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How to insinuate you are in Sweden. Oligarch or Tree, I recommend -duck! :-)
02.01.2026 01:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0....and dogs, birds and horses of course. Even hamsters, guinea picks, geckos and everyone else who want to spend 2026 with - even if they wake you today far too early
01.01.2026 08:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Planned demolition of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
This is a British film that I had to import from Germany, as nobody here had heard of Miss Sophie.
01.01.2026 02:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0