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I'm a bit of a geek. I have a little chap who's 13. I'm an HER Officer (desk archaeologist!). :-)
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'War Scene at Queensway Tube Station, 1941' by Joseph Batò

(Private collection)
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I can't get over the fact Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are 61 and 60 years old!! I just have to face up to the fact I also am getting old. (It does certainly feel like it.)
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Alex Winter on fame, AI and reuniting with Keanu Reeves: ‘Sometimes we’re on a groove and go, ‘God damn, that was good!’
Alex Winter on fame, AI and reuniting with Keanu Reeves: ‘Sometimes we’re on a groove and go, ‘God damn, that was good!’
Midway through the Broadway run of Waiting for Godot with his Bill & Ted co-star Keanu, the actor-director talks about his new film, Adulthood, overcoming the abuse he endured as a young performer, and why we’re wrong about artificial intelligence
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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If Guy Fawkes had succeeded at the House of Lords, the nearby House of Commons and Westminster Hall would all have been destroyed, many other buildings would have been severely damaged and a lot of innocent civilians would have died.
The explosion could have looked like this;
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I was checking records and one of the references was this website: www.wymondhamleics.free-online.co.uk/sitemap.htm I love stumbling across web pages that look like the olden days! So many aren't still online...
Wymondham Sitemap
www.wymondhamleics.free-online.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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This week's #MKMonday photo is in our catalogue as 'May Day fun run in Linford Wood, 1980', but that fails to capture just how much it looks like a still from a slasher film.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Parents, make sure you're careful this Halloween! Inside this Snickers we've just found the 1444 map of Boarstall, one of the oldest maps of an English village and a fantastic example of late medieval cartography.
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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In 2021, ULAS excavated 96 trenches on land north of Quorn in Leicestershire ahead of proposed development of the site which sits on the floor of the Soar valley, Site Director Adam Clapton describes the excavations and offers some initial interpretations of the site!

www.bajr.org/pits-enclosu...
Pits, enclosures, and barns – excavations along the Soar Valley, north of Quorn. - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
In 2021, ULAS excavated 96 trenches on land north of Quorn in Leicestershire ahead of proposed development of the site which sits on the floor of the Soar valley, immediately west of the river’s curre...
www.bajr.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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IT'S OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎊🎉🎈
(sound on, please)
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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'Piccadilly Circus' (from 'Looking Round London', c.1938) by Helen Carstairs
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Day 20: "Abstract Rat". #rattober2025
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Garden update - leave leaves
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Day 6: "Ratio". #rattober2025
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Day 2: "Accu-rat" #rattober2025
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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#OnThisDay, 1989, Technotronic's hit single "Pump Up the Jam" reached No. 2 in the UK charts.

Luckily, the bilge pump on the Mary Rose had an inspection hatch, so you could see what was jamming it and clear it out.

No, hang on, that's "Jam up the pump"...
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Day 1: "Friend-shaped" #rattober2025
October 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@artbyemilytull.bsky.social I saw this was on at the museum here (an exhibition about Mary Linwood) and I thought of you - I had never heard of thread painting until I saw your work! www.leicestermuseums.org/MaryLinwood
Event Details – Leicester Museums
Details for Leicester Museums & Galleries events and exhibitions programme.
www.leicestermuseums.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Since having pet rats, every time I see a post about rats taking over cities etc. I just think "oh look at the little cuties!". I never thought I'd fall for them this hard...
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Made a map showing all the archaeological fieldwalking recorded on the Historic Environment Record, thought I might as well stick it on here. #Leicestershire #Rutland #Archaeology
September 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
September 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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If #archaeology is not political and relevant to the politics of today, then why the need to destroy it?????

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
The frantic race to save historic treasures from Israeli bombs.
The frantic race to save historic treasures from Israeli bombs - BBC News
Palestinian archaeologists remain dedicated to saving what remains of Gaza's remarkable past as Israel widens its military offensive
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM