Heather Knight
@heather1576.bsky.social
Archaeologist with a penchant for 16th and 17th century playhouses of all shapes and sizes, FSA and Faversham Society Trustee 🎭🏺
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This image is part of a detailed account of King Edward VI’s procession in 1547 from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster on the day before his coronation. Unique to this scene is its recording of the City, especially Cheapside with its goldsmiths’ shops.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This image is part of a detailed account of King Edward VI’s procession in 1547 from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster on the day before his coronation. Unique to this scene is its recording of the City, especially Cheapside with its goldsmiths’ shops.
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The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, with Experimental Archaeologist Alexander Read. Alex will talk us through how he made an early Saxon sword based on one from Sarre.
Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224
#Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224
#Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, with Experimental Archaeologist Alexander Read. Alex will talk us through how he made an early Saxon sword based on one from Sarre.
Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224
#Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224
#Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology
Thanks @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for “Pub Crawling Through Playhouses” - an excellent romp through playhouses and their drinking culture and cheers to @roseplayhouse.bsky.social for hosting! 🍻
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thanks @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for “Pub Crawling Through Playhouses” - an excellent romp through playhouses and their drinking culture and cheers to @roseplayhouse.bsky.social for hosting! 🍻
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The weather may be dreary today, but tomorrow looks better, so why not drop by ours at 1pm for a free talk on a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene. www.sal.org.uk/event/amputa...
Amputation: A Dramatic Act - Society of Antiquaries of London
Dawn Kemp Director of Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England talks about her recent research into a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene, with surprising connecti...
www.sal.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The weather may be dreary today, but tomorrow looks better, so why not drop by ours at 1pm for a free talk on a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene. www.sal.org.uk/event/amputa...
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Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.
Monday 10 November
@ 7.30pm online
PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES
Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.
Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
@ 7.30pm online
PUB CRAWLING WITH PLAYHOUSES
Join Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for a ramble around the inns, taverns & ale-houses of Elizabethan London, to discover their role in the emergence of playhouse culture.
Book: www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.
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TONIGHT at 6.30pm online
This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!
This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!
Monday 27 October, at 6.30pm online
INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE
Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.
More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
INTRODUCING PHILIP HENSLOWE'S ROSE
Join Professor Grace Ioppolo, @profshakespeare.bsky.social, Founder & Director of the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project, as she examines the business partnerships that built The Rose.
More info & book: bit.ly/4nMtaBv
October 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
TONIGHT at 6.30pm online
This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!
This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!
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This is REALLY good to see. Too many colleagues were utterly misrepresented in this awful film, & in narrative surrounding it
They deserve to have their names cleared.
BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They deserve to have their names cleared.
BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is REALLY good to see. Too many colleagues were utterly misrepresented in this awful film, & in narrative surrounding it
They deserve to have their names cleared.
BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They deserve to have their names cleared.
BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King Stephen died on 25th October 1154 at Dover. He was buried in the choir at Faversham Abbey alongside Queen Matilda and their son, Eustace. The exact location of his remains is unknown but after the dissolution of the Abbey he may have been reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham.
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
King Stephen died on 25th October 1154 at Dover. He was buried in the choir at Faversham Abbey alongside Queen Matilda and their son, Eustace. The exact location of his remains is unknown but after the dissolution of the Abbey he may have been reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham.
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I'm delighted, grateful, and a little dazed to be among this year's Philip Leverhulme Prize winners @leverhulme.ac.uk, and among such excellent company.
A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm delighted, grateful, and a little dazed to be among this year's Philip Leverhulme Prize winners @leverhulme.ac.uk, and among such excellent company.
A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
“Car rams into” would be more accurate than “car backs into” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shakespeare family home damaged as car backs into it
Hall's Croft in Stratford-upon-Avon is being assessed for repairs after the incident on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“Car rams into” would be more accurate than “car backs into” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On Wednesday 17th October 1962, at 7.30pm, the inaugural meeting of the Faversham society was held at the Guildhall, chaired by the Mayor of Faversham, Cllr. Peter Lee-Roberts. James Doak was elected chairman and Arthur Percival, secretary. favershamsociety.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
On Wednesday 17th October 1962, at 7.30pm, the inaugural meeting of the Faversham society was held at the Guildhall, chaired by the Mayor of Faversham, Cllr. Peter Lee-Roberts. James Doak was elected chairman and Arthur Percival, secretary. favershamsociety.org
A 13th-century oak door in Wells Cathedral for #ADoorableThursday
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A 13th-century oak door in Wells Cathedral for #ADoorableThursday
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Ay, of a snail, for though he
comes slowly, he carries his
house on his head..
As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1
Glass at St Mary Edstaston
#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday
comes slowly, he carries his
house on his head..
As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1
Glass at St Mary Edstaston
#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday
September 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ay, of a snail, for though he
comes slowly, he carries his
house on his head..
As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1
Glass at St Mary Edstaston
#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday
comes slowly, he carries his
house on his head..
As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1
Glass at St Mary Edstaston
#shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday
The 14th century Jesse Window at Wells Cathedral and small fragments of broken glass salvaged and reused. #StainedGlassSunday
September 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The 14th century Jesse Window at Wells Cathedral and small fragments of broken glass salvaged and reused. #StainedGlassSunday
Back from a week staying at Gurney Manor in Somerset celebrating my husband’s birthday. The house belongs to Landmark Trust and it’s been on the wish list to stay there for a long time.
September 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Back from a week staying at Gurney Manor in Somerset celebrating my husband’s birthday. The house belongs to Landmark Trust and it’s been on the wish list to stay there for a long time.
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What an interesting & fabulous life described here about Dr Paul Wilkinson resident in #Faversham Lots to learn.
#Archaeology #Sailing #FavershamPort
favershamlife.org/dr-paul-wilk...
#Archaeology #Sailing #FavershamPort
favershamlife.org/dr-paul-wilk...
Dr Paul Wilkinson of SWAT (Swale and Thames Survey) Archaeology
‘Archaeology has suddenly exploded in the last few months because of the government’s drive to build more homes,’ says Dr Paul Wilkinson of SWAT (Swale and Thames Survey) Archaeology.
favershamlife.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What an interesting & fabulous life described here about Dr Paul Wilkinson resident in #Faversham Lots to learn.
#Archaeology #Sailing #FavershamPort
favershamlife.org/dr-paul-wilk...
#Archaeology #Sailing #FavershamPort
favershamlife.org/dr-paul-wilk...
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Betwixt being forever baffled and stunned
It's exhausting being an archaeologist
It's exhausting being an archaeologist
September 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Betwixt being forever baffled and stunned
It's exhausting being an archaeologist
It's exhausting being an archaeologist
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The deadline for the Archaeological Achievement Awards has been extended, which means there’s still time to nominate! 🏆
That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised!
Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx
That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised!
Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The deadline for the Archaeological Achievement Awards has been extended, which means there’s still time to nominate! 🏆
That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised!
Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx
That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised!
Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx
@archaeobears.bsky.social this looks interesting. Roman #BoxOfficeBears
What was life like for the animals that fought in the amphitheatres of the #Roman Empire? New research tells the story of a fighting bear from Roman Serbia.
Learn more (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
September 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@archaeobears.bsky.social this looks interesting. Roman #BoxOfficeBears
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This will be very useful and I have yet to read it fully but my first moan is about the front cover image 🙄
Why are the archaeologists sitting on mud, with only partial PPE? I see they’re ‘enjoying a tea break’ so why not in a clean cabin with full facilities? This looks hugely unprofessional 😩
Why are the archaeologists sitting on mud, with only partial PPE? I see they’re ‘enjoying a tea break’ so why not in a clean cabin with full facilities? This looks hugely unprofessional 😩
State of the #Archaeological #Market 2024 has been published by #FAME
Report on a busy year for commercial #archaeology in the UK in 2023-24
famearchaeology.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Report on a busy year for commercial #archaeology in the UK in 2023-24
famearchaeology.co.uk/wp-content/u...
August 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This will be very useful and I have yet to read it fully but my first moan is about the front cover image 🙄
Why are the archaeologists sitting on mud, with only partial PPE? I see they’re ‘enjoying a tea break’ so why not in a clean cabin with full facilities? This looks hugely unprofessional 😩
Why are the archaeologists sitting on mud, with only partial PPE? I see they’re ‘enjoying a tea break’ so why not in a clean cabin with full facilities? This looks hugely unprofessional 😩
The hops are up for the #Faversham Hop Festival.
Archeaeobotanical evidence of hops was found in the Graveney Boat, a sea going cargo boat dated c AD 900, uncovered in the estuary mud not far from Faversham in 1970.
mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/graveney-boat
Archeaeobotanical evidence of hops was found in the Graveney Boat, a sea going cargo boat dated c AD 900, uncovered in the estuary mud not far from Faversham in 1970.
mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/graveney-boat
August 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The hops are up for the #Faversham Hop Festival.
Archeaeobotanical evidence of hops was found in the Graveney Boat, a sea going cargo boat dated c AD 900, uncovered in the estuary mud not far from Faversham in 1970.
mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/graveney-boat
Archeaeobotanical evidence of hops was found in the Graveney Boat, a sea going cargo boat dated c AD 900, uncovered in the estuary mud not far from Faversham in 1970.
mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/graveney-boat
Guided walk-Faversham Creek in wartime and Pollocks Shipyard-11am 17th September.
As part of the Maritime Heritage Trust Open Day learn about the importance of the Pollocks Shipyard and it's work in World War II. Free for Faversham Society members, otherwise £5.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
As part of the Maritime Heritage Trust Open Day learn about the importance of the Pollocks Shipyard and it's work in World War II. Free for Faversham Society members, otherwise £5.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
Events - The Faversham Society
favershamsociety.org
August 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Guided walk-Faversham Creek in wartime and Pollocks Shipyard-11am 17th September.
As part of the Maritime Heritage Trust Open Day learn about the importance of the Pollocks Shipyard and it's work in World War II. Free for Faversham Society members, otherwise £5.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
As part of the Maritime Heritage Trust Open Day learn about the importance of the Pollocks Shipyard and it's work in World War II. Free for Faversham Society members, otherwise £5.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
The Faversham Society's Summer Time Stroll - Walking with History, 6pm 3rd September. This is the final chance for an evening walk while the light still allows to discover more about #Faversham's fascinating past. £5 or free for Faversham Society members.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
Events - The Faversham Society
favershamsociety.org
August 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The Faversham Society's Summer Time Stroll - Walking with History, 6pm 3rd September. This is the final chance for an evening walk while the light still allows to discover more about #Faversham's fascinating past. £5 or free for Faversham Society members.
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
favershamsociety.org/events/?even...
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Writing this week about early modern women’s battles to manage the Curtain estate, including the hand behind this signature mark. #CurtainBook
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Writing this week about early modern women’s battles to manage the Curtain estate, including the hand behind this signature mark. #CurtainBook
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TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE has a COVER👀
(this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.)
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(this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.)
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
August 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE has a COVER👀
(this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.)
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
(this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.)
global.oup.com/academic/pro...