Malcolm Stoneman
@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Interests - Walking, Cycling, Travel, History, Nature. Retired Head of Humanities, European. 🇪🇺
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European Green Woodpecker.
The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the Yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache.
Found throughout Europe
The European g
📸: @wild.lifebypetra
The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the Yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache.
Found throughout Europe
The European g
📸: @wild.lifebypetra
February 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
European Green Woodpecker.
The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the Yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache.
Found throughout Europe
The European g
📸: @wild.lifebypetra
The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), also known as the Yaffle and sometimes called a nickle, is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache.
Found throughout Europe
The European g
📸: @wild.lifebypetra
Ceramic Jug
Norman Carling
1930
A snake is attacked by a dragon, its claws tightly gripping the prey. Note - wings!
Norman Carling (1902–1971) was an English designer/modeller in ceramics. He also worked for A.J. Wilkinson & later Maling pottery.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #Ceramics
Norman Carling
1930
A snake is attacked by a dragon, its claws tightly gripping the prey. Note - wings!
Norman Carling (1902–1971) was an English designer/modeller in ceramics. He also worked for A.J. Wilkinson & later Maling pottery.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #Ceramics
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
“The Merpeople”
Artist - Kate Dunbar
Sculpted in clay & painted in different glazes.
In folklore & mythology Merpeople are human-like beings who live in the sea.
Displayed Hunstanton, Norfolk.
#TilesOnTuesday
Artist - Kate Dunbar
Sculpted in clay & painted in different glazes.
In folklore & mythology Merpeople are human-like beings who live in the sea.
Displayed Hunstanton, Norfolk.
#TilesOnTuesday
February 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM
“The Merpeople”
Artist - Kate Dunbar
Sculpted in clay & painted in different glazes.
In folklore & mythology Merpeople are human-like beings who live in the sea.
Displayed Hunstanton, Norfolk.
#TilesOnTuesday
Artist - Kate Dunbar
Sculpted in clay & painted in different glazes.
In folklore & mythology Merpeople are human-like beings who live in the sea.
Displayed Hunstanton, Norfolk.
#TilesOnTuesday
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
“Art” floor mosaic
@nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social #London
By the Russian-born artist Boris Anrep.
#MosaicMonday
@nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social #London
By the Russian-born artist Boris Anrep.
#MosaicMonday
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
“Art” floor mosaic
@nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social #London
By the Russian-born artist Boris Anrep.
#MosaicMonday
@nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social #London
By the Russian-born artist Boris Anrep.
#MosaicMonday
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#StoneworkSunday
Cloister of #Medieval Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence (built over the #Roman forum) just has the most glorious array of 12th C #SundayStonework.
All time favourite has to be the twisty one at the corner topped with #lion of St Mark the Evangelist though (pls click).
Cloister of #Medieval Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence (built over the #Roman forum) just has the most glorious array of 12th C #SundayStonework.
All time favourite has to be the twisty one at the corner topped with #lion of St Mark the Evangelist though (pls click).
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
#StoneworkSunday
Cloister of #Medieval Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence (built over the #Roman forum) just has the most glorious array of 12th C #SundayStonework.
All time favourite has to be the twisty one at the corner topped with #lion of St Mark the Evangelist though (pls click).
Cloister of #Medieval Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence (built over the #Roman forum) just has the most glorious array of 12th C #SundayStonework.
All time favourite has to be the twisty one at the corner topped with #lion of St Mark the Evangelist though (pls click).
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Pulpit by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Robert Beall in Uttoxeter alabaster. c.1882
In the transept is an organ case of 1676, enlarged in 1891 & modified in 1932, with trumpeting angels.
#SundayStonework
#SundaySermons
#Alwayslookup
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Pulpit by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Robert Beall in Uttoxeter alabaster. c.1882
In the transept is an organ case of 1676, enlarged in 1891 & modified in 1932, with trumpeting angels.
#SundayStonework
#SundaySermons
#Alwayslookup
February 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Pulpit by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Robert Beall in Uttoxeter alabaster. c.1882
In the transept is an organ case of 1676, enlarged in 1891 & modified in 1932, with trumpeting angels.
#SundayStonework
#SundaySermons
#Alwayslookup
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Pulpit by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Robert Beall in Uttoxeter alabaster. c.1882
In the transept is an organ case of 1676, enlarged in 1891 & modified in 1932, with trumpeting angels.
#SundayStonework
#SundaySermons
#Alwayslookup
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Rothbury Cross c. 800 CE
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Rothbury Cross c. 800 CE
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
Northumberland
Part of the shaft section of the Anglo Saxon cross. On one face a haloed Christ holds a book.
Now Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
#SundayStonework
#SaxonSunday
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
“Space”- Ely Cathedral #Ely #Cambridgeshire
A great evening at the sound & light show by Luxmuralis.
Stunning - projections onto five areas of the cathedral
A journey through Space from Apollo 11 to Copernicus.
The nave was lit as if voyaging through the galaxy.
@elycathedral.bsky.social
A great evening at the sound & light show by Luxmuralis.
Stunning - projections onto five areas of the cathedral
A journey through Space from Apollo 11 to Copernicus.
The nave was lit as if voyaging through the galaxy.
@elycathedral.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“Space”- Ely Cathedral #Ely #Cambridgeshire
A great evening at the sound & light show by Luxmuralis.
Stunning - projections onto five areas of the cathedral
A journey through Space from Apollo 11 to Copernicus.
The nave was lit as if voyaging through the galaxy.
@elycathedral.bsky.social
A great evening at the sound & light show by Luxmuralis.
Stunning - projections onto five areas of the cathedral
A journey through Space from Apollo 11 to Copernicus.
The nave was lit as if voyaging through the galaxy.
@elycathedral.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear
A King George V box.
The North Eastern Railway station opened in 1882 is famous for the station canopies architecture.
It became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980. The 1970s trains are now only just being withdrawn after 46 years service.
#PostboxSaturday
A King George V box.
The North Eastern Railway station opened in 1882 is famous for the station canopies architecture.
It became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980. The 1970s trains are now only just being withdrawn after 46 years service.
#PostboxSaturday
February 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear
A King George V box.
The North Eastern Railway station opened in 1882 is famous for the station canopies architecture.
It became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980. The 1970s trains are now only just being withdrawn after 46 years service.
#PostboxSaturday
A King George V box.
The North Eastern Railway station opened in 1882 is famous for the station canopies architecture.
It became part of the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980. The 1970s trains are now only just being withdrawn after 46 years service.
#PostboxSaturday
Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
A fort, built c. 125 CE, to house c. 600 men, stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall
The tower gives a view over extensive remains, with a television screen showing a reconstruction of the sites’s development
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
A fort, built c. 125 CE, to house c. 600 men, stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall
The tower gives a view over extensive remains, with a television screen showing a reconstruction of the sites’s development
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
February 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
A fort, built c. 125 CE, to house c. 600 men, stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall
The tower gives a view over extensive remains, with a television screen showing a reconstruction of the sites’s development
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
A fort, built c. 125 CE, to house c. 600 men, stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall
The tower gives a view over extensive remains, with a television screen showing a reconstruction of the sites’s development
#RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Sunderland
1906-7, to a design by E. S. Prior, in grey, rough Marsden limestone.
The tower was built partly as a landmark for shipping.
It has large diamond-shaped corner buttresses, which were once capped with pointed roofs.
#SteepleSaturday #ArtsandCrafts
1906-7, to a design by E. S. Prior, in grey, rough Marsden limestone.
The tower was built partly as a landmark for shipping.
It has large diamond-shaped corner buttresses, which were once capped with pointed roofs.
#SteepleSaturday #ArtsandCrafts
February 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Sunderland
1906-7, to a design by E. S. Prior, in grey, rough Marsden limestone.
The tower was built partly as a landmark for shipping.
It has large diamond-shaped corner buttresses, which were once capped with pointed roofs.
#SteepleSaturday #ArtsandCrafts
1906-7, to a design by E. S. Prior, in grey, rough Marsden limestone.
The tower was built partly as a landmark for shipping.
It has large diamond-shaped corner buttresses, which were once capped with pointed roofs.
#SteepleSaturday #ArtsandCrafts
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
The flower arrangers were in this morning.
📷 06.02.2026 (today)
(Stained glass - S M Scott 1971)
#elevensestime
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
The flower arrangers were in this morning.
📷 06.02.2026 (today)
(Stained glass - S M Scott 1971)
#elevensestime
February 6, 2026 at 11:19 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
The flower arrangers were in this morning.
📷 06.02.2026 (today)
(Stained glass - S M Scott 1971)
#elevensestime
Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
The flower arrangers were in this morning.
📷 06.02.2026 (today)
(Stained glass - S M Scott 1971)
#elevensestime
Samian ware bowl (fragment)
Found at site of Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
The bowl is decorated with a man on horseback and a bear.
The fort stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall.
#FindsFriday #Roman
Found at site of Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
The bowl is decorated with a man on horseback and a bear.
The fort stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall.
#FindsFriday #Roman
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Samian ware bowl (fragment)
Found at site of Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
The bowl is decorated with a man on horseback and a bear.
The fort stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall.
#FindsFriday #Roman
Found at site of Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend, Newcastle.
The bowl is decorated with a man on horseback and a bear.
The fort stood at the end of the extension to Hadrian’s Wall.
#FindsFriday #Roman
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Caen stone font designed according to #Pevsner by A.W.N.Pugin and carved by John Hardman.
#FontsOnFriday
Caen stone font designed according to #Pevsner by A.W.N.Pugin and carved by John Hardman.
#FontsOnFriday
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Caen stone font designed according to #Pevsner by A.W.N.Pugin and carved by John Hardman.
#FontsOnFriday
Caen stone font designed according to #Pevsner by A.W.N.Pugin and carved by John Hardman.
#FontsOnFriday
Rocky Landscape with Stars, for An Explorer - 1933
Wood engraving on paper
Eric Ravilious
I marvel at the way in which Ravilious has engraved this scene, highly appropriate for a winter’s night.
In “Miniature Worlds” exhibition,
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #EricRavilious #Engraving
Wood engraving on paper
Eric Ravilious
I marvel at the way in which Ravilious has engraved this scene, highly appropriate for a winter’s night.
In “Miniature Worlds” exhibition,
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #EricRavilious #Engraving
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Rocky Landscape with Stars, for An Explorer - 1933
Wood engraving on paper
Eric Ravilious
I marvel at the way in which Ravilious has engraved this scene, highly appropriate for a winter’s night.
In “Miniature Worlds” exhibition,
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #EricRavilious #Engraving
Wood engraving on paper
Eric Ravilious
I marvel at the way in which Ravilious has engraved this scene, highly appropriate for a winter’s night.
In “Miniature Worlds” exhibition,
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
#Art #EricRavilious #Engraving
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Tyne & Wear
Carnation - 📷 05.02.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Tyne & Wear
Carnation - 📷 05.02.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 -
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Tyne & Wear
Carnation - 📷 05.02.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Tyne & Wear
Carnation - 📷 05.02.2026 (today)
#elevensestime
Central Station, Newcastle
Porte cochère, covered entrance way for vehicles, of 1862
Still with original iron gates, with pierced upper panels.
Passengers pass them daily to enter the station, but vehicles no longer use the porte cochère.
#MetalworkThursday
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
Porte cochère, covered entrance way for vehicles, of 1862
Still with original iron gates, with pierced upper panels.
Passengers pass them daily to enter the station, but vehicles no longer use the porte cochère.
#MetalworkThursday
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Central Station, Newcastle
Porte cochère, covered entrance way for vehicles, of 1862
Still with original iron gates, with pierced upper panels.
Passengers pass them daily to enter the station, but vehicles no longer use the porte cochère.
#MetalworkThursday
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
Porte cochère, covered entrance way for vehicles, of 1862
Still with original iron gates, with pierced upper panels.
Passengers pass them daily to enter the station, but vehicles no longer use the porte cochère.
#MetalworkThursday
#IronworkThursday
#AdoorableThursday
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February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Malcolm Stoneman
This is such exciting news for the prehistory & early history of western Britain & the wider European seaways, providing further firm evidence for the tin trade documented by classical authors 👇
Update on our archaeological excavations on St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall and the first direct evidence linking the island to the Bronze Age tin trade.
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Excavating the British tin trade that shaped the Bronze Age « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog
In 2025, we published an article in Antiquity, demonstrating through chemical and isotopic analyses that, c. 1300 BC, tin ingots made from tin ores in southwest Britain are found on shipwrecks off the...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This is such exciting news for the prehistory & early history of western Britain & the wider European seaways, providing further firm evidence for the tin trade documented by classical authors 👇
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM