St Teneu
@stteneu.bsky.social
My page, my choice, I will block all randoms. Dole scum, disabled, single mum, and Early Medieval history "woman in hat."
I love things like this, wee objects that shouldn't have survived, but which give insight into how ordinary people made useful things.
A #Roman basket found in a well at the eastern fort at Welzheim. The damp environment has preserved it in a good condition.
On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen
#RomanArchaeology #archaeology
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On display at our branch museum Limesmuseum Aalen
#RomanArchaeology #archaeology
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November 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I love things like this, wee objects that shouldn't have survived, but which give insight into how ordinary people made useful things.
today in politics- leader of party who put a policy in place, criticises government for keeping that policy 🙄 again!
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
today in politics- leader of party who put a policy in place, criticises government for keeping that policy 🙄 again!
Happy "new saint imposed upon areas of Scotia as part of consolidating a dynasty, & survived as a concept as seen vaguely acceptable by 19th century nation building protestants cos he's a disciple in the Bible" day if you are into that sort of thing? 😀
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Happy "new saint imposed upon areas of Scotia as part of consolidating a dynasty, & survived as a concept as seen vaguely acceptable by 19th century nation building protestants cos he's a disciple in the Bible" day if you are into that sort of thing? 😀
Dont have a motability car cos my disability means I cant drive. But my mobility aids dont fit in the boot of new, hybrid cheaper cars. Wheelchairs dont fit either
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget | The Guardian share.google/ZmrkpIKJO01B...
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget | The Guardian share.google/ZmrkpIKJO01B...
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget
Car lease scheme for people with mobility problems portrayed as ‘free’ but is funded by benefits and their own contributions
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November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Dont have a motability car cos my disability means I cant drive. But my mobility aids dont fit in the boot of new, hybrid cheaper cars. Wheelchairs dont fit either
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget | The Guardian share.google/ZmrkpIKJO01B...
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget | The Guardian share.google/ZmrkpIKJO01B...
12yrs ago I was raging that I couldn't go to a gig cos ma Da was discharged from hospital early. 12yrs on & still thinking about everyone affected by the Clutha disaster. I was in the right place by accident that night, others weren't. The grief & guilt just dont go away.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
12yrs ago I was raging that I couldn't go to a gig cos ma Da was discharged from hospital early. 12yrs on & still thinking about everyone affected by the Clutha disaster. I was in the right place by accident that night, others weren't. The grief & guilt just dont go away.
worth a look for Govan Old fans- some similarities with the causeway and path layouts linking ting site with chapel/lordship's hall site. hopefully the lecture will be on YouTube
Finlaggan-fest @socantscot.bsky.social just wrapped - what a fantastic talk from David Caldwell covering over 1000 years of #archaeology & #history, & decades of digging & analyses 🏰 🏴 ⚔️ grab a copy of the monograph if you haven’t already! 📖 #Finlaggan #Islay #Scotland #medievalsky #skystorians
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
worth a look for Govan Old fans- some similarities with the causeway and path layouts linking ting site with chapel/lordship's hall site. hopefully the lecture will be on YouTube
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Finlaggan-fest @socantscot.bsky.social just wrapped - what a fantastic talk from David Caldwell covering over 1000 years of #archaeology & #history, & decades of digging & analyses 🏰 🏴 ⚔️ grab a copy of the monograph if you haven’t already! 📖 #Finlaggan #Islay #Scotland #medievalsky #skystorians
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Finlaggan-fest @socantscot.bsky.social just wrapped - what a fantastic talk from David Caldwell covering over 1000 years of #archaeology & #history, & decades of digging & analyses 🏰 🏴 ⚔️ grab a copy of the monograph if you haven’t already! 📖 #Finlaggan #Islay #Scotland #medievalsky #skystorians
I have never seen nor knowingly heard Wicked (I know, it's a weird one) but a flying monkey (nightmare before) Xmas tree decoration? shut up & take my money! 😁
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I have never seen nor knowingly heard Wicked (I know, it's a weird one) but a flying monkey (nightmare before) Xmas tree decoration? shut up & take my money! 😁
as usual at this time of year I'm feeling a bit of a dick because I'm having to tell people "I love you to bits & want to see you, but I still hate Xmas & wont be attending your themed event cos I dont want to waste my limited energy doing something that I intensely dislike"
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
as usual at this time of year I'm feeling a bit of a dick because I'm having to tell people "I love you to bits & want to see you, but I still hate Xmas & wont be attending your themed event cos I dont want to waste my limited energy doing something that I intensely dislike"
🧵 1. so here's the thing- the 2 kid benefit cap was always going to be lifted this year or after cos this is when the last generation of the noughties baby boom turns 18 & no longer qualifies for children's benefits. Child benefit is now for a generation where folk had less kids cos of the cap...
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🧵 1. so here's the thing- the 2 kid benefit cap was always going to be lifted this year or after cos this is when the last generation of the noughties baby boom turns 18 & no longer qualifies for children's benefits. Child benefit is now for a generation where folk had less kids cos of the cap...
history hive mind-how can the Treaty of Perpetual Alliance between England & Portugal 1387 be "the only medieval treaty which still exists in law" when England has ceased to be an independent nation state since the formation of the legal entity of "Great Britain?" It's making my Scottish brain itch
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
history hive mind-how can the Treaty of Perpetual Alliance between England & Portugal 1387 be "the only medieval treaty which still exists in law" when England has ceased to be an independent nation state since the formation of the legal entity of "Great Britain?" It's making my Scottish brain itch
I am struggling with this, firstly it reads like "asked for comment then badly edited." Sir Tom is well aware of the nuances of the political impacts of campaigns in Ireland etc.
2. yes, the swords got removed in the 20th c. For safety and political reasons...
www.thetimes.com/article/657e...
2. yes, the swords got removed in the 20th c. For safety and political reasons...
www.thetimes.com/article/657e...
Historian attacks ‘ludicrous’ changes to statues with slavery links
Professor Sir Tom Devine, an emeritus professor at Edinburgh University, said he was opposed to changing artefacts to suit modern sensibilities
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I am struggling with this, firstly it reads like "asked for comment then badly edited." Sir Tom is well aware of the nuances of the political impacts of campaigns in Ireland etc.
2. yes, the swords got removed in the 20th c. For safety and political reasons...
www.thetimes.com/article/657e...
2. yes, the swords got removed in the 20th c. For safety and political reasons...
www.thetimes.com/article/657e...
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And then we've got the keynote from our James Hogg conference talking about the demonic in Early Modern Scotland! (This is usually unlisted, so only available with this direct link!)
youtu.be/XCnChRNRTsU
youtu.be/XCnChRNRTsU
Keynote 2 - Martha McGill - “Evil Company”: Internal and External Demons in Early Modern Scotland
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And then we've got the keynote from our James Hogg conference talking about the demonic in Early Modern Scotland! (This is usually unlisted, so only available with this direct link!)
youtu.be/XCnChRNRTsU
youtu.be/XCnChRNRTsU
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Well, we had a whole conference celebrating James Hogg!
Here is one of our 'every week' talks on the demonic in the Scottish Gothic
youtu.be/siB7TnR227Q
Here is one of our 'every week' talks on the demonic in the Scottish Gothic
youtu.be/siB7TnR227Q
Devil or Double: Decoding the Demonic in the Scottish Gothic
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Well, we had a whole conference celebrating James Hogg!
Here is one of our 'every week' talks on the demonic in the Scottish Gothic
youtu.be/siB7TnR227Q
Here is one of our 'every week' talks on the demonic in the Scottish Gothic
youtu.be/siB7TnR227Q
This annoyed me more than it should- no doubts being a woman in power brings aw the misogynists to yer yard, but that's no excuse to ignore all criticism of shit policies?
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian share.google/YIOdlIE244gc...
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian share.google/YIOdlIE244gc...
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor
As she prepares to deliver her budget next week, Reeves speaks of pressure of being UK’s first female chancellor
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This annoyed me more than it should- no doubts being a woman in power brings aw the misogynists to yer yard, but that's no excuse to ignore all criticism of shit policies?
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian share.google/YIOdlIE244gc...
Rachel Reeves sick of people ‘mansplaining’ how to be chancellor | Rachel Reeves | The Guardian share.google/YIOdlIE244gc...
absolutely gutted to find out that folk arent sharing clips of Mani cos it was his birthday recently but because he's passed away. RIP
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
absolutely gutted to find out that folk arent sharing clips of Mani cos it was his birthday recently but because he's passed away. RIP
A good intro/summary of a lot of ideas about the discussed EM Irish Primary Sources. I still have 1 question, if current copies are 12thc onwards, did the murder of Thomas Beket influence the promotion of the cleric sapiens in the choice of works which were copied/preserved?
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland*
Abstract. This article examines some early medieval Insular texts on the ideal king: three examples of Old Irish tecosca (wisdom) texts and the ninth secti
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November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A good intro/summary of a lot of ideas about the discussed EM Irish Primary Sources. I still have 1 question, if current copies are 12thc onwards, did the murder of Thomas Beket influence the promotion of the cleric sapiens in the choice of works which were copied/preserved?
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New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland*
Abstract. This article examines some early medieval Insular texts on the ideal king: three examples of Old Irish tecosca (wisdom) texts and the ninth secti
academic.oup.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New article by Liverpool PhD Dr Eddie Meehan "Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland" open access academic.oup.com/histres/adva... #history #leadership #ireland #medievalsky
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On advance access: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England"
by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (University of Cambridge)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (University of Cambridge)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664–687 in England*
Abstract. Bede and other authors describe a destructive wave of plague sweeping across Britain and Ireland in the period 664–87. In the decades around and
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November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On advance access: "Economic Change, Silver, and the Plague of 664-687 in England"
by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (University of Cambridge)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @rorynaismith.bsky.social (University of Cambridge)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Knew something was being hidden by the latest flurry of scandal & found this- going by Scotland's experience, these companies wont let any Govt make changes either Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years | Social care | The Guardian share.google/yZiFHQh8NPgF...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
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November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Knew something was being hidden by the latest flurry of scandal & found this- going by Scotland's experience, these companies wont let any Govt make changes either Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years | Social care | The Guardian share.google/yZiFHQh8NPgF...
history bluesky- would you class 1590 as Renaissance or Early Modern period? (I'm thinking peak James VI means start Early Modern, but understand that England may have a different date window? Or does it vary according to topic ie music, literature, architecture?
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
history bluesky- would you class 1590 as Renaissance or Early Modern period? (I'm thinking peak James VI means start Early Modern, but understand that England may have a different date window? Or does it vary according to topic ie music, literature, architecture?
In other news I have just spent my Sunday morning explaining to a very bemused Youngster why we are keeping the All Hallows decorations up today, because the spirit of Mamie has fkd me over quite enough in October, thanks, & I am not taking any risks. 👻🧟♀️😱
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In other news I have just spent my Sunday morning explaining to a very bemused Youngster why we are keeping the All Hallows decorations up today, because the spirit of Mamie has fkd me over quite enough in October, thanks, & I am not taking any risks. 👻🧟♀️😱
I ❤️ the old U shaped bars, with a snug cordoned off for the ladies. A pure scandal when the Halt Bar was ripped out. Needs to be better protection of buildings which mean something to the local community? A trad pub means as much to local history/community as a church.
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I ❤️ the old U shaped bars, with a snug cordoned off for the ladies. A pure scandal when the Halt Bar was ripped out. Needs to be better protection of buildings which mean something to the local community? A trad pub means as much to local history/community as a church.
Just heard that Elspeth King has died. Her work revived my childhood interest in history/archaeology which had been quashed by school's focus on recent wars. Without her so much of Glasgow's history would have remained hidden. Thank you Elspeth.
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Just heard that Elspeth King has died. Her work revived my childhood interest in history/archaeology which had been quashed by school's focus on recent wars. Without her so much of Glasgow's history would have remained hidden. Thank you Elspeth.
best costumes tonight? joint first = the game Operation, & Whack-a-Mole (complete with prize tickets) 3rd. The wee kid who came to show me their Zero the ghost dog costume cos I had one in my window all week ❤️👻🐶
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
best costumes tonight? joint first = the game Operation, & Whack-a-Mole (complete with prize tickets) 3rd. The wee kid who came to show me their Zero the ghost dog costume cos I had one in my window all week ❤️👻🐶