@vickyannand.bsky.social
Photographer, licensed Thames mudlark, volunteer, occasional percussionist. Loves creative choral projects.
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I've been a guest of Historic Royal Palaces at #HamptonCourt today, seeing some of the outcomes of the brilliant Henry VIII On Tour project. What an inspiring mix of rigorous interdisciplinary history, public engagement and co-creation with communities. Congratulations to all the team!
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I've been a guest of Historic Royal Palaces at #HamptonCourt today, seeing some of the outcomes of the brilliant Henry VIII On Tour project. What an inspiring mix of rigorous interdisciplinary history, public engagement and co-creation with communities. Congratulations to all the team!
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January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Great to see our new IHR Discovery Course on 'Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place', led by @justincolson.bsky.social, getting off to a brilliant start this morning. A full room, lots of treasures from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, + a fascinating few days of lectures, workshops and visits ahead!
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Great to see our new IHR Discovery Course on 'Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place', led by @justincolson.bsky.social, getting off to a brilliant start this morning. A full room, lots of treasures from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, + a fascinating few days of lectures, workshops and visits ahead!
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News | Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent - Museums Association
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
www.museumsassociation.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
News | Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets
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Green spaces under threat. Greenwich one of worst hit!!! : Repository Woods, Metropolitan Open Land/Thamesmead, Equestrian Centre, STC Sports Club New Eltham, Quaggy Playing Fields. ‘Councils have unfettered powers’ 📣 @cprecountryside.bsky.social
www.mylondon.news/news/future-...
www.mylondon.news/news/future-...
Over 50 parks and green spaces 'at serious risk' - hardest hit boroughs
'If you think London's parks are protected, think again'
www.mylondon.news
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Green spaces under threat. Greenwich one of worst hit!!! : Repository Woods, Metropolitan Open Land/Thamesmead, Equestrian Centre, STC Sports Club New Eltham, Quaggy Playing Fields. ‘Councils have unfettered powers’ 📣 @cprecountryside.bsky.social
www.mylondon.news/news/future-...
www.mylondon.news/news/future-...
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Thanks to Ben Lerwill for a lovely article on my #urbangeology walks in today’s @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Rock up to London: discovering stones and fossils from around the world on an urban geology tour
The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Thanks to Ben Lerwill for a lovely article on my #urbangeology walks in today’s @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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#HeritageCrime at Buncton Chapel of All Saints - a Grade 1 listed building set in West Sussex
All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged.
Credit to Sussex Crime Watch
All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged.
Credit to Sussex Crime Watch
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#HeritageCrime at Buncton Chapel of All Saints - a Grade 1 listed building set in West Sussex
All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged.
Credit to Sussex Crime Watch
All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged.
Credit to Sussex Crime Watch
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For the second night in a row, the skies over Ukraine are magnificent.❤️💚
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
For the second night in a row, the skies over Ukraine are magnificent.❤️💚
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Made it to Stromness on Orkney right on time after a smooth crossing on the m/v Hamnavoe. Tour to Scapa Flow tomorrow! There just remains the minor detail of how long I might be stuck here for…
January 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Made it to Stromness on Orkney right on time after a smooth crossing on the m/v Hamnavoe. Tour to Scapa Flow tomorrow! There just remains the minor detail of how long I might be stuck here for…
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The @findsorguk.bsky.social PAS report for 2024 is out.
79,616 finds were reported (up 7% from 2023's 74,506)
1540 Treasure finds (up 12% from 2023's 1358)
So... numbers are still rising at alarming rates.
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#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
finds.org.uk/documents/an...
79,616 finds were reported (up 7% from 2023's 74,506)
1540 Treasure finds (up 12% from 2023's 1358)
So... numbers are still rising at alarming rates.
1/4
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
finds.org.uk/documents/an...
finds.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The @findsorguk.bsky.social PAS report for 2024 is out.
79,616 finds were reported (up 7% from 2023's 74,506)
1540 Treasure finds (up 12% from 2023's 1358)
So... numbers are still rising at alarming rates.
1/4
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
finds.org.uk/documents/an...
79,616 finds were reported (up 7% from 2023's 74,506)
1540 Treasure finds (up 12% from 2023's 1358)
So... numbers are still rising at alarming rates.
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#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
finds.org.uk/documents/an...
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Wow wow WOW! Beautiful northern lights over Bathford tonight 😍
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #BathUK
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #BathUK
January 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Wow wow WOW! Beautiful northern lights over Bathford tonight 😍
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #BathUK
#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #BathUK
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We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?”
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
Ways of Listening - Cities & Memory | Field recordings, sound map, sound art
citiesandmemory.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?”
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
@dameevelynglennie.bsky.social
citiesandmemory.com/listening
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Sonoshaping the Frozen Seas: Exploring Sonic Imaginaries in the Polar Sounds Project - a new academic article about our Polar Sounds project has just been published, featuring interviews with the participating artists. Give it a read in Ocean and Society! www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...
Sonoshaping the Frozen Seas: Exploring Sonic Imaginaries in the Polar Sounds Project | Article | Ocean and Society
Geraint Rhys Whittaker
www.cogitatiopress.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Sonoshaping the Frozen Seas: Exploring Sonic Imaginaries in the Polar Sounds Project - a new academic article about our Polar Sounds project has just been published, featuring interviews with the participating artists. Give it a read in Ocean and Society! www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...
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One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again. —C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again. —C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
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Word has spread on the long tailed tit grapevine that I run a very good bird café. This family group (likely brothers & sisters from a 2025 brood) came to dine. I’m passing on these 5 adorable tiny birbs (colloquial name: flying teaspoons) to you bc we all need a bit of joy rn🪶:
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Word has spread on the long tailed tit grapevine that I run a very good bird café. This family group (likely brothers & sisters from a 2025 brood) came to dine. I’m passing on these 5 adorable tiny birbs (colloquial name: flying teaspoons) to you bc we all need a bit of joy rn🪶:
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For any who don't know, for most of the time I research prehistoric gold, especially Iron Age gold - looking at it from a craft perspective.
My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here:
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here:
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
The Big Book of Torcs
by Tess Machling
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
For any who don't know, for most of the time I research prehistoric gold, especially Iron Age gold - looking at it from a craft perspective.
My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here:
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
My website (of free to read info, from the basics to the complex) can be found here:
#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs
www.bigbookoftorcs.com
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Bewitched by Hamamelis x intermedia
1 'Pallida'
2 'Vesna'
3 'Robert'
4 'Rubin'
5 'Harry'
6 'Orange Peel'
#Hamamelis #ukgardening
1 'Pallida'
2 'Vesna'
3 'Robert'
4 'Rubin'
5 'Harry'
6 'Orange Peel'
#Hamamelis #ukgardening
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Bewitched by Hamamelis x intermedia
1 'Pallida'
2 'Vesna'
3 'Robert'
4 'Rubin'
5 'Harry'
6 'Orange Peel'
#Hamamelis #ukgardening
1 'Pallida'
2 'Vesna'
3 'Robert'
4 'Rubin'
5 'Harry'
6 'Orange Peel'
#Hamamelis #ukgardening
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Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Across last year our team on the Swale Estuary in Kent have been collabing with the women's shanty crew Upping the Shanty. Together they've explored coastal change and climate crisis through shanty. Watch their journey here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFw6...
#kent #sing #maritime #seashanty #film
For centuries, the Thames has been honoured through spiritual tradition. Last Sunday marked its annual Blessing.
It is a moment to give thanks for the river that flows through the city, and to honour those who have lost their lives.
Credit: Liz Anderson
#PortOfLondon #RiverThames
It is a moment to give thanks for the river that flows through the city, and to honour those who have lost their lives.
Credit: Liz Anderson
#PortOfLondon #RiverThames
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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One Show tonight, 13 mins. All about treasure hunting.
...& what did the arch present have to say?
"Some objects you have to report by law, mostly gold & silver objects, but other objects [in] UK law you don't have to record"
I give up... 😔
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pvhm
...& what did the arch present have to say?
"Some objects you have to report by law, mostly gold & silver objects, but other objects [in] UK law you don't have to record"
I give up... 😔
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pvhm
BBC One - The One Show, 14/01/2026
Monty Don, Sophie Rundle and Jill Halfpenny join Angellica Bell and Vernon Kay.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
One Show tonight, 13 mins. All about treasure hunting.
...& what did the arch present have to say?
"Some objects you have to report by law, mostly gold & silver objects, but other objects [in] UK law you don't have to record"
I give up... 😔
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pvhm
...& what did the arch present have to say?
"Some objects you have to report by law, mostly gold & silver objects, but other objects [in] UK law you don't have to record"
I give up... 😔
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002pvhm
'The London Amateur Boxing Championship held at the Royal Albert Hall' (1948) by Alfred Reginald Thomson
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Today we’re celebrating The National Lottery Heritage Fund's Heritage Treasure Day 🏛️
We have some wonderful pieces of heritage across the Royal Parks, from the historic bandstand in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park 🌳
Find out more, here ▶️ https://bit.ly/425foSo.
We have some wonderful pieces of heritage across the Royal Parks, from the historic bandstand in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park 🌳
Find out more, here ▶️ https://bit.ly/425foSo.
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Today we’re celebrating The National Lottery Heritage Fund's Heritage Treasure Day 🏛️
We have some wonderful pieces of heritage across the Royal Parks, from the historic bandstand in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park 🌳
Find out more, here ▶️ https://bit.ly/425foSo.
We have some wonderful pieces of heritage across the Royal Parks, from the historic bandstand in Kensington Gardens to the Diana Fountain in Bushy Park 🌳
Find out more, here ▶️ https://bit.ly/425foSo.
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Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay
Jason Price, metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum
#HeritageCrime
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Jason Price, metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum
#HeritageCrime
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Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay
Funeral director Jason Price "deceived thousands" of people by planting the Leasingham horse brooch.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Detectorist who 'dug up Roman brooch' actually bought it on eBay
Jason Price, metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum
#HeritageCrime
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Jason Price, metal detectorist, claimed he had unearthed the horse figurine in a field near Leasingham, Lincolnshire, in 2019 and was paid £5,000 so it could go on display in a museum
#HeritageCrime
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