Dr Will Wyeth
@willwyeth.bsky.social
Archaeologist & historian (mainly castles). Curator of History @ English Heritage. (Mostly) Recovered Long Covid. Views mine, he/him.
Work stuff: https://linktr.ee/willwyeth; header: Sanam Khatibi.
Work stuff: https://linktr.ee/willwyeth; header: Sanam Khatibi.
Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla.
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theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla.
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
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Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for the his...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Soup making and 🎶 evermore this morning 🥘
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Soup making and 🎶 evermore this morning 🥘
Bottom of the article 🤦🏻♂️
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bottom of the article 🤦🏻♂️
I know this is a soft bit of journalism, but a quick Google would reveal that “[Castle builder] Matheson made his fortune trading in China”, per this piece, actually means his firm smuggled opium from India into China. This isn’t mentioned.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Where is The Traitors castle and what is its history?
Ardross Castle in the Highlands has links to a controversial duke and Worcestershire sauce.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I know this is a soft bit of journalism, but a quick Google would reveal that “[Castle builder] Matheson made his fortune trading in China”, per this piece, actually means his firm smuggled opium from India into China. This isn’t mentioned.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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York Clifford’s Tower plans offer ‘once in a generation’ chance to commemorate 1190 Jewish massacre. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
York Clifford's Tower plan offers chance to commemorate Jewish massacre of 1190
Proposals for the area should recognise its significance for Jewish communities, an academic says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
York Clifford’s Tower plans offer ‘once in a generation’ chance to commemorate 1190 Jewish massacre. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Did you know there's a website dedicated to helping you discover more about the archaeology and heritage cared for by @nationaltrust.org.uk?
NT Heritage Records Online has been developed to promote, and provide access to, the National Trust’s archaeological and historic building database. 🧵
NT Heritage Records Online has been developed to promote, and provide access to, the National Trust’s archaeological and historic building database. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Did you know there's a website dedicated to helping you discover more about the archaeology and heritage cared for by @nationaltrust.org.uk?
NT Heritage Records Online has been developed to promote, and provide access to, the National Trust’s archaeological and historic building database. 🧵
NT Heritage Records Online has been developed to promote, and provide access to, the National Trust’s archaeological and historic building database. 🧵
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“Israel does not allow news organisations to report independently from Gaza. Today it took a group of journalists, including the BBC, into the area of the Strip occupied by Israeli forces.
The brief visit was highly controlled and offered no access to Palestinians, or other areas of Gaza.”
The brief visit was highly controlled and offered no access to Palestinians, or other areas of Gaza.”
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Israel does not allow news organisations to report independently from Gaza. Today it took a group of journalists, including the BBC, into the area of the Strip occupied by Israeli forces.
The brief visit was highly controlled and offered no access to Palestinians, or other areas of Gaza.”
The brief visit was highly controlled and offered no access to Palestinians, or other areas of Gaza.”
I don’t speak Irish but I know enough to reckon my new second hand book is a cast-off from NUI Galway!
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I don’t speak Irish but I know enough to reckon my new second hand book is a cast-off from NUI Galway!
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Not a good day for @jewishchron.bsky.social. Yesterday we read the nonsense that Little Hugh of Lincoln was killed at pesach for his blood (thus demonstrating that nobody has read the case or knows the English ritual murder tradition) and then this rubbish is printed without question.
Ever the details man, Boris Johnson evokes the 'massacre of Jews in London in 1066' while speaking at Auschwitz.
www.thejc.com/news/politic...
www.thejc.com/news/politic...
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not a good day for @jewishchron.bsky.social. Yesterday we read the nonsense that Little Hugh of Lincoln was killed at pesach for his blood (thus demonstrating that nobody has read the case or knows the English ritual murder tradition) and then this rubbish is printed without question.
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It’s #ADoorAbleThursday! Here’s the main door into the primary stair of the Town House or Tolbooth at Dunbar. The building is late C16, but think the door is younger. Wicket threshold worn.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s #ADoorAbleThursday! Here’s the main door into the primary stair of the Town House or Tolbooth at Dunbar. The building is late C16, but think the door is younger. Wicket threshold worn.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
It’s #ADoorAbleThursday! Here’s the main door into the primary stair of the Town House or Tolbooth at Dunbar. The building is late C16, but think the door is younger. Wicket threshold worn.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s #ADoorAbleThursday! Here’s the main door into the primary stair of the Town House or Tolbooth at Dunbar. The building is late C16, but think the door is younger. Wicket threshold worn.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
Rather unusual inner skin of boards set diagonally. Section shows evidence of tongue and groove jointing.
Can’t imagine spending £7 mil to build a castle for it to be faced w rough-cut stones no larger than a CD. Unreal.
Anyway, the Viking longhouse episode before is a total palate cleanser but also emotionally devastating. #GrandDesigns.
sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b...
Anyway, the Viking longhouse episode before is a total palate cleanser but also emotionally devastating. #GrandDesigns.
sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b...
House for Sale in Alcester Castle: A majestically modern castle, the first to be built in the UK in 100 years | UK Sotheby's International Realty
House ID 42235 in Alcester Castle, Alcester, Warwickshire. The House has 8 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 11595 SQ.FT built up area. Amenities & facilities Central A/C & Heating, Balcony, Private Pool and oth...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Can’t imagine spending £7 mil to build a castle for it to be faced w rough-cut stones no larger than a CD. Unreal.
Anyway, the Viking longhouse episode before is a total palate cleanser but also emotionally devastating. #GrandDesigns.
sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b...
Anyway, the Viking longhouse episode before is a total palate cleanser but also emotionally devastating. #GrandDesigns.
sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b...
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Call for Papers for an excellent series. The editors are great and the journal open access. #CfP
“The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past”
olh.openlibhums.org/news/863/
“The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past”
olh.openlibhums.org/news/863/
Second Call for Articles: The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past
The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past Special Collection explores how the medieval past is ‘curated’, that is, collected, interpreted, and communicated, across both professional and popular soci...
olh.openlibhums.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Call for Papers for an excellent series. The editors are great and the journal open access. #CfP
“The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past”
olh.openlibhums.org/news/863/
“The Public Curatorship of the Medieval Past”
olh.openlibhums.org/news/863/
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The latest @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter FLS News is out today, and contains a CFP from me and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social inviting proposals for our new @universitypress.cambridge.org series 'Elements in Folklore':
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The latest @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter FLS News is out today, and contains a CFP from me and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social inviting proposals for our new @universitypress.cambridge.org series 'Elements in Folklore':
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HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
HELP US PRINT: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
This nationally important monograph by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot will only be printed if we hit our crowdfunding target by 6 December.
Please support the campaign by registering your interest: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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New post up: a translation of Hallfreðr "troublesome poet" Óttarson's conversion verses.
If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/11/03/p...
If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/11/03/p...
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New post up: a translation of Hallfreðr "troublesome poet" Óttarson's conversion verses.
If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/11/03/p...
If genuine, they provide an amazing insight into a Viking Age pagan grappling with a change in religion.
nikolasgunn.co.uk/2025/11/03/p...
😍
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well done, Prof Murphy.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Well done, Prof Murphy.
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Sudan is in a famine, and people are dying from it. The Khartoum Aid Kitchen initiative feeds the hungry, about 1250+ people daily, in the greater Khartoum area.
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
Donate to Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal, organized by Mustafa Ibrahim
The War in Sudan has created the World’s largest Humanitarian cris… Mustafa Ibrahim needs your support for Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal
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October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sudan is in a famine, and people are dying from it. The Khartoum Aid Kitchen initiative feeds the hungry, about 1250+ people daily, in the greater Khartoum area.
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
They are at 93%
Update below:
gofund.me/bbbc084c
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We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement - Heritage and Museum Studies Degree | University of Essex
MA Heritage and Museum Studies with Professional Placement offers a unique opportunity for you to gain relevant work experience within an external business.
www.essex.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We're offering our MA in Heritage and Museum Studies as a two-year degree with placement from next autumn. I'm very happy to talk to anyone interested in taking it: www.essex.ac.uk/courses/PG01...
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Very exciting news for those interested in early medieval England: a hugely important new volume on crops and food supply (by Helena Hamerow, Mark McKerracher & the FeedSax team) is now available Open Access academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...
Feeding Medieval England: A Long ‘Agricultural Revolution’, 700–1300
Abstract. As in the rest of Europe, the population of medieval England grew steeply, especially between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This volume inv
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October 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Very exciting news for those interested in early medieval England: a hugely important new volume on crops and food supply (by Helena Hamerow, Mark McKerracher & the FeedSax team) is now available Open Access academic.oup.com/book/61548?l...