Today in academia: pigeon eviction

We're showing off our visualisation of Canterbury Castle today as part of Canterbury's Medieval Pageant. @katiemcgown.bsky.social @lvhicks.bsky.social @castlestudies.bsky.social

We kicked off our first co-design workshop for the @castlestudies.bsky.social funded Visualising Canterbury Castle Project yesterday, bringing together Castle experts, game designers, medievalists, educators and heritage professionals to develop a digital model of the building.

Found this lovely chap when tidying up the garden today. I've tried to make a new home at the shady end of the garden and hope he sticks around

Pickle's MOT this year highlighted that he is beginning to slow down a bit. Long walks now have to be mediated with regular rucksack rest breaks. I think my MOT is telling me I need to build some more muscle in my legs...

The panic as someone else flags up your case study in an earlier paper

One of our phd students has been struggling recently, @davehitchcock.bsky.social suggested they find something to read that brought them joy again. So this morning I went to my favourite coffee shop and did just that. It's really helped.

Getting distracted from putting together a workshop by the subtle aroma that indicates someone has rolled in something unpleasant

Pickle is unconvinced he needs to be involved in the "return to work" part of today.

On our walk to work we encountered this stencil, some searching tells me it is of musician Robert Wyatt an influential musician in Canterbury produced by steet artist Stewy. A piece of Canterbury heritage I hadn't encountered before