David Brear 🇬🇧
@davidebb.bsky.social
Tolerated by some well-known archaeologists and historians.
Iron Age, Roman, Early medieval; Late Antiquity; PAS; heritage (metal detecting, museums).
'Briefing' editor/designer.
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Iron Age, Roman, Early medieval; Late Antiquity; PAS; heritage (metal detecting, museums).
'Briefing' editor/designer.
Facebook https://tinyurl.com/3jhemcns
Lucky … I’ll get there eventually.
Btw Simon, haven’t you written a book recently or something …?
Btw Simon, haven’t you written a book recently or something …?
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lucky … I’ll get there eventually.
Btw Simon, haven’t you written a book recently or something …?
Btw Simon, haven’t you written a book recently or something …?
No doubt the English felt the same way in 1603!
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No doubt the English felt the same way in 1603!
Nice, that, isn’t it? I found it yesterday (online, I mean).
October 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Nice, that, isn’t it? I found it yesterday (online, I mean).
Good start, just missing more Roman and Early Medieval stuff.
Make the most of pics like this - when we’ve all got odds of everything it’ll just be screendumps of Zotero.
Make the most of pics like this - when we’ve all got odds of everything it’ll just be screendumps of Zotero.
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Good start, just missing more Roman and Early Medieval stuff.
Make the most of pics like this - when we’ve all got odds of everything it’ll just be screendumps of Zotero.
Make the most of pics like this - when we’ve all got odds of everything it’ll just be screendumps of Zotero.
Do we think the Bodleian should return Irish manuscripts to Ireland? And Norway all the metalwork Vikings took from Ireland?
October 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Do we think the Bodleian should return Irish manuscripts to Ireland? And Norway all the metalwork Vikings took from Ireland?
Anyone who noticed the war in Ukraine knew that.
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Anyone who noticed the war in Ukraine knew that.
It says nothing of the sort.
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It says nothing of the sort.
By all accounts, he would have been delighted to know that his death would create potential catastrophe.
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
By all accounts, he would have been delighted to know that his death would create potential catastrophe.
Is that it??
That’s amazing isn’t it? You can’t erase the truth.
That’s amazing isn’t it? You can’t erase the truth.
September 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is that it??
That’s amazing isn’t it? You can’t erase the truth.
That’s amazing isn’t it? You can’t erase the truth.
This paper confirms my own constant theme that THE NORTH WAS DIFFERENT. Earliest medieval history (and therefore archaeological interpretation) has been dominated by southern universities, basing their work on southern records (basically Gildas) and much of this may be irrelevant north of the Trent.
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This paper confirms my own constant theme that THE NORTH WAS DIFFERENT. Earliest medieval history (and therefore archaeological interpretation) has been dominated by southern universities, basing their work on southern records (basically Gildas) and much of this may be irrelevant north of the Trent.
Even on a sunny day, Sorrontium still looks grim.
September 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Even on a sunny day, Sorrontium still looks grim.
These people did not come from West Africa: their grandparents did.
That is, of course, eyebrow-raising enough; but no-one has dug up West Africans in England (yet).
That is, of course, eyebrow-raising enough; but no-one has dug up West Africans in England (yet).
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
These people did not come from West Africa: their grandparents did.
That is, of course, eyebrow-raising enough; but no-one has dug up West Africans in England (yet).
That is, of course, eyebrow-raising enough; but no-one has dug up West Africans in England (yet).
This sort of behaviour needs smacking down.
Only that way can bullies be dealt with, when you have nothing to offer them that they want.
Only that way can bullies be dealt with, when you have nothing to offer them that they want.
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This sort of behaviour needs smacking down.
Only that way can bullies be dealt with, when you have nothing to offer them that they want.
Only that way can bullies be dealt with, when you have nothing to offer them that they want.
New to me. Saved.
I think that’s all I aspire to, really.
I think that’s all I aspire to, really.
September 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New to me. Saved.
I think that’s all I aspire to, really.
I think that’s all I aspire to, really.
Oh, I wish I could see this.
July 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Oh, I wish I could see this.
It was never at the BM, surely? It can’t return there.
If it returns anywhere, it should be Canterbury, shouldn’t it? That’s the most likely place for it to be made.
If it returns anywhere, it should be Canterbury, shouldn’t it? That’s the most likely place for it to be made.
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It was never at the BM, surely? It can’t return there.
If it returns anywhere, it should be Canterbury, shouldn’t it? That’s the most likely place for it to be made.
If it returns anywhere, it should be Canterbury, shouldn’t it? That’s the most likely place for it to be made.
I’m taking my 93-year-old aunt out for a birthday lunch. She’s a lovely lady and it will be fun!
July 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I’m taking my 93-year-old aunt out for a birthday lunch. She’s a lovely lady and it will be fun!
We have the same problem America has. For four years the government can do what it likes.
We need ‘continuous’ elections. Say, every two years half the population votes to renew half the MPs.
That way we get a government which is responsive to the public.
We need ‘continuous’ elections. Say, every two years half the population votes to renew half the MPs.
That way we get a government which is responsive to the public.
July 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We have the same problem America has. For four years the government can do what it likes.
We need ‘continuous’ elections. Say, every two years half the population votes to renew half the MPs.
That way we get a government which is responsive to the public.
We need ‘continuous’ elections. Say, every two years half the population votes to renew half the MPs.
That way we get a government which is responsive to the public.
I mean, it’s a close thing between a baby red panda and a baby tree kangaroo.
They both look as if they’re the sort of toy you buy YOUR baby to play with.
Is that anthropomorphism or what?
They both look as if they’re the sort of toy you buy YOUR baby to play with.
Is that anthropomorphism or what?
June 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I mean, it’s a close thing between a baby red panda and a baby tree kangaroo.
They both look as if they’re the sort of toy you buy YOUR baby to play with.
Is that anthropomorphism or what?
They both look as if they’re the sort of toy you buy YOUR baby to play with.
Is that anthropomorphism or what?