Clare Downham
@downham.bsky.social
Medievalist, Liverpool. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Bobby drinking in the #archaeology. Heysham, #Lancashire
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Bobby drinking in the #archaeology. Heysham, #Lancashire
Bobby at the deserted medieval village of Rannerdale in Cumbria summer 2019. #dogs #cumbria #medievalsky
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bobby at the deserted medieval village of Rannerdale in Cumbria summer 2019. #dogs #cumbria #medievalsky
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bobby auditioning to be a ‘Beast of Battle’ filming with viking reenactors (too small, too cute, too fluffy but with the heart of a lion) #medievalsky #dogs
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Bobby auditioning to be a ‘Beast of Battle’ filming with viking reenactors (too small, too cute, too fluffy but with the heart of a lion) #medievalsky #dogs
In celebration of Bobby the Dog, I will post a pic per day until Xmas - a sort of advent calendar of doggie pics through my privileged years with him #dogs #PetsasTherapy #DogsTrust
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In celebration of Bobby the Dog, I will post a pic per day until Xmas - a sort of advent calendar of doggie pics through my privileged years with him #dogs #PetsasTherapy #DogsTrust
And maybe a future archaeologist will come across his grave and see his bowl with his name & his toys and know he was venerated like a small fluffy demigod.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
And maybe a future archaeologist will come across his grave and see his bowl with his name & his toys and know he was venerated like a small fluffy demigod.
Bobby the dog is not well and nearing the end of his days. This is one of the first pics after we got him from the Dog’s Trust in spring 2018. He was already 10 years old, so he’s done well. The Dog’s Trust is an amazing charity and would recommend getting a rehome over buying a puppy any day.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bobby the dog is not well and nearing the end of his days. This is one of the first pics after we got him from the Dog’s Trust in spring 2018. He was already 10 years old, so he’s done well. The Dog’s Trust is an amazing charity and would recommend getting a rehome over buying a puppy any day.
Enjoying a good read of this new book published by the Scottish Society for Northern Studies #scotland #archaeology #picts #medievalsky
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Enjoying a good read of this new book published by the Scottish Society for Northern Studies #scotland #archaeology #picts #medievalsky
Today's Knowledge Commons free download: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Portrayals of Vikings in The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland" works.hcommons.org/records/mx47... #medievalsky #ireland #skystorians #vikings Picture: Mike Pennington
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today's Knowledge Commons free download: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Portrayals of Vikings in The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland" works.hcommons.org/records/mx47... #medievalsky #ireland #skystorians #vikings Picture: Mike Pennington
Today's knowledge commons free download "Vikings' Settlements in Ireland Before 1014" (2014) #ireland #vikings #medievalsky #history #archaeology
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today's knowledge commons free download "Vikings' Settlements in Ireland Before 1014" (2014) #ireland #vikings #medievalsky #history #archaeology
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...
Looking forward to attending the launch of the book ‘The Last of its Kind’ by Gísli Pálsson at the Icelandic embassy next month #booksky #birds #iceland #extinction
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Looking forward to attending the launch of the book ‘The Last of its Kind’ by Gísli Pálsson at the Icelandic embassy next month #booksky #birds #iceland #extinction
Each year Liverpool has a Santa Dash. Due to banter between the city’s football teams Liverpool (Red) Everton (Blue) we get Blue Santas running. This year also Green! (P.S. my fave bit is after the run when you see clusters of bad santas hanging outside the pubs, fag in one hand, beer in the other)
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Each year Liverpool has a Santa Dash. Due to banter between the city’s football teams Liverpool (Red) Everton (Blue) we get Blue Santas running. This year also Green! (P.S. my fave bit is after the run when you see clusters of bad santas hanging outside the pubs, fag in one hand, beer in the other)
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It was a delight to host @lexie-henning.bsky.social for a 2 hour workshop today with 3rd year special subject students at @irishinstitute.bsky.social on archaeogaming and podcasting #medievalsky #archaeology #history
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It was a delight to host @lexie-henning.bsky.social for a 2 hour workshop today with 3rd year special subject students at @irishinstitute.bsky.social on archaeogaming and podcasting #medievalsky #archaeology #history
Hot off the press to have a read through in advance of @judithjesch.bsky.social presenting the annual Viking Society for Northern Research lecture to follow the AGM in London on 21 Nov. New members welcome! #medievalsky #sagas #poetry #runes #history vsnr.org/2025/09/01/w...
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hot off the press to have a read through in advance of @judithjesch.bsky.social presenting the annual Viking Society for Northern Research lecture to follow the AGM in London on 21 Nov. New members welcome! #medievalsky #sagas #poetry #runes #history vsnr.org/2025/09/01/w...
Today's Knowledge Commons share asks: who really won the Battle of Clontarf? 'Clontarf and the Wider World' published in History Ireland on the millennial anniversary of the battle
works.hcommons.org/records/tynx... #medievalsky #history #archaeology #skystorians #ireland #vikings
works.hcommons.org/records/tynx... #medievalsky #history #archaeology #skystorians #ireland #vikings
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today's Knowledge Commons share asks: who really won the Battle of Clontarf? 'Clontarf and the Wider World' published in History Ireland on the millennial anniversary of the battle
works.hcommons.org/records/tynx... #medievalsky #history #archaeology #skystorians #ireland #vikings
works.hcommons.org/records/tynx... #medievalsky #history #archaeology #skystorians #ireland #vikings
a relevant excerpt (King Arthur is a Druid) it’s a nice lesson in persistence! The exclusion zone was lifted in 1999.
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
a relevant excerpt (King Arthur is a Druid) it’s a nice lesson in persistence! The exclusion zone was lifted in 1999.
This came through the post today and very readable it is too. I‘ve just finished an uplifting section which explains how years of persistent protesting (seemingly against all odds) eventually secured public access to Stonehenge for the annual summer solstice. #booksky #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This came through the post today and very readable it is too. I‘ve just finished an uplifting section which explains how years of persistent protesting (seemingly against all odds) eventually secured public access to Stonehenge for the annual summer solstice. #booksky #archaeology
Humanity in the Lap of the Earth (George Frederick Watts) Leighton House
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Humanity in the Lap of the Earth (George Frederick Watts) Leighton House
Today's Knowledge Commons upload relates to the politics of South-west Scotland and the Inner Hebrides in the Viking Age "The break-up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil" (no footnotes on free version) works.hcommons.org/records/176k... #medievalsky #scotland #argyll #vikings #history #galloway
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today's Knowledge Commons upload relates to the politics of South-west Scotland and the Inner Hebrides in the Viking Age "The break-up of Dál Riata and the rise of Gallgoídil" (no footnotes on free version) works.hcommons.org/records/176k... #medievalsky #scotland #argyll #vikings #history #galloway
Today's Knowledge Commons share works.hcommons.org/records/7xr6... '"Hiberno-Norwegians" and "Anglo-Danes": Anachronistic Ethnicities in Viking Age England' #archaeology #history #vikings #medieval
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today's Knowledge Commons share works.hcommons.org/records/7xr6... '"Hiberno-Norwegians" and "Anglo-Danes": Anachronistic Ethnicities in Viking Age England' #archaeology #history #vikings #medieval