Prof. Ian Baxter
@ibheritage.bsky.social
Professor of Historic Environment Management at Heriot-Watt University. #heritage #tourism #archaeology #experience For some reason the business school employed an archaeologist. Does governance and committee things with various heritage organisations.
This makes me feel better about my #heritage guidebook collection. #heritageguides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'UK's biggest maps enthusiast' has collection of 2,000 - he may buy more
Nigel Brown from the Scottish Borders has collected Ordnance Survey maps for the past 60 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This makes me feel better about my #heritage guidebook collection. #heritageguides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting article from @uk.theconversation.com on the digital physicality of data - re-use of #heritage structures and literal #digitalarchaeology of the future theconversation.com/underground-...
Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack
Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Interesting article from @uk.theconversation.com on the digital physicality of data - re-use of #heritage structures and literal #digitalarchaeology of the future theconversation.com/underground-...
A nice diversion into tourism signage gardensheritageandplanning.com/2025/09/12/t... #design #transport #heritagesigns #signs #tourism
The Temptation of a Brown Tourist Sign
This post looks into the rationale for – and use of – the brown tourism sign.
gardensheritageandplanning.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A nice diversion into tourism signage gardensheritageandplanning.com/2025/09/12/t... #design #transport #heritagesigns #signs #tourism
English Heritage on #heritagehospitality and the demise of #puddings www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...
Sticky end? The British pudding faces extinction, English Heritage warns
Not just boiled or steamed desserts in danger, charity finds, households also rarely make fruit pies and crumbles
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
English Heritage on #heritagehospitality and the demise of #puddings www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...
Bayeux Tapestry as sensory archaeology theconversation.com/bayeux-tapes...
Bayeux tapestry set to return to the UK – in medieval times it was like an immersive art installation
Medieval people would have interacted with the embroidered players, giving them voice and enabling them to join the conversation.
theconversation.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Bayeux Tapestry as sensory archaeology theconversation.com/bayeux-tapes...
A #highereducation rebrand for St John's College, Cambridge www.designweek.co.uk/someone-give... #heritagebrands #design #Cambridge
SomeOne gives St John’s College Cambridge a cinematic new identity
SomeOne has rebranded St John’s, one of the oldest colleges at Cambridge University. Founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of King Henry VII, St John’s alumni include Prime Ministers…
www.designweek.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A #highereducation rebrand for St John's College, Cambridge www.designweek.co.uk/someone-give... #heritagebrands #design #Cambridge
Sometimes it's the infrastructure that needs celebrating. #historicenvironment #alsoheritage #heritage
July 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sometimes it's the infrastructure that needs celebrating. #historicenvironment #alsoheritage #heritage
Summer time #heritagehospitality from English Heritage. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post... #heritage #icecream
English Heritage creates exclusive ice cream with UK manufacturer - Museums + Heritage
museumsandheritage.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Summer time #heritagehospitality from English Heritage. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post... #heritage #icecream
Heritage #retail, #heritagehospitality in redesigned department stores covered by @wallpapermag.bsky.social www.wallpaper.com/architecture... #heritage #adaptivereuse #conservation #regeneration
Would you live in a department store? Thanks to radical redevelopment, you soon can
We look inside one of London's hottest real estate trends
www.wallpaper.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Heritage #retail, #heritagehospitality in redesigned department stores covered by @wallpapermag.bsky.social www.wallpaper.com/architecture... #heritage #adaptivereuse #conservation #regeneration
The importance of #History in understanding the marine environment and environmental change theconversation.com/what-a-19th-... #heritage #marine #fishing #ecosystems #conservation @ruththurstan.bsky.social
What a 19th-century atlas teaches me about marine ecosystems
Historical maps and records from across Europe show just how much oyster beds and other marine habitats have changed over the centuries.
theconversation.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The importance of #History in understanding the marine environment and environmental change theconversation.com/what-a-19th-... #heritage #marine #fishing #ecosystems #conservation @ruththurstan.bsky.social
The Waldorf Astoria - place, politics and people in #heritagehospitality theconversation.com/the-waldorf-...
The Waldorf Astoria: what the history of this legendary hotel says about today’s crisis of the American establishment
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has been shunned by presidents since Barack Obama after it was taken over by Chinese owners.
theconversation.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Waldorf Astoria - place, politics and people in #heritagehospitality theconversation.com/the-waldorf-...
The #conservation workforce at St Paul's highlighted in the FT today. #heritage #skills #heritageskills #cathedrals @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/4d19...
June 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The #conservation workforce at St Paul's highlighted in the FT today. #heritage #skills #heritageskills #cathedrals @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/4d19...
Orkney #Museum unveils UK’s first AI-powered Viking character blooloop.com/museum/news/... #Vikings #heritage #archaeology
Orkney Museum unveils UK's first AI-powered Viking character
The Orkney Museum in Kirkwall, Scotland has opened a new exhibition featuring the UK's first AI-powered Viking character, Ragna.
blooloop.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Orkney #Museum unveils UK’s first AI-powered Viking character blooloop.com/museum/news/... #Vikings #heritage #archaeology
Reposted by Prof. Ian Baxter
UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance
If you are in any way involved in UK Archaeology (in its broadest sense), and you would like to sign this open letter then please fill in GOOGLE FORM LINK. Responses will be manually inputted. The for...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Culsh Earth House. Brown sign belligerence and #MoW subtlety in case you can't find it. #heritage #HistoricScotland #heritagesigns
May 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Culsh Earth House. Brown sign belligerence and #MoW subtlety in case you can't find it. #heritage #HistoricScotland #heritagesigns
I have to say I can be a little sceptical about bold #heritage #interpretation claims. But it really did take my breath away. Worth remembering that the free smaller sites that we look after at HES can deliver just as much as the bigger ones!
May 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I have to say I can be a little sceptical about bold #heritage #interpretation claims. But it really did take my breath away. Worth remembering that the free smaller sites that we look after at HES can deliver just as much as the bigger ones!
William Morris: new exhibition reveals how Britain’s greatest designer went viral theconversation.com/william-morr... #design #heritage #museums #exhibition
William Morris: new exhibition reveals how Britain’s greatest designer went viral
How did this Victorian designer and socialist, known for championing craftsmanship, become an icon of consumer culture?
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
William Morris: new exhibition reveals how Britain’s greatest designer went viral theconversation.com/william-morr... #design #heritage #museums #exhibition
Museum cafes.. what more need be said #heritagehospitality www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
The 50 best museum cafes in the UK
The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today these spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Museum cafes.. what more need be said #heritagehospitality www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
"Where art deco meets Henry VIII" - Eltham Palace #design explored by @dezeen.com www.dezeen.com/2025/03/20/e... #artdeco #heritage #heritagehospitality
Eltham Palace is a heritage site "where art deco meets Henry VIII"
Southeast London's Eltham Palace is an unusual marriage of medieval and Tudor architecture and the opulent interior design choices of 1930s millionaires, which forms the next instalment in our Art Dec...
www.dezeen.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Where art deco meets Henry VIII" - Eltham Palace #design explored by @dezeen.com www.dezeen.com/2025/03/20/e... #artdeco #heritage #heritagehospitality
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future theconversation.com/how-the-poll... #geology #archaeology #heritagefutures
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future
Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future theconversation.com/how-the-poll... #geology #archaeology #heritagefutures
Some #heritagehospitality here... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The world's oldest restaurants
How has the oldest restaurant in the world stayed open for 300 years?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Some #heritagehospitality here... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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February 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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