Caroline Vile
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Caroline Vile
@oddball553.bsky.social
London based Tour Guide, Archaeologist and built heritage consultant. Musician in Keshco, Bleak House and VBS. Works at Beware! The Radio. Sings in Cornish. Obsessed with Lepidoptera, dolls, folk horror, urbex, Fogous, and abandoned department stores…
Check out this awesome compilation!
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
Barts North Wing reopens next month

Barts North Wing: the Great Hall and Hogarth Stair, is a new cultural venue in the City of London opening on Monday 6 October!
www.ec1echo.co.uk/barts-north-...
Barts North Wing reopens next month
Barts North Wing: the Great Hall and Hogarth Stair, is a new cultural venue in the City of London opening on Monday 6 October!
www.ec1echo.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
New month means new Adventurous Music #Radio Show:

CARINHA
Başak Günak
al-btih
Ecrylian
Herbsthauch
AARON BACHELDER
Jane Rigler & Nathan Wheeler
Kerchiefs
Mico Boule
Quatrefoil & Basic Tape Loops
Forward! For Noise

Fri 2300 / Tue 06:30 UK BST
or on-demand:
www.mixcloud.com/BewareTheRad...
#mixtape
Adventurous Music - Episode 25 (August 2025)
Adventurous Music & Beware! The Radio Ep.25 Curated by Signalstoerung Tracklist: 1 CARINHA - Nirgendwo ist hier (self released) 2 Başak Günak - Hammâmiye (feat. Steve Katona) (self released) 3 al...
www.mixcloud.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Nut tree tussock moth in my kitchen, London #butterflycount #mothsareprettytoo
July 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
London people - keep an eye out!
URGENT: if anyone has seen or found a huge (A2) sized folder in the parking lot of MCM London, Excel Arena please let me know. We unfortunately left all our A3 prints behind as we were going back home and this is financially devastating.

Please also RT so this can reach further.
May 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Really enjoyed the #MandHshow yesterday! Great to catch up with fellow museum and heritage peeps and see all the latest technology being used to create interactive and informative stories, connecting people with the past!
May 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Loving my new Playmobil sets I got myself for my birthday 😁
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Been chatting about rude street names today which reminds me of one of my favourite tales I learnt when on my tour guide course last year - historiclondontours.com/tales-of-lon...
Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane
Walk around one hundred yards or so north of the Old Bailey up Giltspur Street and you’ll find Pye Corner, so named because there once stood an inn on this site with a picture of a magpie on its sign....
historiclondontours.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
We are offering two FREE, online semi-intensive short courses in #Phoenician and Punic #language in April 🏛️ 🏺

Elementary course info: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...

Intermediate course info: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...

Share and Apply by 22 March!
Elementary Phoenician – Grammar and Inscriptions
ics.sas.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
Here's the 2018 Keshco album "Never Eject" which we put out on cassette - most of which are still awaiting someone to swoop in and snap them up:
keshco.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
The double-pack comes with an extra wooden tape.
Tape revival?!
#obscuremusic #artobject #tapedistro #independentmusic
Never Eject, by Keshco
23 track album
keshco.bandcamp.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I think this is why it attracts a lot of neurodiverse people to it, we spot patterns and trends, study many related disciplines in our search for answers…
Archaeology isn't about developing a narrative that "makes sense"

Archaeology is based on evidence we do have, checking it & updating our narratives with new evidence

Like any discipline, to make sense of archaeology you need to be familiar with tens of thousands of data points
January 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I always thought this was the case but good to see some solid science confirm!
January 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It was -5c in London this morning so Bibble has been especially cuddly getting under the fleeces with me on the sofa. Happy #Caturday!
January 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
Archaeologists in #Egypt have unearthed significant finds near #Luxor, including parts of a temple linked to Queen Hatshepsut, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said on Wednesday.
#Egyptology #archaeology
english.news.cn/20250109/e3c...
January 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
10 years ago since I met Peter Firmin, Emily and Bagpuss!
December 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
This one might be of interest to you: go.bsky.app/2q1gJva
December 4, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Hello people of Bluesky! Does anyone still buy #Zines? If so what are your favs? Where do you buy them? I used to be obsessed by them in the 90s and did my own in 1996/7. I've just written a small piece for the first issue of Beware! The Radio's new Zine too! keshco.bandcamp.com/merch/beware...
Beware! The Zine - Issue 1 from Keshcology
Beware! The Zine - Issue 1 from Keshcology
keshco.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:24 PM
There are only 8 tickets left for my first official tour for Islington Guided Walks! Get yours below - 14th Dec - and learn all about the 100 year anniversary of the rediscovery of the Clerk’s Well and other watery influences of this area of London!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-clerks...
The Clerks' Well -Water, Water Everywhere
Discover the long history of the Clerks' Well and its rediscovery 100 years ago in a walk by Islington Guided Walks for Islington Council
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 3:10 PM
My last arch contract was £11.70 an hour and part time (2022). Now that I’m too disabled to work (arthritis + long covid) I actually am better off with PIP & ESA! It shouldn’t be this way. I would love to do more part time work when well enough but not if I’ll be worse off ££
Well that statement blew up on the oxen musk hell site - I stand by it and how the effects of being underpaid and undervalued can have ripple effects into later life - do read BAJR poverty impact report on #Archaeology 🏺and the profession it’s pretty stark 👇🏽
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac... I love that you can see all the gritters out in force in Scotland at the moment and their amusing names - which is your favourite?
Gritter tracker | Traffic Scotland
Traffic Scotland gives you the real-time information you need about Scotland’s trunk road network
www.traffic.gov.scot
November 19, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Historic England have published their latest heritage at risk register - what site is nearest to you? Mine is literally opposite my front door! historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Reveals its Heritage at Risk Register 2024 | Historic England
Historic England has today revealed its Heritage at Risk Register 2024. This is a snapshot of the health of England’s historic buildings and places.
historicengland.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive:
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...
List of Free to View Pages | British Newspaper Archive
Working in partnership with the British Library, here we present a list of all newspaper pages included in our free to view newspaper collection.
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Happy #Caturday to everyone, especially new followers! I promise to post some archaeology stuff soon…
November 16, 2024 at 4:19 PM
For #FossilFriday here’s my first trilobite I acquired recently! I always wanted one when I was a kid and my dad would take me fossil hunting to Charmouth, Lyme Regis and Kilve but never found one. Can anyone ID it? Or point me in the right direction?
November 15, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Caroline Vile
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs

Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives

@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM