Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire has been reunited 🎉 We’ve acquired the 3rd & final henge meaning that public access across the entirety of this major Neolithic site is guaranteed. It is a remarkable survivor from the prehistoric past & we can’t wait to share its stories.

Crowdsourced proofreading, 17th-century style

This map shows where the unexploded World War Two bomb was initially found in Keyham, Plymouth and the route the bomb will be transported by a military convoy, moved to the Torpoint Ferry slipway and then detonated at sea. More here: bbc.in/3SSOhnz

All happening here in Plymouth - thousands of people evacuated.

I made the news! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Save St John's Voices - Stop cutting opportunities for female singers in Cambridge - Sign the Petition! chng.it/CWg7JQsr via Change.org UK

Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

My 8 year old painted this for me for my birthday & it is definitely one of my all time favourite presents ever 🥰

Sad news: Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80. theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Spotted a mark, or indentation in the wall of a house on the High Street, Navenby. Had to drop to my knees to see it properly... Totally worth it! Consider me charmed.

And candidate for the best name for a #Roman outside of Monty Python's Life of Brian 😳

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

I watched this online last night and can thoroughly recommend it!

Ah, the church lobster - a rare find indeed here is one acting as an armrest on the stalls at Overbury near Wrexham - carved by Evelyn Wybergh in mid-1930s (1/?)

Fifteen years. Five prime ministers, seven chancellors, eight foreign secretaries, twelve culture secretaries and sixteen housing ministers. A thread, for #RantyTuesday.

Off to London to see the KCL Greek Play tomorrow (also taking in Prokofiev 7 with LSO at the Barbican tonight).

Lysistrata in the Wings opens TODAY at the Greenwood Theatre! Come and see this brilliant piece of new writing, performed by a stellar cast from King's College London Actors of Dionysus Oxford Classics Outreach Classics for All Classics@Cambridge Oxford Classicists of Colour KCL Alumni @emilypillinger Classics@Cambridge

How many books should I take on holiday with me? (For Guardian Books ).

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.