Trinity bridge at Crowland, Lincs. The streams it was built over have long long so it looks very curious.

Cornu and Karnyx played by ⁦Letty Stott⁩ ⁦Vindolanda Trust⁩ @bbcradio3

The British Museum have reopened their domed Reading Room and it is GORGEOUS. Feel quite bereft I never got to work in here! Quick visit before following the manuscripts to their new home at the British Library.

some beautiful images of our Holy Island Day BBC Radio 3

Medieval Women? In their own words? A major exhibition? At the British Library? Opening on 25 October and running to 2 March? You can buy your tickets now? The must-see event this autumn. "I wouldn't be seen dead anywhere else" (Christine de Pizan) blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

A keyhole view of @DurhamCathedral. looking down onto the crossing from the Bell chamber. another vertiginous moment ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩

Congrats, Neil! 🎉 Looking forward to reading it!

Best cathedral on planet earth! 😍

sunrise in Tynemouth 0505 ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩

1st year PhD student showing up at the 8 am panel with 25 expertly crafted slides, 57 backup slides, and print-outs prepared four weeks in advance vs Tenured professor giving the keynote with two slides of mood pictures clicked together in the hotel lobby 15 minutes earlier

The church of St Bega on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake (approached from the Cumbrian Way). C.10th century, the church may represent the Kingdom of Cumbria's Irish-Scandanavian links across the Irish Sea. More on the intriguing St Bega from Clare Downham: doi.org/10.1016/j.jmed…

#Ireland Rock ‘n’ Road Trip Day 3: Killaghtee, #Donegal . The circular head contains a cross. Below the cross is a triple knot (triquetra). Possibly dates from about 650AD and might mark the grave of an early monk, St. Aedh who is believed to have had a ‘cell’ here. Dr Christina Smith

Is this Italy....Croatia....Greece? No, it's Lowther Castle in Cumbria! What a glorious Wednesday visit to Lowther Castle & Gardens.

And Lowther has some pretty fantastic early medieval sculpture to boot (chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvo…) Can't make it to Lowther? The Great Court British Museum has one of the Lowther pieces: a show-stopping vinescroll cross-shaft! 🌱

An absolute pleasure to be in Newcastle with the Antiquaries last week!

I've decided to attempt a sculpture-focused Instagram (@sculpturesmith). This emerged after spending the last year leading tours of sculpture in the British Museum. I'll try my best to include as much geographic, temporal, and material breadth as possible. Follow, if interested!

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Here’s a #Chalcolithic pottery ossuary from Azor, Israel. Used to hold the bones of the dead, this 🏠 house-shaped box was originally painted—its gables and windows decorated and delineated with pigment. 🎨 Held British Museum in Rm 59.

A 2nd c BC limestone grave-marker from Tremithousa, Cyprus, on which a man and woman flank a deceased man. Note the placement of the hands 👋🏼. On display, Room 72, British Museum #britishmuseum #cyprus #sculpture #sculpturesnippets #funerarysculpture #archaeology

Question for the hive mind: If you could only take 3 objects w/ you that represent core memories, what would they be? Pets/people are a given. Thinking about this as I learnt I lost most of my treasured childhood & uni objects - a burglar ransacked my storage unit back home.