#RomanSiteSaturday
The remains of the hypocaust floor in the bath suite at Wroxeter. 📸My own.

Durotriges Project and yes I went and stood in it ! 👀🤣
#Archaeology #History

Soon, the EU will also have to face a Netherlands that aims to propose an opt-out clause for asylum policies and a loosening of emissions regulations, writes Eva Sanders in her policy alert 👇 buff.ly/3yraen1

'The message is clear: it would be an extraordinary act of national self-harm for the government to curb the right of international students to stay in the UK for two years after they graduate': Dr Michael Spence, UCL President & Provost writes in Financial Times ft.com/content/48c1c5…

Vinyl give away 👀

What a classic! Is Tom Hanks the best character actor ever?
Anyways this is new sealed but has creasing to top right corner….to enter the free draw to win this just comment below with your fav Forrest quote or gif 👍

But you ain’t got no legs Lt Dan

Broom head argues it is ‘legal’ to spy on HK exiles and British parliamentarians.

Chinese ownership of ports is one thing.

But Chinese rights to exclusive use of the port? That has accidentally happened to Peruvian megaport currently under construction.

Other port authorities would do well to review the fine print in their agreements with Chinese investors.

‘We should not use the term “forbidden song”. The ban targets acts which utilise the song to fight for Hong Kong independence… as a weapon praise of violence and the pursual of HK independence’.

Glory to Hong Kong: YouTube blocks protest song in HK. hongkongfp.com/2024/05/15/glo…

‘The neighbouring nations are growing weary of Beijing’s coercive tactics, drawing their lines against the revisionist power, demanding respect for national sovereignty, and uniting’

Nobody likes a bully: China’s grip over the South China Sea is slipping. 9dashline.com/article/nobody…

‘China’s leaders have no one to blame but themselves. They joined a global trading system and then gamed that system’.

China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/international/…

We should not be expected to pretend that press freedom in Hong Kong has survived recent changes intact…Indeed, a common topic of conversation at journalists’ gatherings these days is who will be next for closure, jail or exile. hongkongfp.com/2024/05/16/we-…

Fascinating world of ancient #glass :
A #Roman glass bottle shaped like a date: dates, figs, and honey were New Year's gifts in Roman times. According to Ovid, they should make the new year a sweet one.

On display at Pompejanum Aschaffenburg.

#Roman Archaeology

When Republicans help Trump evade gag order to attack his trial as illegitimate, they're not just 'showing loyalty' or angling for VP. They're saying that their allegiance is to Trump over our institutions/rule of law itself. Say it that way.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/181682…

⏲️⌛️⏰ It's now nine weeks since UCL launched an investigation into its decision to BAN FSU member Michelle Shipworth from teaching her own course, following complaints from Chinese students that discussing modern slavery in China was too 'provocative'.

freespeechunion.org/ucl-bans-lectu…

actual video of a British person arriving in Heaven

Will we never learn?

Oxford takes £130,000 in deal with Xi’s alma mater

thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford…

Today Blair & Bush celebrate 20 years of being War Criminals.
#TheHague

Narcissism is strictly for the birds 🦅

May the boredom begin!

#WayneShorter 'Odyssey of Iska' AAA 180g #TonePoet Vinyl Edition Out July 5: bluenote.lnk.to/OdysseyOfIska-…

Shorter’s mesmerizing 1970 album was a tribute to his daughter Iska which found him continuing his explorations into fusion having just left Miles Davis to form Weather Report.

Flowers and vines drape the walls of Scotney Castle. Kent, England. NMP.