The power of hope - Much to my surprise - around 400 people came to our mid-week discussion about the rain forests of Britain. I think it demonstrates the connection people want to feel to the natural world and their desire to know how to protect it.

Thank you to Devon Wildlife Trust for sharing the Creedy Catchment Crayfish Conservation event on 15th March in Crediton. Get a free ticket here - eventbrite.creedycrayfish.go.uk

Had an inspiring morning at the Network of Environmental Educators in Devon spring meet-up @Network of Environmental Educators in Devon. Great conversations about raising the profile of environmental education across Devon 🍃Thanks to KingsleySchool for hosting and for the tour of the Earth centre 🌎

Natural England has published new guidance on integrating the historic environment into plans and conserving our rich cultural heritage for future generations. It's freely available online, so anyone working in nature recovery has access. Read it here: algao.org.uk/natural-englan…

It’s been great working with the @BlackdownsAONB to organise a Blackdown Hills AONB Festival of Heritage. Check out the events at blackdownhills.org.uk/heritage23

Join Bill Horner from @DevonHistEnv for a unique tour of Witness Moor where he’ll share the forgotten industry of whetstone mining in the Blackdown Hills @BlackdownsAONB *free event* whetstone.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=odsjtwtwe… @Eventbrite

Another fabulous event as part of the @BlackdownsAONB Festival of Heritage. Cress Whitton from @DevonHistEnv will be there to share the latest research about the Cistercian Monastery... and there'll be delicious cakes! 🍰😋dunkeswellabbey.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=odsjtwtwe… @Eventbrite

What a great way to explore #Devon 📚🗺️👏 Exeter City of Literature exetercityofliterature.com/current-projec…

Don't forget our fabulous talk this Tuesday updating you on our 'Devon in the 1920s' research project. Focusing on the built environment and how you can get involved. Open to members (free) and non-members (for a small fee). devonhistorysociety.org.uk/events/devon-i…

The Exeter City of Literature team recently paid a visit to the amazing Devon Archives. Look how beautifully organised it is! 🤩 It is an incredible resource as it holds all types of historical archives for Devon & Exeter (excluding Plymouth). Writers, take note! ✍️

A week today, Sat 16th Sept, 2-5pm, I’ll be at the Blackdown Hills Festival of Heritage Archaeological Finds Day. Brittany Walsh, the Portable Antiquities & Treasure FLO for Devon and I will be identifying finds. Free family activities! Click here for more info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeologic…

A big thank you to Bill Horner from @DevonHistEnv for leading a fascinating tour this morning about the historic whetstone mining industry ⛏️around Witness Moor. A great start to the @BlackdownsAONB Festival of Heritage!

Had a wonderful time yesterday showing people around one of my favourite places - the remains of the Cistercian monastery at Dunkeswell Abbey. The event was part of the @BlackdownsAONB Festival of Heritage. Big thank you to Cress Whitton @DevonHistEnv for helping with the tours!

Dive In! To the new Needles Voyager to explore wrecks and maritime sites, their stories, artefacts, video, archive links, audio, 3D and more. unpath.maritimearchaeologytrust.org Part of the #unpathdwaters project, supported by #ahrc #TaNC #DiscoveryProjects

"Follow your nose - Fish, tallow & beer". I'm talking about people and businesses on Exeter's waterfront in the 1920s at the Exeter Heritage Harbour Festival Sun 24 at 1.30 Haven Banks Outdoor Centre. Free tickets for this and two other talks via eventbrite.com/e/3-free-talks…

Our first seminar of the academic year will take place on Thursday (12.30-2pm), when Dr Naomi Payne will be telling us how recent developer-led investigations have been providing new information about Roman rural settlements near Exeter. Please reply/message for online log-in.

Since we launched our Aerial Archaeology Mapping Explorer, 1000s of you have taken the opportunity to access the results of over 30 years' worth of mapping projects. But can you download or link to the data? You can now - scroll down for details (1/3) historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news…

Over recent years we worked hard to do more to protect, care for, and improve access to #Torbay's #HeritageTreasures... ＴＯＲＢＡＹ ＣＵＬＴＵＲＥ 💗 Hito Prajapati Heritage Arts People #KatherineFindlay created a heritage strategy informed by hundreds of local people torbay.gov.uk/council/polici…....