Thomas Becket murder in 1170 to be marked with year of events theguardian.com/culture/2019/d…

It's back to school today! As always, there's lots happening this term, but we start with some GCSE mock exams and then our Year 7 entrance exams... Welcome to 2020! #newterm #Welcome2020

Archaeologists find graves of high-status Romans in Somerset theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…

A few staff went out today for a 15 minute walk over lunch for SuffolkMind #REDJanuary2020 and ended up using the outdoor gym @ChristchurchPk We are all trying to be more physically active to take care of our mental health. Little things can make a BIG difference.

Our Eco Team are collecting used pens and plastic stationery to recycle with TerraCycle US. During yesterday afternoon's activity session they collected 4kg from the Senior School classrooms #reduce #reuse #recycle

Before 1917: revisiting the greatest first world war movies theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/…

Archives for Learning and Education We did our first ever Takeover Day a few weeks ago - Year 6 pupils took over one of our display spaces to show what they'd learned from the archives about WW2: x.com/KeyToThePast/s…

History teachers out there - this will be worth it. Take a look.

This looks great. Just down the road from school, too.

Ickworth embraces enforced darkness to spotlight art collection theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…

As next week is going to be my last week tweeting from this account, I thought I'd mention the Suffolk Archives Foundation, where I'm going to focus much of my retirement time. It supports The Hold and KeyToThePast. Read about our campaigns at: suffolkarchivesfoundation.org.uk/?page_id=300

The John Blatchly campaign may particularly appeal to past pupils from Ipswich School. More details can be found here: suffolkarchivesfoundation.org.uk/?page_id=300

This is super exhibition. Well worth the visit.

This is a banquet worthy of Henry VIII.

No snow in Suffolk today, not like in Ingham in February 1916 when these men of the East Anglian Cyclists made the most of if! #Snowing (K997/65/10)

The trial of Charles I was a first-class piece of political drama and spectacle, and it is rarely remarked just how carefully and thoughtfully that spectacle was orchestrated and choreographed. From the archive: bit.ly/38lAEEn

Fact-checking 1917: how historically accurate is Sam Mendes's First World War film?  telegraph.co.uk/films/0/fact-c…

Tomorrow will be 67 years since the 1953 Floods, which caused devastation along the east coast. To mark the day, we’ll be sharing the recollections of Felixstowe resident Audrey Baker, who had to evacuate her flooded home in the middle of the dark, cold January night

And it's goodbye from him. Thanks for reading my tweets over the last few years. I retire tomorrow. You can find me out there on Twitter and on Linked-in (not that I really know how to use it!) if anyone wants to keep in touch.

For anyone wanting to find out more about the new home for Suffolk's archives - the Hold - nearing completion on the Waterfront do visit: bit.ly/mkymark