Early Winter Sunshine and Showers. 5°C. A parliament of rooks.

NEW: Archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old goldworking tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge. Here's a shiny #AntiquityThread on the work 🧵 1/13

Frankincense, woodsy & sweetly aromatic, is one of the oldest commodities spanning more than 6,000 years. It was once prized more than gold! Frankincense is an integral part of Oman’s culture & heritage, its trade flourishing for centuries. A thread on the frankincense of Oman…

A map of your choice. Two winners picked at random. Announced tomorrow evening 🗺️ RT and follow (if you're not already) and I'll pop your name in the hat. Your choices here bit.ly/middleearthsma… A very merry Christmas to each and every one of my followers🎄

Great news! Available from 3 January (#Tolkien's birthday!), as part of a new series of coins featuring King Charles III, the The Royal Mint will release a new £2 coin featuring the JRRT monogram and "Not all those who wander are lost" around the edge. Great stuff!

29th December 2022.  Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better.

Cats are revered animals in Islam & considered the quintessential pet. Admired for their cleanliness, they're allowed to enter homes & mosques To celebrate the last Caturday of the year, here are the much loved cats of Masjid Al-Aqsa, the third-holiest site in Islam A thread…

Happy New Year! 2022 has been a year of ups and downs, but I got to spend part of it back in my happy place of Egypt. Can't wait to see what 2023 brings 😀

I genuinely love tue randomness of coming across unexpected saints and their healing wells while hiking in the Kent countryside

I'll be speaking at the DAM and Museums online conference on 9 Feb. We'll be outlining the development of image management at the V&A from the 19th century to the current DAMS as part of the Museum’s strategy of improving public access to its collections. henrystewartconferences.com/events/dam-and…

Digital Preservation Folks! We at the V&A are looking for a consultant to help us learn more about our digital collections and assets and about how best to care for them into the future. More details here, deadline 31 January 2023: vam.ac.uk/blog/digital/o… #digipres

Everything wrong with our politics, in one story: Hedge fund manager buys large estate on Dartmoor. Uses vast fortune to challenge the right to camp there. Wins. Local people call on their MP to amend the legislation. Discover he's been funded by the hedge fund manager.

Had great fun at #DAMandMuseums this afternoon doing this session alongside Irene Tortorella

Two fantastic job opportunities at the V&A Wedgwood collection! 👇👇👇

We're recruiting V&A for two new members of my Collections Management team - one fixed term role to Oct 2025 and one permanent role. More details here: Documentation Officer x2 app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree…

Glorious morning earlier on the way to Museums Association conference. Great sessions so far on climate change, anti-racism, deaccessioning, family-friendly museums, the museum data service, and more! #Museums2023

Museums and collections people! Coming up in February, one of my team, Senior Documentation Officer Neil Carleton, will be sharing his 30 years+ experience of numbering and marking museum objects in this V&A Academy professional development course: vam.ac.uk/event/PJzKzno4…

Museum people: 🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We currently have a 10 month maternity cover post at the V&A for a Senior Documentation Officer in my amazing Collections Management team. The closing date is 5 January. Why not take a look? #museums #hiring 👇 vam.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/33…