Would you believe it!❤ We have just found an incredibly well preserved arrow with a shell arrowhead. It looks like it was lost last year, but the arrow is around 3300 years old, from the Early Bronze Age!😮 It doesn't get much better than this😍

And while I am at the shameless self-promotion thing, I am happy to Zoom into classes In the academic coming year if they are discussing everyday peace. I did it a few times last year and it seemed to work well.

Not sure if I have a clean or a "dirty" Irish accent. irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

This chapter in Roger Mac Ginty handbook offers a brief summary of the evolution of peacebuilding, focusing on the main policy and conceptual turns and nexuses! taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

Important chapter

Sept 4: Feast of the translation of Cuthbert. Aldhun, first bishop of Dunholm (Durham), oversaw the relocation of the saint’s body to his new cathedral #OTD in 998. ©Matt Buck

Great to have your chapter in the Chido!

For #HillfortsWednesday I present Lyle’s Hill, Co. Antrim courtesy of an easyJet flight. Evidence of Neolithic activity before those Iron Age folks built this.

From now on, I will only speak in rooms with Ionic pillars.

Thank you to Roger Mac Ginty for a fantastic first keynote on peace fragmentation to kick off day 2 of the The CRS conference! And congratulations to Tim Epple and Niamh Henry for a brilliant launch of the PA-X Tracker 🎉 #CRS2024

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