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Dr Amelia Dowler

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National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics

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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello new followers 👋 Thanks for following! My account is a mix of my two jobs (trade unions and numismatics research) with a sprinkling of allotments, poetry, and museums… Keep following if you like employment rights, coins, and vegetables! As a reward here’s a picture of a giant cottager’s kale 🌱

A view of cottager’s kale from above. It has large dark green leaves growing out from a central sturdy stem and the leaves have pinky-purple veins

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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 22h

The FDA Autumn Roadshow will be visiting departments in locations around the country over the next couple of months, so keep an eye out for them in your workplace.

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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks to attendees from HMRC and Home Office! It was great to talk through issues affecting @fdaunion.bsky.social members today.

FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 23h

FDA National Officer for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Amelia Dowler is leading a lunch & learn session on how managers can support their teams with carer’s passports and workplace adjustments passports.

The session also looks at managing difficult conversations and active listening.

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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 1d

Our Organising Team and reps are at 1 Ruskin Square, Croydon, today as part of the FDA’s Autumn Roadshow, speaking to staff in HMRC and the Home Office.

Whether you’re already a member or interested in joining, come and say hi and find out more about what FDA membership can do for you.

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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s harvest! Last of the pumpkins - first of the leeks… The brassicas are still going strong - they’re getting a bit of flea beetle now but with a decent rinse it’s all still good! 🥬 #allotment

Veg on a kitchen worksurface. There are two big orange pumpkins, a pile of kale and savoy cabbage, two leeks, and small piles of padron peppers and winter radishes.

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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 4d

If you go through to the site you’ll see they also have excellent robin, puffin, and owl cards! 🦉

The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 5d

Get ahead on your Christmas cards and share a piece of natural history with friends and family.

Our range of designs each feature a beautiful nature print from our historical collection. And if you can't choose just one, you can save with 3 packs for the price of 2.

Shop the range: buff.ly/D2c8oqr

A pointsettia with the words "Comfort & Joy"

A harbour seal with the words "Dreaming of a White Christmas"

Mistletoe with the words "Happy Holidays"

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Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 6d

For #FindsFriday some of the lovely objects in the Ilanz hoard from Switzerland, buried during Charlemagne's reign, in the early 790s. Gold Lombard and Carolingian coins, silver Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon and Arabic coins, as well as gold jewellery. See more here: raetischesmuseum.app/extras/highl...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 5d

Pot of gold!

Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!

Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a pile of shiny Roman gold coins below five fragments from a grey pot

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Maternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 10d

✨ We're thrilled to be part of the Big Give Campaign 2025!
From 8th–15th October, every donation we receive up to £5,000, will be doubled.
📅 Save the date: We'll share the donation link at midday on Wednesday 8th October.
Let’s make a difference — together. 💪
#WGMF #BigGive2025 #DoubleYourDonation

Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 10d

I try to do plenty of harvest photos so I can look back in the depths of winter and cheer myself up - and encourage myself to get back out there! 🥶

Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 10d

Here’s the new radish patch 🌱. We’ve planted black and white winter radishes, and daikon as well. The nearest two rows are spinach rather than radish - I know it’s meant to be easy but I’ve always struggled so wish me luck! 🤞

An allotment bed with six rows of tiny green seedlings. The two nearest rows have longish leaves while the other rows have quite rounded leaves.

Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 10d

Harvest haul from the autumnal #allotment! Slightly terrified by the pumpkin 🤣! We’ve harvested the first winter radishes - and have planted lots more to keep going over the winter 🌱

A large pile of vegetables. In the centre is a giant pumpkin, it is surrounded by green tomatoes, kohlrabi, smaller squashes, cabbage, chillis, padron peppers, mini aubergines, and winter radishes.

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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 12d

Can't let #FindsFriday go past without another fine Iron Age coin. This is a base silver stater attributed (probably wrongly) to the Veneti, in southern Brittany. Diameter 22mm. Note the recumbent figure below the horse - what is he holding? #archaeology #numismatics 🏺

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 13d

Divers have found another massive set of coins from the 1715 "Treasure Fleet" shipwreck in Florida. 🧪🏺

Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida

Salvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer.

www.livescience.com

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 14d

Join us for our first lunchtime lecture of the season and hear all about early modern caskets and cabinets from @isabellarosner.bsky.social! Register your free place for this Friday at 1pm: www.sal.org.uk/event/embroi...

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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 15d

The public sector is blighted by pay issues, says @fdagensec.bsky.social

To address this and make progress with any potential reforms there needs to be strong political will and clear leadership from ministers. But there is no sense of what this government want to achieve. #lab25

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 16d

Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?

Join us at #Lab25 at 15:45 to hear from @timleunig.bsky.social @fdagensec.bsky.social @fdaunion.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social, Paul Whiteman and @drbenpaxton.bsky.social - Clyde Room, ACC www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

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Dave Penman @fdagensec.bsky.social · 16d

If we want public services to succeed, they need to be able to attract and retain the best talent.

Looking forward to discussing pay and pension reform at our joint fringe meeting with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk at #Lab25

Graphic card with details of FDA fringe event at Labour Party conference on public sector pay and pension.

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 16d

🆕️ Images of the two C9th dirhams from a huge Stockholm County hoard.

From the second half of the C12th, the hoard contains 24k+ coins!

Note the dirhams have been converted into pendants for what we might call the 'display economy'.

Sources: www.facebook.com/share/p/19YU...

shm.se/blog-article...

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 20d

The wonderful Trimontium Museum in Melrose @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social currently has a small display of recent finds from a programme of licensed metal detecting at the site of the nearby Roman fort. Finds include some lovely coins and lots of bronze artefacts. #FindsFriday

A number of silver Roman coins displayed on perspex stands

A collections of small ancient bronze artefacts

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 25d

In 1828, eighteen-year old Charles Lefroy discovered this hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins.

Known as the 'Crondall Hoard' after the location of the find, it contained over 100 pieces. It remains the most important evidence for the start of English coinage.

A collection of gold Anglo-Saxon coins with different designs against a black background

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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 27d

I’ve just received my copy of Orbis 213 - I’m really excited to be published alongside such great writers! Huge thanks to Carole (editor) for her support.

The front of Orbis magazine, which has a cover design called “the cats of Istanbul” with blue domes and black cats

The back cover of Orbis, which has the list of authors. My finger is pointing to my name in the list!

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Sep 16

This is a great PhD opportunity for someone! I was lucky to do some work on Sarah Sophia’s coin collection in early days www.bl.uk/services/res...

Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships research theme 3

Research theme 3 for the CDP 2026/27 cohort is Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks

www.bl.uk

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Clare Rowan @ancient-tokens.bsky.social · Sep 16

So I am talking on Agrippina the Younger in one week, 6pm Sydney time, 9am UK time. Sign up here if you are interested! macquarie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · Sep 14

There’s an interesting series of 5 free online paleobotany lectures via the Oxford University Botanic Garden this autumn. You can book all 5 lectures here (scroll down webpage to ‘Get your tickets now’ button) www.obga.ox.ac.uk/event/dr-san... #paleobotany

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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Civil service departments may talk a good game on diversity, but the gaps on the ground are obvious."

Watch as FDA Vice President Beatriz Brown moves the union's amendment to Composite 6 on neurodiversity rights in the workplace. #TUC25

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