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So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
Uralter Müll zeigt, wie Steinzeitbauern erstmals lernten, mit Abfall zu leben
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November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So very excited to announce our new project - From Reuse to Resource - joint with the Freie Universitaet Berlin, funded by DFG-AHRC. Starting early 2026, we're going to be analyzing the wastescapes of Neolithic settlements to rethink ontologies of rubbish nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/11/25/u...
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I will be at Creative Conversations - 1pm at Glasgow Uni on Monday 1st December.
This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free!
Reserve your place at link below.
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#Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading
This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free!
Reserve your place at link below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
#Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading
Creative Conversations: Kristie de Garis
Author and Dry Stone Waller Kristie de Garis in conversation
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November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I will be at Creative Conversations - 1pm at Glasgow Uni on Monday 1st December.
This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free!
Reserve your place at link below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
#Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading
This is a wonderful event in a beautiful venue (the university memorial chapel!) and it's free!
Reserve your place at link below.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-c...
#Scotland #Glasgow #Writing #Reading
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Alex Ross + Heart of Neolithic Orkney + Blomuir + Tom Muir + Ness Squad + WSC...all seemingly filtered through the lens of MR James for the benefit of The New Yorker. What's not to love?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Alex Ross + Heart of Neolithic Orkney + Blomuir + Tom Muir + Ness Squad + WSC...all seemingly filtered through the lens of MR James for the benefit of The New Yorker. What's not to love?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Update: we have sold a total of twelve books this month. "The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."
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Great article in @theconversation.com by John and Fay to introduce my next adventure at @cretus.usc.gal … Soon more :)
theconversation.com/plastic-wast...
theconversation.com/plastic-wast...
Plastic waste is a toxic legacy – and an important archaeological record
Like the bronze and iron ages, plastic is defining an archaeological era.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Great article in @theconversation.com by John and Fay to introduce my next adventure at @cretus.usc.gal … Soon more :)
theconversation.com/plastic-wast...
theconversation.com/plastic-wast...
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ANGUS MILLER @geowalks.scot, the well-known geologist, is giving a programme about Calton Hill’s geology on Tuesday 25 November 18.00. entitled: 'WHERE'S THE VOLCANO? THE MAKING OF CALTON HILL'. Online/Zoom. Free public event. All welcome. Contact for info/ invitation. 1/
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ANGUS MILLER @geowalks.scot, the well-known geologist, is giving a programme about Calton Hill’s geology on Tuesday 25 November 18.00. entitled: 'WHERE'S THE VOLCANO? THE MAKING OF CALTON HILL'. Online/Zoom. Free public event. All welcome. Contact for info/ invitation. 1/
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Really looking forward to this exhibition coming to the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, next year 🙂
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Really looking forward to this exhibition coming to the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, next year 🙂
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The obituary on Elspeth King by our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social will be in tomorrow’s @theguardian.com paper if anyone would like to read a physical version
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The obituary on Elspeth King by our Custodian @sorchadallas.bsky.social will be in tomorrow’s @theguardian.com paper if anyone would like to read a physical version
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“The Project is ‘On the Wing!’”
New post uploaded to the Practises Make Places blogsite.
Just click on the link below 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
New post uploaded to the Practises Make Places blogsite.
Just click on the link below 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
Practises Make Places: Artists’ Responses to ‘Prehistoric’ Monuments
Official Project Blog
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“The Project is ‘On the Wing!’”
New post uploaded to the Practises Make Places blogsite.
Just click on the link below 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
New post uploaded to the Practises Make Places blogsite.
Just click on the link below 🙂
www.practisesmakeplaces.wordpress.com
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"... inviting artists, organisations & creative agencies to submit proposals that breathe life into the wood saved from the felled tree. This extraordinary opportunity will see up to 5 artists receive funding to develop their ideas, with 1 final concept selected in early 2026." tinyurl.com/3pamneuv
Creative commission Sycamore Gap
We're inviting artists to submit proposals that will breathe life into the wood saved from the felled Sycamore Gap tree.
tinyurl.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"... inviting artists, organisations & creative agencies to submit proposals that breathe life into the wood saved from the felled tree. This extraordinary opportunity will see up to 5 artists receive funding to develop their ideas, with 1 final concept selected in early 2026." tinyurl.com/3pamneuv
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Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
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#Glasgow850 Caught 'Empire Retold' project's display @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC building today (ends tomorrow) ~ the polyvocal approach to story collecting is long overdue & character/quote cards you can play with an inspired move ~ fantastic all round @daisyabbott.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#Glasgow850 Caught 'Empire Retold' project's display @uofglasgow.bsky.social ARC building today (ends tomorrow) ~ the polyvocal approach to story collecting is long overdue & character/quote cards you can play with an inspired move ~ fantastic all round @daisyabbott.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social
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Push the Boat Out 2025
20–23 Nov, Edinburgh
This year’s @ptbopoetry.bsky.social festival sets sail from 20–23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music & art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms, with over 120 artists on board!
pushtheboatout.org/programme/
20–23 Nov, Edinburgh
This year’s @ptbopoetry.bsky.social festival sets sail from 20–23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music & art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms, with over 120 artists on board!
pushtheboatout.org/programme/
Programme - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
pushtheboatout.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Push the Boat Out 2025
20–23 Nov, Edinburgh
This year’s @ptbopoetry.bsky.social festival sets sail from 20–23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music & art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms, with over 120 artists on board!
pushtheboatout.org/programme/
20–23 Nov, Edinburgh
This year’s @ptbopoetry.bsky.social festival sets sail from 20–23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music & art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms, with over 120 artists on board!
pushtheboatout.org/programme/
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JOB KLAXON
1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries.
Pls share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries.
Pls share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
JOB KLAXON
1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries.
Pls share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
1 Yr Project Researcher @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social working on @britishacademy.bsky.social funded *Prehistoric Policies* with Ben Elliott (@archsoundscapes.bsky.social), Alice Rudge (@alicerudge.bsky.social) and me. Contact me with queries.
Pls share!
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
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This is my painting 'Sun Henges', watercolour and gold ink on recycled cotton rag paper. It is one of several new works inspired by folk art and ancient megaliths that are now available for sale on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is my painting 'Sun Henges', watercolour and gold ink on recycled cotton rag paper. It is one of several new works inspired by folk art and ancient megaliths that are now available for sale on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
#StandingStoneSunday #Art
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The last @landscaperesearch.bsky.social meet up was a rare event where group size & make up enabled a proper conversation started by @frankrennie.bsky.social around his remarkable book: Among the Layers of the Land. A thoughtful, deep time story of place in alternating factual & fictional chapters.
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The last @landscaperesearch.bsky.social meet up was a rare event where group size & make up enabled a proper conversation started by @frankrennie.bsky.social around his remarkable book: Among the Layers of the Land. A thoughtful, deep time story of place in alternating factual & fictional chapters.
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These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew.
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew.
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
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True indeed! But how many more COPs can we afford to say the same things over & over? Political complacency & opposition from fossil fuel interests & bad faith actors like US & China have to disappear. Good luck my friends!!
@kathymulvey.bsky.social, Rachel Cleetus, Delta Merner & all at @ucs.org 🌎
@kathymulvey.bsky.social, Rachel Cleetus, Delta Merner & all at @ucs.org 🌎
From Dr. Rachel Cleetus: "Humans still have agency over this dire problem we have caused... The choices our political leaders make now — including at #COP30 — will determine the future we leave to our children and grandchildren... Global cooperation is absolutely essential to solve this challenge."
Brazil Hosts COP30 Climate Talks, with the World in Danger of Breaching 1.5°C
Nations will soon be gathering in Belém, Brazil for the annual UN climate “conference of the parties”—COP30—against a backdrop of incredibly challenging geopolitical and climate realities. Grossly ins...
blog.ucs.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
True indeed! But how many more COPs can we afford to say the same things over & over? Political complacency & opposition from fossil fuel interests & bad faith actors like US & China have to disappear. Good luck my friends!!
@kathymulvey.bsky.social, Rachel Cleetus, Delta Merner & all at @ucs.org 🌎
@kathymulvey.bsky.social, Rachel Cleetus, Delta Merner & all at @ucs.org 🌎
Exactly a year ago, Ellen Wohl, @parriblue.bsky.social and I spent two days in Providence thinking about #rivers and how we conceptualize them & live with them. Here’s the result of history and fluvial geomorphology teaming up. #envhist
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management
This article reviews current trends in interdisciplinary river research to argue that a “water bias” or tendency consider rivers as synonymous with water can hinder our understanding of rivers and con...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Thrilled to be regional winners of the Community Champions Awards 🎉
As a small, volunteer-led group, this means so much. In just our first full year, we’ve hosted events, school visits and heritage projects that have helped reconnect people with one of Glasgow’s most historic landmarks.
As a small, volunteer-led group, this means so much. In just our first full year, we’ve hosted events, school visits and heritage projects that have helped reconnect people with one of Glasgow’s most historic landmarks.
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to be regional winners of the Community Champions Awards 🎉
As a small, volunteer-led group, this means so much. In just our first full year, we’ve hosted events, school visits and heritage projects that have helped reconnect people with one of Glasgow’s most historic landmarks.
As a small, volunteer-led group, this means so much. In just our first full year, we’ve hosted events, school visits and heritage projects that have helped reconnect people with one of Glasgow’s most historic landmarks.
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'Beach objects in the sand begin to read like words on a page, fragments of stories ready to be pieced together.'
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'Beach objects in the sand begin to read like words on a page, fragments of stories ready to be pieced together.'
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
Read an extract from @christinariley.bsky.social’s ‘Looking Down at the Stars’ — our November Book of the Month (@saraband-books.bsky.social) www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/look...
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Bioregioning: A Catalyst for Renewal in an Age of Interconnected Risk - The Bioregions of the Atlantic Isles in conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Shandell Houlden of the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social
bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...
bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...
Bioregioning: A Catalyst for Renewal in an Age of Interconnected Risk - Bioregioning Tayside
In a world defined by cascading global crises — climate instability, biodiversity loss, economic inequality, and cultural fragmentation — it can feel as though the systems sustaining life are fraying ...
bioregioningtayside.scot
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Bioregioning: A Catalyst for Renewal in an Age of Interconnected Risk - The Bioregions of the Atlantic Isles in conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Shandell Houlden of the @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social
bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...
bioregioningtayside.scot/news/bioregi...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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