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Stephen J Jenkins
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Professor at Cambridge University, Fellow of St Edmund's College, Student of Everything Else. Posting in a personal capacity; opinions and photographs my own.

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Bit of a cheat for #RomanFortThursday this time, with a section of wall from Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter). Built around CE 200, the city wall shown here encloses a rather larger area than the original wooden-walled legionary fortress of CE 55. #Archaeology #RomanWall #RomanBritain #Exeter #Photography
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bit of a cheat for #RomanFortThursday this time, with a section of wall from Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter). Built around CE 200, the city wall shown here encloses a rather larger area than the original wooden-walled legionary fortress of CE 55. #Archaeology #RomanWall #RomanBritain #Exeter #Photography
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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"Remains of Eastern Defences, King's Castle, Wiveliscombe" from Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset (Edward J. Burrow, 1924). #HillfortsWednesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Watercolour #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Wiveliscombe #Somerset
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Remains of Eastern Defences, King's Castle, Wiveliscombe" from Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset (Edward J. Burrow, 1924). #HillfortsWednesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Watercolour #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Wiveliscombe #Somerset
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Two tenure track positions in computational physics @aalto.fi: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
Assistant Professors, Computational Physics | Aalto University
Condensed matter, including quantum, magnetic and photonic materials.
www.aalto.fi
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Hiring for a PDRA position in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry to work on a novel synthetic approach to the large-scale synthesis of battery electrolytes, under the joint supervision of Prof. Dame Clare Grey, Prof. Steve Ley and Prof. Dominic Wright. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53454/
Post Doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Post Doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Oceanus, in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, Cordoba. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Mythology #Photography
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Oceanus, in the Alcazar de los Reyes Cristianos, Cordoba. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Mythology #Photography
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Will they also be harvesting gold teeth and hair from asylum seeker arrivals?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Arms (possibly subtly erroneous) of William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal of Scotland. Stained glass in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle. Argent a chief paly of six or and gules. #Heraldry #Stirling #Scotland #StainedGlassSunday #Photography
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Arms (possibly subtly erroneous) of William Keith, 2nd Earl Marischal of Scotland. Stained glass in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle. Argent a chief paly of six or and gules. #Heraldry #Stirling #Scotland #StainedGlassSunday #Photography
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Doorways - Pueblo Bonita, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. #ChacoCanyon #NewMexico #Archaeology #Architecture #Photography
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Doorways - Pueblo Bonita, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. #ChacoCanyon #NewMexico #Archaeology #Architecture #Photography
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Remains of a military bathhouse of the mid-Severan period, Vindolanda, Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Remains of a military bathhouse of the mid-Severan period, Vindolanda, Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"The immense stone rampart of Dolebury Camp, at the North-East angle" from Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset (Edward J. Burrow, 1924). #HillfortsWednesday #Watercolour #Dolebury #IronAge #Somerset
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"The immense stone rampart of Dolebury Camp, at the North-East angle" from Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset (Edward J. Burrow, 1924). #HillfortsWednesday #Watercolour #Dolebury #IronAge #Somerset
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Rainbow over Loch Leven, Ballachulish. #Rainbow #LochLeven #Highlands #Scotland #Photography
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Rainbow over Loch Leven, Ballachulish. #Rainbow #LochLeven #Highlands #Scotland #Photography
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Eros & Psyche, in the Alcazar de los Cristianos Reyes, Cordoba. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Mythology #Photography
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Eros & Psyche, in the Alcazar de los Cristianos Reyes, Cordoba. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Mythology #Photography
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM