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Archaeologist and writer. Once-upon-a-time a diplomat. Rural. https://clairemillington.com (She/her)

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · Feb 24

I couldn't be happier to be publishing this with BAR Publishing! Please feel free to ask your library to order a copy!!

BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · Feb 24

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa by @clairemillington.bsky.social!🏺

Now available here: doi.org/10.30861/978...

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 4h

As the agricultural cycle starts to wind down for the winter, my next post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' looks forward to its resumption in the new year, when...

‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England III: ‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · 4h

Thinking about Rome again?! Also check out our lovely friends over at the Classical Association classicalassociation.org (they don't seem to be on Bluesky!) for more resources and events on all things Roman, Greek and Egyptian!

Image shows Dr Louise O'Brien, an Egyptologist at the University of Liverpool, sitting in front of a lot of academic books, to advertise the Classical Association's podcast featuring Experts in Residence. The topmost QR code links to the podcast, the lower one to more information on University Archaeology Day on 27/10/25 at the British Library.

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Amy Baker @antoninewallblues.bsky.social · 1d

Do you work with Roman finds? Got a Cool Thing you want to share with the world? Found something in the ground or in the stores that puzzles you? Looking for parallels? Want to shout about your event, museum or book? Lucerna, the newsletter of the Roman Finds Group, needs you! #roman #archaeology🏺

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 1d

#AllMetalMonday
Silver bust of #Roman Empress Livia 59BC-AD29, found on shore at Herculaneum, likely taken by fugitive from AD79 eruption.
Divorced 1st husband Nero.
2nd, Octavius, became Emperor Augustus.
A key figure - but vile schemer or faithful adviser?
Said to love Prosecco.🥂
In Antiquarium 🏺

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 23h

New old book to help me think through the fall of decline.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge moment in linear broadcast TV. When I began my TV career in 2005, even history documentaries were expected to get 2 million viewers

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 1d

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 1d

Dr Büster's research is believed to be the first to focus on the lives and experiences of older adults in prehistoric and Roman Europe and will examine human remains and objects, many from York Museums Trust.

www.bajr.org/york-archaeo...

York archaeologist to uncover forgotten stories of ageing - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Age-Old Stories, led by an archaeologist at the University of York, will be the first large-scale study to focus on the lives and experiences of older adults in prehistoric and Roman Europe. By using ...

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 1d

Strange what survives. Found this yesterday, memento of Staffordshire County Youth orchestra trip (playing viola).

Orange luggage label 'Adult Education Study Tours' outward trip with flight no, destination Leningrad, holiday address Palace of Youth Hotel, and my name.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 2d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 6d

Mosaic of a running boar, from Piazza della Corporazioni, Ostia. Italy. #MosaicMonday

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#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Roman Society > Imago > Image Details

Member Login

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 3d

'Milan, "Women and Ruins": The Luigi Rovati Foundation celebrates the pioneers of archaeological photography'

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#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Milan, "Women and Ruins": The Luigi Rovati Foundation celebrates the pioneers of archaeological photography.

Luigi Rovati Foundation is offering a talk titled "Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape." Friday, October 3, at 6:00 PM. Palazzo Venezia 52, Milan. Free admission, reservations…

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 1d

Morning telly Riot Women. No notes.

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

"please log onto eduroam"

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 2d

The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

We are watching a bit behind the live show. I feel very much the same about Sweet Child. You can take the song out of the moshpit but.

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Zylla Black @zyllable.bsky.social · 2d

I can't help but be pleased by the reclamation of the frog as an anti-fascist symbol.

Koax koax.

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like an Independent piece from font etc

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

They didn't in Stafford in the 80s. We were taught women did nothing much til suffragettes. 😤

Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 2d

Founded my home town Stafford among many other things. Boudiwho?

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 3d

Also you can highlight and scribble on your saved pdfs.

Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 3d

Today I have mostly been searching online for individual book chapters (in this case conference papers) as a substitute for an academic book costing over 100quid. I got most of them.

Having these means I don't always have to go to a research library.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 7d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 7d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 3d

In celebration of our recent fifth birthday, Peopling the Past is counting down the top 5 of each of our media categories! Today we are giving a shout-out to the top 5 #PeoplingVideo contributions across the years /thread 🧵👇

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MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social · 3d

I have discovered that women are more than capable of undertaking any task which requires physical strength or of learning any discipline which requires discernment and intelligence. Books which say otherwise were definitely not written by women.

- Christine de Pizan, b. 1365

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