Chris Down 🏳️🌈
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Archaeologist, archivist, and destroyer of worlds.
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Renovation work on a historic mill in Midyat, Türkiye, has uncovered a well-preserved mosaic with intricate, multicoloured geometric motifs from the Byzantine era.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Renovation work on a historic mill in Midyat, Türkiye, has uncovered a well-preserved mosaic with intricate, multicoloured geometric motifs from the Byzantine era.
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Ok folks, I've got a task I need help with.
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ok folks, I've got a task I need help with.
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
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Absolutely terrifying. Universities should never be chasing politicians approval, especially a party with 4 MPs and an openly anti intellectual agenda
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Absolutely terrifying. Universities should never be chasing politicians approval, especially a party with 4 MPs and an openly anti intellectual agenda
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Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
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If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
Loving the Madeline LEngle shout out in Stranger Things 5.👍
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Loving the Madeline LEngle shout out in Stranger Things 5.👍
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Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
What an own goal!
Geddit?
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2 high profile Neolithic stories in the media today. Yet again focused on the Stonehenge landscape & Orkney. As usual everything in between receives a fraction of the investment, time & media coverage. Neolithic studies in Britain is no better balanced now than it was 50 yrs ago
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2 high profile Neolithic stories in the media today. Yet again focused on the Stonehenge landscape & Orkney. As usual everything in between receives a fraction of the investment, time & media coverage. Neolithic studies in Britain is no better balanced now than it was 50 yrs ago
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This is our kind of news headline!
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is our kind of news headline!
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Archaeologists not baffled, surprised or shocked
Merely keeping everything very (very) secret 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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'It is also a reminder that anti-trans, anti-queer and Islamophobic positions do not spring from nowhere. Public consensus can be manipulated by discreet networks with distinct agendas and multimillion dollar budgets.'
Well worth reading.
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Well worth reading.
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out | Lamorna Ash
Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
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November 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'It is also a reminder that anti-trans, anti-queer and Islamophobic positions do not spring from nowhere. Public consensus can be manipulated by discreet networks with distinct agendas and multimillion dollar budgets.'
Well worth reading.
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Well worth reading.
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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Let's get in early here.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Let's get in early here.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
"Something, Something, £1 bag of Porridge from Aldi"
Also, they can cut back on their skinny latte avocado toast Netflix subscriptions
Also, they can cut back on their skinny latte avocado toast Netflix subscriptions
Cue rich people moaning about how they can no longer afford to live in their castles.... God it's all so horribly predictable
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"Something, Something, £1 bag of Porridge from Aldi"
Also, they can cut back on their skinny latte avocado toast Netflix subscriptions
Also, they can cut back on their skinny latte avocado toast Netflix subscriptions
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Cue rich people moaning about how they can no longer afford to live in their castles.... God it's all so horribly predictable
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Cue rich people moaning about how they can no longer afford to live in their castles.... God it's all so horribly predictable
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously
Reform UK's Nigel Farage challenged by BBC reporter over school racism claims
Nigel Farage insisted he has never engaged in 'direct, personal' abuse, following accusations of racism.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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“It’s gripping, if despairing stuff.” The rinse and repeat of civilisational collapse. Happy days.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it’s wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“It’s gripping, if despairing stuff.” The rinse and repeat of civilisational collapse. Happy days.
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The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
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Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN
The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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This most stupid part of the whole Brexit madness is, we knew, millions of us knew, it would be a disaster, on multiple fronts, not just economic. Those who still pander to the “it was a democratic decision”, are blind and should not be in politics.
Will we be the “ poor man of Europe” again.
Will we be the “ poor man of Europe” again.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This most stupid part of the whole Brexit madness is, we knew, millions of us knew, it would be a disaster, on multiple fronts, not just economic. Those who still pander to the “it was a democratic decision”, are blind and should not be in politics.
Will we be the “ poor man of Europe” again.
Will we be the “ poor man of Europe” again.
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Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World: Amazon.co.uk: Cook, Mr Peter, Clutterbuck, Dr Charlie, Hindley MEP, Mr Michael, Knott, Mr Terence, Ward, Ms Julie, ...
Buy Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World by Cook, Mr Peter, Clutterbuck, Dr Charlie, Hindley MEP, Mr Michael, Knott, Mr Terence, Ward, Ms Julie, Nowak, M...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.