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History, folklore, music, archaeology, books, Guardian reader. Castle botherer and humanist church crawler. And Morris dancer and Mummers player.
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Today in West Somerset: sunshine and showers. That field is absolutely sodden!

‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

Not blowing my own trumpet as I wasn't there... Around Christmas we collect for a local charity. That's a great amount. Well done boys! (But wouldn't it be great if your local hospital didn't need charity....)

Realized that I haven't posted in a while, so here's today's random West Somerset picture. Taunton Deane Morris Men dance up the Sun, Midsummer 2022, at the Seven Sisters, Cothelstone Hill. I'm second from the left, hankies above my head.

Blimey, Taunton Deane Morris Men made the New York Times! And it's a decent article too! #wassail #folklore #customs #tradition #morris www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

Today in West Somerset: first primroses.

Today's random West Somerset picture.

Going to the British Museum to see the 'Silk Roads' exhibition today. I'm told it's pretty good...

Today in West Somerset: signs of Spring. The snowdrops have been around for a few days, but the weather has been wet and dark, so no chance of a decent photo.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 18: 2112 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 17: Wheels of Steel #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Today in West Somerset.

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 16: Trawler #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Today's random West Somerset picture.

New report reveals the strategies of distortion water firms use to hide the extent of sewage pollution. Highlights include watered down poo, no evidence of harm (because no-one ran tests), we're not the only ones polluting & we wouldn't want to put your bills up... www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Give me strength #NationalistStonehenge #StonehengeAnything @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social

This beautiful little cobalt blue fellow is a glass Roman mouse with snake thread decoration on his body. It dates to the 3rd century AD. 🏛️📷 NY Met

Today in West Somerset.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15: Seconds Out #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

At Wells Cathedral for the blessing and procession of the candles for Candlemas.

If you're gonna talk the torc you gotta walk the worc.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14: British Steel #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

It's very nearly Wassail time, waking the apple trees and encouraging them 'to bear well and to bloom well' for a good crop this year. Wassailing is quite different now than it was, but it's good to respect the tradition, even in a modern way.

Today's random West Somerset picture.

Today in West Somerset.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13: Christmas Champions #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Yesterday in West Somerset: bleak.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10: English Electric #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Today's random West Somerset picture.

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. • One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. • No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 9: Four Symbols/IV/Zoso #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Today's random West Somerset picture.

Today's random West Somerset picture. The tree in the photo blew down in a storm about a year ago.

I've had to binge watch #DiggingForBritain as regular TV viewing is impossible due to shift work. What well made, articulate and beautiful-to-watch programme making. Thank you to everyone involved. The series goes from strength to strength.

And so the last site for this series of #diggingforbritain - our Rat Island. It’s a constant effort site as the remains of these poor people keep eroding. This man had an altogether darker tale we are still investigating #drawingdiggingforbritain #archaeology

Today's random West Somerset picture.

Wellhouse in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset for #AdoorableThursday