.Gary Lineker 💙💛 tells Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL:
'First and foremost, before you talk about anybody else's impartiality, the Govt of the day whether it's Tory or Labour, *cannot* decide who the chairman of the BBC is...'

Totally agree:

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Great listen - first time I’ve heard Gary Lineker 💙💛 say that he’d been given special dispensation by the BBC DG to tweet about refugees long before the recent furore. Also good to hear Rory Stewart being schooled in football matters.

In the words of Sir David Attenborough
“For grasslands to be rich and diverse, they have to be grazed”
#WildIsles

A #Roman glass bottle, in translucent blue, green & white glass encasing gold leaf, probably once used to hold scented oils or perfumes. It is about 2000 years old, but looks absolutely gorgeous, & apart from a few internal cracks, as good as new! (📷 NY Met Museum) #Archaeology

Today in 1849 shoe-maker John Adams died at 104 years old.
He was born in Jan 1745, in Worcester, Massachusetts, making him almost certainly the earliest born human to have been photographed.

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egypt ian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth.

Carved in wood, painted.
Probably from Meir, #Egypt , dating c. 2040-1985 BC. 1/2

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1st-2nd century CE Roman rock crystal die. The British Museum (1772,0311.220). britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

The Dorestad Brooch. c. AD 800. Carolingian. Gold, garnet, glass, enamel, and pearls.

Found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969!

On display at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.
📷 AlexanderVanLoon (CC BY-SA 4.0)

#Archaeology

Always good to hear the views of unelected legislators on the mindset of members of the Commons. And, no surprise, blinded by this perverse belief that whatever the circumstances of anything,it must really be about Brexit. They never, ever stop, and it’s never ever their fault.

A magician

Remembering Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame of the Gendarmerie nationale who died on this day in 2018. At Trèbes the day before he selflessly exchanged himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist who had already killed 3 people. The terrorist later stabbed and shot Beltrame.

Breaking News: Rahul Gandhi was expelled from India’s Parliament, removing one of the last national figures opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Thank you The Rest Is Politics, ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and Rory Stewart for answering my question about the BBC Singers and recent, devastating arts cuts. We must speak out to protect our rich cultural landscape and heritage or we risk losing it forever. Art is essential.

#FindsFriday The magnificent dishes & platters of the Mildenhall Treasure in the British Museum, among the finest silverware in the Late Roman world, were ploughed from a frozen #Suffolk field in January 1942 during wartime. An incredible chance discovery

The Ipswich torcs. Iron Age gold torc hoard, 1st century BC.
British Museum.
#FindsFriday