On this day in AD 96 the Roman emperor Domitian was assassinated. You can hear LJ Trafford make a case as to why he wasn't all that bad and talk about life in the late 1st century AD in this episode. #ancientrome #domitian
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As grim and grey a Monday as today is, I am actually pretty excited to be dialling into a kick off meeting on Cultural Heritage Capital today and specifically the fantastic project led by University of Exeter and National Trust - coffee at the ready!

One of the great visual reminders of the English reformation. St Michael emerging ghostlike from the whitewashed rood screen dado panel at Binham Priory, Norfolk. Biblical texts stamped across this once elegant and compelling work of high gothic religious art:

Bede news.
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16 September 1400 Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales, beginning a 15-year campaign against the English crown for Welsh independence. Glyndŵr used guerrilla tactics & allied with the Percy family against Henry IV. His final fate remains a mystery.

The women of Iran are its strength.

For us time moves. For the families of women who have died, or now live with lifelong physical injury, time stands still.

Check out this fantastic publication of work by emerging and established creative talent, with work inspired by the #landscapes of the #SouthDowns , and significant landscape issues including equity and representation, climate action, biodiversity loss.

Great news, WOL Changing Chalk Associate Artist alinah azadeh will be running an exciting programme of events at Walk the Chalk festival next week with #WeHearYouNow !

The programme includes live readings, workshops & guided walks with 9 writers.

writingourlegacy.org.uk/alinah-azadehs…

I am thrilled to be writing a joint biography Headline Books of The Essex Sisters—Penelope Rich, her sister Dorothy Percy and their sister-in-law Frances Walsingham. Powerful and dangerous, they reshaped 16th-c. womanhood. Thanks Doug Young, Bianca Bexton: thebookseller.com/rights/headlin…

'Moving Mountains,' an anthology in which writers explore #nature through the lens of #ChronicIllness & #Disability , is getting some lovely endorsements. Proud to have my essay included in here:
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We're so excited to have a copy of the beautiful 3rd edition of the Covert magazine by Writing Our Legacy | Covert 03 Magazine available!.

A literary magazine for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse writers and artists of colour.

Find out more about this edition and their work here:
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£15k open to BPOC artists, creatives, heritage practitioners, groups & Sussex-based orgs

REVEAL: BPOC Heritage Project Grant Scheme.

Apply now for up to £3k!

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@BrightonDome National Lottery Heritage Fund @brightonbh African Night Fever AFLO. the poet Amy Zamarripa Solis Ebou Touray

We're honoured to be on this list of '13 Organisations Ensuring Nature is Accessible for All', made possible through supporting incredible creatives like alinah azadeh & partners like South Downs National Park National Trust Anooshka Rawden

Good to see The Willowherb Review & Black Girls Hike here😀

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So this explains why someone brought this up in conversation!

Waiting for dinner….

Applications are now open for our next round of Arts and Humanities Research Council IAA grants.

Get your thinking hats on and partner with our staff to open archaeology up to brand new audiences, influence policy, and much more!

Find out more HERE:
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A tiny 2,000 year-old Roman leather baby boot. Excavated from the Commanding Officer’s residence at Vindolanda fort. Dated to around AD 100, when Flavius Cerialis, prefect of the ninth cohort of Batavians, lived at the fort with his family.

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

Looking forward to reading this! First full length bio of Varus and a military loss that has rippled and resonated over time.

Help our rivers this September by taking part in The Rivers Trust first ever #BigRiverWatch

Find out more 👉 theriverstrust.org/take-action/th…

Yes, it was Duncan.....our attempt at reducing the gap between practice & theory