Thames Discovery Programme: Archaeology in Action
Congratulations to the Thames Discovery Programme on winning a British Archaeology Award for ‘best representation of archaeology in the media.’ And here’s a reminder of why they deserved to win!
Archaeology in Action: The Thames Discovery Programme from Thames Discovery on Vimeo.
The Biggest Poo in History
Struggling for something to blog about this morning, I suddenly thought:
‘I know, I’ll do the biggest poo in history!’
Well… obviously I won’t do it personally. Talk about performance anxiety!
‘Yeah, is that the Guinness book of records? Can you send Norris McWhirta round, I’ve got a big job for him.’ Read more
A date with density
The exact time, to the minute, when Marty McFly arrived in the future after hitting 88mph in the souped up Delorean in Back to the Future 2.
July 6th, 2010 01.21
(PS. As everyone knows, it was actually 2015 when Marty landed back in the future, but why let the facts get in the way! Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!)
The top ten sites of the Celtic Tiger
Many people will be aware of the handful of contentious Irish sites that made international headlines during the heady years of the Celtic Tiger for all the wrong reasons – Carrickmines Castle, Woodstown, and Lismullin on the Tara M3. These sites gained notoriety for either holding up the progress of a developing nation or being bulldozed to line the pockets of the profiteering political elite, and the archaeological story was often lost in the cross fire. Read more
