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Talking to a friend badly wounded during Battle of Tumbledown in 1982. He's convinced hit by Argentine mortar, another account thinks 155 arty from Stanley. If ever there was a debate which archaeology could settle this is it! Falklands War Mapping Project Tim Clack Scottish Centre - War Studies/Conflict Archaeology Dr Stu Eve

Great to announce new community heritage project in Lincolnshire. Digging Market Garden investigates material remains & memories of preparations for one of the largest airborne operations in history #WW2 #airborne #heritage arch.ox.ac.uk/digging-market… Prof Carenza Lewis Richard Osgood

Cats on Twitter. Digging Market Garden attracts feline curiosity... arch.ox.ac.uk/digging-market…

Amazing few days directing fieldwork #DiggingMarketGarden with Prof Carenza Lewis Amazing results and, as ever, working with service personnel, veterans and their families has been a privilege. arch.ox.ac.uk/digging-market…

Community events linked to #DiggingMarketGarden included: lectures on WW2 and airborne history, show and tells about military parachuting by current airborne soldiers, reenactors, an exhibition on WW2 kit by IWM Duxford and displays manned by local archaeology and history groups

Good to see academia in the role of hero! I thought the academic superpowers were supposed to remain secret, though? Chaos will surely ensue if society learns of our multi-tasking, diary management and close proof/reading abilities...

A storm is brewing...

Lots of local media coverage linked to the Digging Market Garden project. Here’s one such piece. Lovely photograph of Judy Urquhart, daughter of Major-General Roy Urquhart (commander of 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem), who kindly visited the site for a few days.

Nice to see a juvenile kestrel enjoying the last of the summer sun at the weekend. They can fly at speeds of up to 40mph and, when diving, 60mph. The speed sign presumably a helpful aide-mémoire.

Had the chance to visit St Vincent’s Church in Caythorpe over the weekend for the annual Arnhem weekend. Amazed to find lots of airborne-related commemorative elements, such as stained-glass windows, carpets, plaques and kneelers/ hassocks.

New website for the APPG for Climate, Nature and Security has gone live. Check it out for more info. appgclimsec.uk Climate security - 'If we don’t make time to deal with it today, we won’t have time to deal with it tomorrow.' General (retd) Richard Nugee

The past as playground. The designers of these games clearly have a view on Neanderthal language abilities etc... (One of my favourite tutorial questions from the human evolution course: "Did Neanderthals sing as they buried their dead?")

The poetry of Neanderthal games reminded me of this heritage gem.

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This is fun.

All Hallows' Eve

Next year really is the time to be square. 2025 is a perfect square – 45 squared in fact – for most of us the only instance we will see in our lifetimes. The exceptions being if we were born in or before 1936 or live until 2116. A moment, then, to enjoy some temporal symmetry.