In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
What to do when you retire A lot of my friends seem to be retiring at present and for the same…
Lincoln – Mick ‘Lindiana’ Jones retires On October 20th2012, I went up to Lincoln, to the Retirement Party for my…
Now that I am Editor-in-Chief, it means that I am at least semi-retired from Current Archaeology and I am therefore able to…
I was down in the very splendid library of the Society for Roman Studies, looking for a book and happened by chance…
It is always fascinating to find out how archaeological magazines are doing in other countries, and we had a marvellous opportunity…
We have just been to Vienna for a short break. We had never been to Vienna and we thought it was…
Are we all Druids now? Tuning in to the BBC’s religious affairs programme on 1 October, Sherds was amused to hear Emma…
State of play Believing that things are not what they used to be is a viral disease that strikes as you enter…
Rock and roll Bits of rock, in various guises, form a running theme in this month’s Sherds, starting with Neolithic ball bearings.…
CA’s Editor in Chief discusses the evidence for climate change and wonders whether we are barking up the wrong tree. Our Archaeology…