Will Wyeth
Archaeologist & historian (mainly castles). Curator of History @ English Heritage. (Mostly) Recovered Long Covid. Views mine, he/him.
Work stuff: linktr.ee/willwyeth; header: Sanam Khatibi.
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Will WyethSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- One of those days where I reward myself w a cup of tea every hour or so. Onwards!
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- Reposted by Will WyethIn modern Poland, the Teutonic Knights built strongholds to facilitate Christianisation. Not just fortresses, they played a key role in colonisation, enforcing the implementation of a new social system to subjugate the pagan population 2/2 🔗 from 2019 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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- Occurs to me now that the outer surface of the door has graffiti (arrowheads) v similar to another door from this space, on display. That door is v likely 15th c in date. This door has iron strips overlying the graffiti, and the strips align w the hasps and jamb-set loops. Good phasing here.
- A strapping iron-strapped door from Carlisle Castle’s keep for #ADoorAbleThursday. 2-skin post-med interloper, from what has been called a ‘Prison’ (probs not in medieval era). Inner face has poss stock lock (replaced), outer face had 4 loops fitted w hasps secured to jamb-set loops & locks. Oh my!
- A strapping iron-strapped door from Carlisle Castle’s keep for #ADoorAbleThursday. 2-skin post-med interloper, from what has been called a ‘Prison’ (probs not in medieval era). Inner face has poss stock lock (replaced), outer face had 4 loops fitted w hasps secured to jamb-set loops & locks. Oh my!
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- Blown away by the ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. A starry firmament.
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- Reposted by Will WyethOut today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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- This piece is great. For all I’m pleased that castle studies has broadened its field of operation to beyond art history and architectural history, there is something to be said for dwelling a lot more on the building site.
- Reposted by Will Wyeth"[Barn] raisings are a model for examining the entirety of building as a relational practice, and the ways architectural work is embedded in, dependent on, and facilitated by structures of the economy, family, labor, and risk."
- Angelic C15 portal for #ADoorAbleThursday from The Courtauld Gallery. An apparently frame-built door w ledges & studs as ornamentation. A pull-ring is visible on the middle ledge. While the door is square-headed, the masonry doorway has a more ornate shouldered arch. The door swings away from us.
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- Reposted by Will WyethThe New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
- From lunchtime wander.
- First episode of #AKOTSK was great fun, and departure from Game of Thrones and HotD. Low key, slow, quiet. Looking forward to next one!
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- Fun new find: a 1549-50 list of repairs at Chester Castle records the name of the best-surviving tower (‘Julius Cesares Tower’) on site today. C19 records call it smthg similar. I’d assumed the tower’s modern name, Agricola T, was a recent coining. The name’s actually over 450 yrs old!
- Reposted by Will WyethAre you an early career researcher looking for research training in history and related disciplines? You might be eligible for an IHR bursary of up to £500 to help cover the cost of one of our fantastic short courses! Deadline for applications is 31 Jan 2026. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
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- Post your least proper museum stuff, everyone!
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- Anyone else see a dolphin in the middle cloud? #pareidolia
- Went for a walk in the cold this afternoon; it was chilly but it brings out the best landscape!
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- Just met a deer by the river.
- From several years ago, Warkworth from the south.
- Oral histories of live-in site guardians of heritage sites across Britain. The last generation of people who either lived in heritage sites or grew up in them is in their 50s-60s now.
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- Good bit of Lochaber hillscape from this morning, unusually mild.
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- Appropriately enough for the longest night. Great post.
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- Goodly spread of timberwork for #ADoorAbleThursday, though only the middle is actually a door, the other three being shutters for the windows of the great hall at Ludlow Castle. Good bit of saltire bracing for the fans, too.
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- This is great news. I absolutely loved my semester in Istanbul where I first discovered the joy of old buildings. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Luxury of luxuries, I’m spending most of the my non-meeting time today reading a big excavation report. Already v excited!
- Reposted by Will WyethIt’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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- Reviewer 2 lol u rascal.
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