Mike Williams

Chapter Clerk | Journal Editor | Archaeological Historian | Author on Ancient Belief | Celtic Christian | KCTJ | Husband | Godfather | Owned by 3 deerhounds

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It's Fat Bear Week https://t.co/5IT6Vwm3z1 when you can vote for the fattest bear at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska, shining a light on bear conservation. My pick this year is Chunk (below).

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A hoard of Iron Age gold coins have been discovered for the first time in Wales. The fifteen coins, known as staters, were officially declared treasure this week by the senior coroner for north Wales: https://t.co/arbkZ00uxA

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It's the Eisteddfod in Wales this week and here's a handy guide for those who know nothing about it: https://t.co/Ebdhsg9ZA6

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@mandyebayton Fantastic news and well deserved. You have been brilliant for our Diocese and I hope we'll still see you regularly. Well done!

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@ElliottGrundy1 Hi Elliott. Only just seen your message - I am still getting used to the new Twitter / X. The stone we visited was Maen Llia just above Ystradfellte, some distance from Heol Fanog. https://t.co/fcG8wJE1rB has location and references. Hope this helps. Mike

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Tests have confirmed that the Iron Age warrior buried with a sword and a mirror on the Isles of Scilly was a woman. Excavators believe she may have had a commanding role in warfare of the time https://t.co/8HzMO1fR1i

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Jeckyll the Parrot got lost on Eyri (Snowdon, Wales) after being chased by peregrines, and greeted his rescuers with a relieved 'hello!' https://t.co/yqNTcGqTgs

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The King visited Brecon yesterday and I had the honour of being presented to him at the Cathedral. I'm on the far right looking smug!

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Took this yesterday. Doesn't inspire much confidence does it?

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Researchers have found 4,000-year-old plague DNA in Britain - the oldest evidence of the disease in the country. Think I'd steer clear of that dig https://t.co/KurydeDXmT

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If you live in the hills, this picture is enough to make you shudder. It may be almost microscopic, but midges are at their peak now and biting for all they are worth. I feel like a walking larder.

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@woolhatwoman LOL! Exactly!

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Today is Ascension Day and I am always put in mind of the Ascension Chapel at Walsingham where Jesus seems to have burst through the ceiling leaving only his feet behind. Sadly, there is no trace of him on the first floor.

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We are excited to announce the #reopening of the museum on 23.5.23! Here’s a sneak peak of an item newly on display. Queen Victoria herself sent this cushion to 5888 Pte Arthur Evans, SWB, after meeting him while he was recovering from an injury sustained in the Second Boer War!

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Need to write a lecture for Friday evening on the Druids in Wales. It's also booked for a reprise in June. Given the coronation last weekend, I'm thinking of including a section on Celtic ideas of sovereignty.

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On the basis that you announce controversial news when everyone is concentrating (say) on the Coronation, the government has just allowed animal testing to resume for cosmetics after a ban lasting 25 years https://t.co/UhFH6zXFuH

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I met Ven. Martyn Gough after a service at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. He was delightful and it was good to see a fellow Welshman in London. May he rest in peace.

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

An enormous character. Proud Welshman. Loyal friend of the Royal Navy. A faithful man of God.

Tributes have been paid to the Venerable Martyn Gough, Chaplain of the Fleet - the RN's most senior cleric who has died aged just 57.

https://t.co/rYRPbxUeDz

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@ArchbishopWales @ChurchinWales Llongyfarchiadau Archbishop - what an honour for you, for all of us in the Church in Wales, and for our Nation to be so represented. Enjoy every minute!

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You've probably had it happen. You take a photograph of the original BBC television Trumpton characters and get photobombed by Orinoco the Womble.

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I know every year I praise The Sixteen (@TheSixteen) Choir to the rafters but they did it again last night in Llandaff Cathedral. Felt like listening to heaven - they are superb.