Archaeologist. PhD research at University of Leicester: peasant perspectives and medieval settlement in the Severn Valley. Freelance artefact analysis, education & illustration. Scribbles a lot. MCIfA 🏺 https://incurablearchaeologist.wordpress.com/https://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3muuxeoamvk2nWrapping up the series and the summer watching England vs Ireland at New Road. And proudly cheering on our little club’s own emerging star, Charis Pavely #cricket 🏏06 Sep 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuxeoamvk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mrk65q4jjs2fTerrific animation by Imogen Taylor! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrk65q4jjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mr3xrbynts2yNew theory on drivers for Icelandic deforestation just dropped: medieval Norse desire for endogenous Cricket bat production, coupled with high breakage rates due to the inherent unsuitability of native birchwood. 🏏🗃️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3xrbynts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mq2ic4y72s2jNow the dust is settling on the Women’s T20 #cricket World Cup… it’s been terrific. Took family to Edgbaston to see Bangladesh vs Netherlands and India vs Pakistan. Just incredible for the children to feel the atmosphere, the noise, the joy. To see women’s sport lift the roof. 🏏07 Jul 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2ic4y72s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3monkpxra5s2zThe deadline for the MSRG John Hurst Memorial Prize is fast approaching! Open to any current/recent postgraduate students. Submit abstract by 30th June. £200 prize for best paper; presenters eligible for travel bursary. Details/forms at: https://medieval-settlement.com/grant.../dissertation-award/ 🏛️🗃️🏺 #medievalsky19 Jun 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3monkpxra5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mkscxhh6ik2tIf you’d like to take a minute out of your Friday afternoon, here’s a time-lapse video in which I colour my live sketches from the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists conference in Edinburgh this week. (🔈 for commentary) #archaeology #illustration01 May 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkscxhh6ik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mkntj2nptk2vOn my way back after a fine CIfA archaeology conference in Edinburgh. And yes, I’ve been scribbling - will get my illustrations coloured and posted soon… 🏺🏛️🗃️29 Apr 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkntj2nptk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mkg65e2hwc2dI suppose it was inevitable… after scoring, then coaching, I played my first game of competitive cricket in 17 years yesterday. The less said about my bowling the better… but I did manage 42no and a last-wicket 50 partnership to win. And I felt the joy of being out in the middle on a glorious day. 🏏26 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg65e2hwc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mjx3lgne7k24A little time-lapse video, colouring my live conference sketches from the weekend’s Medieval Settlement Research Group Spring conference in Lincoln. #medievalsky 🏺🏛️🗃️ #sketchbook #illustration #skystorians (🔈for commentary)20 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx3lgne7k24https://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mjjmr5qcok2kA cartoon to illustrate Ellen Durbin's excellent Diggers' Forum article on the awkward disconnect, raised by @sarahmay1.bsky.social, between the impact of archaeology and the impact on archaeologists. There'll be more from me in future issues of British Archaeology. 🏺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjmr5qcok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mjhi7d3ouk2qEnjoying that ‘first page of a new sketchbook’ feeling. Bishop’s Palace, St Davids, Pembrokeshire.14 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhi7d3ouk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mjepflb4tc2iPorth Mawr. 11/04/2026 North #Pembrokeshire #surfing 🌊🏄‍♂️13 Apr 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjepflb4tc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3miu4fgrlmc23Restorative Pembrokeshire Easter weekend with familiar faces. Not pictured (because they were too quick), the first swallows. One on Friday 3rd, then two pairs on Sunday 5th above Aberfelin, Trefin.06 Apr 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu4fgrlmc23https://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3mhlt2xe42s2fNot felt like there’s been much to celebrate of late, but today as the mist cleared and the sun appeared, I shaved 18 seconds off my #Parkrun PB.21 Mar 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlt2xe42s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3magbgclzyc2r#Parkrun at Worcester Woods this morning, with Millie’s customary post-run scamper through Nunnery Wood. My journey up there probably follows the route once taken by medieval nuns of Worcester’s Whiston nunnery on the Tything, who farmed the land and after whom it’s named.20 Dec 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3magbgclzyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3ma4gzn6ldk2jCheers Tess. I’ve been remiss of late in advertising, but some of my illustrations are available on sustainable clothing and gifts. And if you’d like a design in a different colour/garment, give me a shout. Tomorrow is last day for 1st class Christmas postage 👍 incurablearchaeologist.teemill.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4gzn6ldk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3ma454hf5os2sBy strange coincidence, I’m wearing my Cirencester Roman Cockerel T-shirt today! I love Tess’s chocolate version. Any other representations out there? 🏺🏛️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma454hf5os2shttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3m6w4rpqf6s2lCompleted my ECB Level 2 Core Coach qualification yesterday! 🎉 A great course: participants from current 1st class / England U19 pros all the way down to parent volunteers. Pride slightly tempered by aches in muscles I’d forgotten I even had, after yesterday’s pace bowling session. 🏏😬🤕 #cricket01 Dec 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6w4rpqf6s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3m67qazyz522rVentured over to Worcester Woods for #Parkrun. Millie likes to bark encouragement on the home straight. The woods seem eternal, but the undulations underfoot are what remains of medieval ridge and furrow created by ploughing: once upon a time, all this was open fields… 🏺🗃️22 Nov 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m67qazyz522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3m5ygeipkbs2x [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ygeipkbs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3m5tipqkvok22I am currently reading 'Hild', a fabulous novel by @nicolaz.bsky.social that explores her early life, immersing the curious reader in the rhythms of 7th century life. Would heartily recommend it to anyone curious about Hild and her achievements. https://nicolagriffith.com/2023/11/17/hild-a-historical-note/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tipqkvok22https://bsky.app/profile/robhedge.bsky.social/post/3m52dqglbzs2kSpent the morning turning this into a tiny zine. Printing, cutting, folding - a tiny analogue act of resistance to the news we’ve had this week about cuts to History at Leicester. I’ll bring them along to the @leicesterucu.bsky.social demo on Weds 12th November if you’d like your own copy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:ww6ukdreftyp2asula2trkvg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52dqglbzs2k