New talk – some history ASMR

For those who cannot get enough of all things convict, join me, your intrepid and devastatingly witty host, on a tour through Van Diemen’s Land. Marvel at the probation system. Gasp at what remains. Cry at what has been lost. Soundcloud link for a talk given 1...

Pitting hell

It’s been a very busy three weeks – hence you have not been hearing from R Tuffin. However, don’t despair – I am back. Back with news and some views. These last weeks have seen us aided by archaeologists Caitlin D’Gluyas and Martin Gibbs....

Fun in the foundry

Yes, yes, it’s been a while I know. We’ve been BUSY. Plus, there’s been rain, other things to do and – most importantly – I really haven’t had the energy to write anything. Work is just about complete on getting off the last of what...

Video update

The one where Richard makes you all ill with motion sickness. Also,  I sound more unfit than I actually am – I was just out of breath from the sheer excitement of the moment. Also, I was wearing a rainjacket, so the audio is a bit muffled at times.

One step forward…

Having mostly recovered from exposure to the nation last week, we’ve been getting stuck into the foundry. Well, we started to get stuck in. As you learnt from the very informative video last week, the whole foundry space has been gridded into 1m x 1m squares....

Video updates

This week we were inspired by our appearance on Today and thought we would show you our beautiful faces. Of course, being archaeologists and not media tarts, the quality of the recording is pretty dodgy. Being true professionals we used a phone, so the audio is a bit...