Tony Pollard

@HartshornFrank @widowcass @iAnonPatriot You’d know

@ProfTonyPollard @widowcass @iAnonPatriot It sucks boy

They updated the Beatles’ iconic picture in London. 💀💀

@widowcass @iAnonPatriot @HartshornFrank It’s Labour

@iAnonPatriot @HartshornFrank That’s more like London today. Great job Labor. 😞

@michaelkinsell8 Thanks Michael. Means a lot.

@ProfTonyPollard Well done to both you and Iain, Tony. A remarkable contribution to conflict archaeology, & an inspired & remarkable cohort of graduates to carry the discipline forward. No better venue than Culloden, and the circle turning with personal connection, no less so with the Falklands.

Today l taught my last session on the MLitt Conflict Archaeology and Heritage course before retirement at end of May, fittingly on Culloden. I co-founded the course with Dr Iain Banks back in 2005. In those 20 years l hope we’ve made a contribution to the field.

@DrMatthewSweet Vesta!

To commemorate the death of the great Len Deighton, all British men should cook something special tonight.

RIP Len Deighton youtu.be/Eo6fhkWDj-I?si…

@Giesabrek Oh l am sure. Retiring to do more interesting things.

@ProfTonyPollard Is there a dig anywhere that would entice you to strap your boots on?

Ngga looks like he's about to float towards the scent of a freshly baked pie

Recent fire in Glasgow, in same street as memorial to firefighters killed on duty, brought this 1941 painting to mind. Artist Leonard Rosoman was fireman in London Blitz & witnessed this 1940 incident which killed a colleague. He didn’t like it as felt too obvious. It’s stunning.

@Newbattleatwar Fax machine

@ProfTonyPollard An overhead projector ? 😄

Spent a chunk of the day coming up with titles and writing abstracts for conference keynotes. Two down and one to go. Hope they have an overhead projector.

Michael Hague 1948-2026 Illustrator Michael Hague's wife Kathleen posted that her husband passed away March 10, 2026. Michael was extremely popular for illustrating classics such as The Wind in the Willows,The Wizard of Oz,The Hobbit and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.

Things you find while clearing your office. I knew Allan Massie the novelist and critic we recently lost had written a review of my first novel.

Glasgow fire has now entered Gordon Street. It’s the location of monument to all those firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty. Wishing safety to all those fighting the blaze tonight.

@TranJ87 @MikeTilburn Last night. Glasgow

Post a concert pic you took 📸

@stevefarndale Yep

@ProfTonyPollard Hear hear Tony. Blair needs gagging. The only decent thing he did was resign and that was way too late

Sit the f*ck down Tony Blair. You’re only speaking up about Starmer not rushing in on American coat tails because it casts further shade on your really bad dodgy dossier call in 2003.

@g_gosden Gestapo cosplay

He’s the antithesis of a decent Englishman. He’s sly, he’s divisive, he has, at best, a tenuous relationship with the truth. His avarice for wealth and power knows no bounds. Many of his acquaintances have friends who wish this country ill. Yet, the ignorant fawn over him.

@stuzi_pants It was a pleasure (and a surprise) to watch

Charlie Stayt putting the Tories’ ever-adolescent leader Kemi Badenoch back in her box after she spouts a load of misinformation about the British military’s involvement in the operation in Iran You just love to see it 👌

The things you find when clearing your office. A shot taken in 2001 when Ian Knight and I attended a ceremony at the old Zulu capital of oNdini to procure some Muthi (drugs) during the filming of the Secrets of the Dead episode on iSandlwana. A life time ago and a world away.