BBC Radio Interview

End of week one – and to say we all woke up today with a face for radio (the morning after the night before!) is an understatement. 

Fergus Cam!

Venturer profile: Reena Pastakia

Cool Beans Venturer Reena Pastakia lives in London but grew up in Peterborough at a time when Flag Fen was constantly in the local news. 

Venturer profile: Pippa Gardener

Digital Venturer Pippa Gardener tells us why Flag Fen means so much to her…

Rain!

It’s a common misconception that the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. In fact that’s a lie. The rain in Spain falls mainly in England. Thanks a million Amigos!

Venturer profile: Eleanor Johnson

This week’s digital Venturer knows a thing or two about digging – and not just down the allotment either…

Venturer profile: Joan Sutherland

This week’s Venturer is archaeology enthusiast and all-round polymath Joan Sutherland who will be joining us at Flag Fen thanks to a present from her daughter Jennie.

Radio Raksha

If this isn’t the most enthusiastic radio presenter the wrong side of breakfast, we’ll eat our hard hats!

Listen to the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire interview with Sarah Stannage of Vivacity and DigVentures MD Lisa Westcott-Wilkins

Click play below to listen to the interview with Lisa on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire recorded on 24 April 2012.

Alan Bennett Class

Quote of the week… Every now and then we come across something that stops us in our tracks. This week we watched The History Boys – Alan Bennett’s play about a group of ‘A’…

Francis hits the airwaves

On Tuesday 10th April, 10pm, Francis Pryor will feature on Radio 3’s Nightwaves programme, for an in-depth discussion about the Flag Fen landscape and life in the Bronze Age.

Happy Easter!

It’s been another busy week here at Flag Fen towers – we’re still fundraising like crazy, and continuing to pick up some well appreciated publicity for our dig this summer.

Venturer profile: Ruth Wheeler, Jane McCormick and Sally Bissoondialsingh

“We are all really looking forward to joining the team at Flag Fen and getting involved with some exciting archaeology.

Pay it forward winner!

Remember our launch night promise to give away a dig for a day? Matt Law, the original winner kindly asked that we give his prize to someone who, unlike him, was not actively involved…

Week 3 in the DV House

The trolls have headed home (or at least headed back under the bridge!), we’re steadily moving towards our target (nearly 40% funded!) and another week brings another round of positive write-ups from our friends…

Gonna need a bigger boat!

Here at DigVentures we’ve been really fortunate to get some great support from our social media buddies, many of whom have thrown their weight behind the Flag Fen Lives campaign. Over at Digital Digging,…

Welcome to the DigVentures Blog!

Welcome to the Site Hut (otherwise known as the DigVentures Blog!) It’s not just for news or stories from our digs – our team of archaeologists dig up all the latest news from around…