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Christmas has arrived early at DV, and this video clip is our gift to you! Our friend Professor Vince Gaffney of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at Birmingham talks about Doggerland, the…
For the first of our DVIP lectures at Flag Fen we were honoured to host Martin Carver, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, editor of the Journal Antiquity and the author…
Where on earth has the DV team been since we left Flag Fen? Find out here! We’re baaaaaaaaaaaack! After the amazingness of Flag Fen Lives this summer, the DV team needed a bit of…
Up close and personal, it wasn’t hard to see that our on-site Venturers were having a whale of a time mucking in with the team… But how our dig was playing out with our…
Yet more fantastic coverage from the BBC...Fergus's agent was particularly pleased with this one from the BBC's Look East news programme
We’ve had Dog Cam. We’ve had Auger Cam. We’ve even had JCB Cam… But it was only a matter of time before we arrived at… Aerial-Cam! At the end of last week we were…
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.
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Jane Smith of BBC radio visited us on site…
Forget the archaeologists-Flag Fen Lives’ REAL celebrity makes the papers!
…Or ITV’s public shame?
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!
DV MD Lisa and Sarah Stannage of Vivacity with all the latest news on the project: 11 days to go!
The 4th of August, that is! It’s going to be a HUGE day for us at Flag Fen. Why, you ask? Read on…
You heard it here first! Time Lapse footage of Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s bouncy castle Stonehenge installation, filmed after a rainy day bouncing at Flag Fen, Peterborough. Background music comes from our favourite…
As the English summer limps squishingly along, the DV team found one way to combat the dreariness: BOUNCING! On 7th July, as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, Flag Fen hosted Turner Prize-winning…
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