1. What are the contents of your pockets right now?

Wallet, car keys, two conkers.

2. Have you ever had a nickname?

Yes. 

Hugh Willmott charges us 1 pint for his thoughts ...

What are the contents of your pockets right now?

Nothing I’m afraid, beyond a cleanish hankie. There’s usually little else to be found there.

Have you ever had a nickname?

Not an exciting one, mainly people have the urge to elaborate upon my first name- Hubert has been the most frequent variation. Whilst at school it went full circle and briefly I became known as Bert. It could be, and probably has been, worse though.

Jane Rempel gives us a 20 question glimpse into her inner psyche.

What are the contents of your pockets right now?

No pockets, I’m wearing a skirt today.

Have you ever had a nickname?

Rempel, Little Rempel (before I caught up to my brother in height), Lena, Raya, Janeshka; some try Janie but then I have to hurt them.

When did you first realise you were an archaeologist?

Supervising a chaotic multi-lingual site and realising that I actually knew what the hell I was talking about

What was the first concert you ever went to?

A fantastically 80s triple-bill of New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen and Gene Loves Jezebel (if you don’t count the Bruce Cockburn [Canada’s premier folk-rocker] concert my parents dragged me to when I was 12).

Paul Pettitt braves our 20 question grilling (well.. 5 seconds in our microwave).

What are the contents of your pockets right now?

Nothing. I’m working from home. I rarely carry anything in my pockets anyway.

Have you ever had a nickname?

Strangely enough, no, at least not that anyone has repeated to my face! A couple of my peers and close friends – Mark White (now lecturer in Palaeolithic archaeology at Durham) and William Davies (ditto at Southampton) still to this day enjoy seeing other people spelling my surname incorrectly and report examples of such transgressions to me with reckless glee. Needless to say I long ago rose above this, but I would like to say that they are very, very immature people.