Anthropologist * Interested in things * often old, frequently built, sometimes both * professor @AnthDurham1, editor @TheJRAI.
Joined August 2014
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19 Apr 2022
My book with Sian Jones is out!
The Object of Conservation
...Is an ethnography of heritage professionals and explores their role in shaping conservation objects.
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Jan 8
My JRAI paper (with Paolo Heywood) On the Problem of Continuity is out online first -- an attempt to theorise culture beyond the logic of invention:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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Thanks @gabyhinsliff
for this really thoughtful @guardian take on my work on male friendship, intimacy and care:
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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30 Dec 2025
My @ConversationUK piece on male friendship, intimacy and care beyond words is out today:
theconversation.com/heritage…
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24 Nov 2025
Ancient Identities in Britain, my @ahrcpress funded book with Richard Hingley and Kate Sharp is just out and available OA here:
uclpress.co.uk/book/ancient-…
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Congratulations to Richard Hingley, Kate Sharpe and @t_yarrow! Their #OpenAccess book Ancient Identities in Britain published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/4motXHc #Heritage #Archaeology #Ethnography
ALT Cover of 'Ancient Identities in Britain' featuring a thatched roof building by a serene lake surrounded by reeds, under a sunset sky.
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24 Nov 2025
Want to read an ethnography of architecture but can't be bothered to read it with your eyes? Fear not! Architects is just out as an audiobook, via audible!:
Listen to Architects: Portraits of a Practice by Thomas Yarrow on Audible. audible.co.uk/pd/B0FPXQV9CP?…
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15 Aug 2025
Really pleased my paper (with Paolo Heywood) 'On the problem of continuity' just got accepted by JRAI. It proposes a theory of culture beyond the inventive assumptions that dominate analyses and over-determine ethnography. DM email if you're interested to see the accepted draft.
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28 Jan 2025
Loved archaeologist @roseferraby s series Earthworks, a beautiful, lyrical, quietly thoughtful meditation on materials, craft, time, the intimacy of absence and lots besides.
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Thomas Yarrow retweeted
19 Oct 2024
Our new article on everyday heritage is just published open access! We explore what it means to think of heritage as an abundant part of life rather than a scarce commodity doi.org/10.1080/13527258.202…
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19 Oct 2024
In case anyone cares who is still here, I'm joining the exodus to bsky as @tomyarrow
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7 Oct 2024
Weird how the wealthiest institution I've been a part of (a Cambridge University college, a long time ago) is the only one that regularly sends me begging letters
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30 Sep 2024
Still can't decide if the schadenfreude of Elon Musk losing however many tens of billions on twitter offsets the mild irritation that academics can no longer self promote, procrastinate and moan so effectively!
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12 Sep 2024
Seems like a bit of a deficit of the imagination if going to space is necessary to realise the beauty and fragility of earth etc
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4 Sep 2024
So close to tears this morning as I dropped off my son at his new (secondary) school in his too big, too new uniform, looking suddenly too grown-up to me and yet still too young amidst the throng of teenage bodies and attitude
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31 Aug 2024
Just been to my first brick swap. A fascinating scene and lovely group of people!
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31 Aug 2024
I'm currently only brick-curious but these people are *serious*. I met a guy who drove 8 hours just for one particularly rare brick 🧱
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Thomas Yarrow retweeted
22 Jul 2024
Just a little reminder I’m going to pick a winner at random later today, so there’s still time to get in on it 👇
15 Jul 2024
🚨Okay let’s do this! BUNNY VS MONKEY: The Great Big Glitch is the TENTH book in the series, it’s not out till OCTOBER, but I have one super advance copy to send to a BVM fan to read earlier than anyone else!
💖All you have to do is share this tweet. Winner chosen Mon 22nd
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