# Contents of the Capsule

*2021-06-14*

> On June 14th 2021, I buried a time capsule in amongst ten tonnes of hardcore at the end of my garden which would later become the concrete foundations of a.

https://adamstoner.com/capsule/

On June 14th 2021, I buried a time capsule in amongst ten tonnes of hardcore at the end of my garden which would later become the concrete foundations of a log cabin.

Concrete has a lifespan of approximately 100 years so sooner or later, the time capsule will be recovered by whoever owns the property at the time they come to remove it. A plaque inside the log cabin marks the location of the capsule.

The contents of this capsule were hastily compiled over a weekend in June. This post serves as a reminder of the date it was buried and what is inside it. This list was compiled several months after the burial of the time capsule so should be regarded as a very best guess, rather than a definitive list.

A handwritten note signed and dated by myself covers the lot. It ends:

> _We hope you have archived the technology to play, understand and make sense of these things, however many years into the future you unearth this capsule.   
>   
> WITH HOPE,   
> ADAM STONER_

**The capsule contains:**

- The most recent copy of [the local village newsletter](https://bishopstoneandhintonparva.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NewsletterJune21.pdf) (June 2021)
- An A4 print-out of [the top global news headlines](http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml) on the BBC website that day 
- An A4 print-out of [the weather from the local weather station](http://www.ebamooba.com) at the time of burial plus historical highs and lows as well as seasonal averages 
- A COVID-19 NHS information leaflet that came with mail-out antigen tests and blue surgical mask 
- The final page of [This is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook](https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Not-Drill-Extinction-Rebellion/dp/0141991445)
- Vivienne Westwood Climate Revolution scarf
- [The 1975's Notes on a Conditional Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_a_Conditional_Form) on cassette, an expansive album that demonstrates multiple music genres in a short run-time and also has tracks in keeping with the inadvertent theme of this capsule: climate action
- [The Sound Approach](https://soundapproach.co.uk), a collection of birdsong from around the world, on USB
- A used [Monocle](https://monocle.com) x [Laperruque](https://laperruque.co/en/) cardholder
- Silver napkin ring given engraved with my initials 
- My press pass from Cheltenham Races (circa 2013-2016) bearing the name of my student radio station, Tone Radio
- [A Love button](https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/07/prweb15624130.htm) from a Coldplay gig 

All of that, plus a USB C solid state 1TB hard drive containing:

- Videos including speeches from Greta Thunberg and Sir David Attenborough
- All episodes of The Week Junior Show to-date
- Episodes of Mysteries of Science, a podcast from The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine 
- The lockdown podcast I produced with the UK's children's radio station, Fun Kids, called Stuck at Home
- Episodes of my own podcast and articles from the archive of this website
- Photos.