Join us for the second webinar in our 2026 series, hosted by @librariesconnected.bsky.social, looking at the practical issues you may need to address as you prepare for Local Government Reorganisation: members.librariesconnected.org.uk/events/69b14... 📅Wednesday 18 March 2026 (14:00 – 15:00)

Fantastic fully funded PhD opportunity from @camglamresearch.bsky.social on the entomology of East Anglia and the associated archival records. Bugs'n'books. www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Reassured to see that Duolingo is equipping me with allllllllll the vocab I'm likely to need on my next trip to Deutschland 🙄

Must be high-resolution digital images Archives using the toolkit must have permission to use the images (inc. printing them for school workshops) Provide credit line as ‘Archive service name/copyright holder + catalogue reference’ Submit to [email protected] by Wednesday 25 March (2/2)

Would you like your archive’s collections to feature in a new toolkit which will help young people understand the career opportunities within archives? To be considered, submit up to 3 digital images of records (any type from any period on any topic are welcome!) See requirements 👇(1/2)

Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover our open grant schemes, heritage science, community engagement, carbon literacy and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Book now to avoid disappointment!

JOB ALERT 🚨 The Victoria and Albert Museum are looking to recruit a Curator of Dance. More information & how to apply can be found here: vam.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Child on the train has just loudly told her little brother to get his dusty, musty, crusty hands out of the communal bag of crisps. Voluble, irritating but A+ on vocab

We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 14 cataloguing grants, and a consortium grant! See thread 👇(1/5) 📷 Royal Horticultural Society

These new case studies – developed to support the work of The Major Archive Projects Learning Exchange – are ideal for archive services considering a capital development project! Share with your colleagues and let us know what you think: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... © The Box

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

Run by The National Archives and @araukie.bsky.social, this event builds on last year’s Leadership for Recordkeepers Summit. A limited number of travel bursaries are available through the booking link! (2/2)

This is the first of several regional workshops exploring what others have achieved with heritage science and how you can apply to make use of the RICHeS programme’s facilities, expertise, and resources: www.eventbrite.com/cc/introduci... (2/2)

📣📡 Calling all #archives with collections of #audiovisual recordings of performance or rehearsals! We need your help! With a *very* short and friendly survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/aud... 📽️📼🎭🪩 @apac-ssn.bsky.social 🙏

On Friday, our Chief Digital and Information Officer John Sheridan presented Cllr Nadia Cenci, Suffolk County Council, and Judith Berry from Suffolk Archives with a certificate marking their retention of accredited status! Congratulations to everyone at @suffolkarchives.bsky.social!

Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, criminal justice records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Book now to avoid disappointment!

Great opportunity to be involved in something new at The National Archives, based in my department but collaborating across the organisation and the wider archive sector. Regional Loans Programme Coordinator: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

We can't wait to hear your ideas! 🤹‍♀️ Find out more about the #WomenInCircus Symposium on Wednesday 5 August 2026: tinyurl.com/WomenInCircu... @openresshef.bsky.social @unishefplayer.bsky.social @whiteroselibraries.bsky.social @whiteroseuc.bsky.social @apac-ssn.bsky.social [7/7]

Join us on 25 March for our next online lunchtime event exploring how archives can engage with difficult records through people-centred and trauma-informed practices! This month’s theme: Working with criminal justice records www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...

As far as I know, farm archives have never really been used to track queer histories before. Given they mostly record the financial ongoings on a given farm, you can understand why. However, my year of research at The MERL has proved their potential. Find out more in this blog:

Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for highlighting the Change Minds project on its website. Read all about the project and the impact it has had on the participants, thanks to the funding received over the past decade. www.heritagefund.org.uk/stories/onli...

Calling policy makers, practitioners and researchers! We’re hosting an event, with @ucl.ac.uk, to present new research from an AHRC-funded collaborative doctoral award on voluntary sector organisations and their important contributions to record-keeping: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-ar... 📆13 May

We’re pleased to announce that 17 digital projects are underway for the 2026 peer mentoring programme! Mentees are matched with an experienced digital professional and work with them over 6 months to shape and develop a digital project for their archive… www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Here’s our weekly slate of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover sustainability action planning, community engagement, manorial records, heritage science and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Book now to avoid disappointment!

Madeline Horwath on the end of the Winter Olympics – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Learn more about the discovery process behind our current exhibition, Love Letters. From structured research to serendipitous finds — three specialists and a volunteer share the thrill of uncovering heartfelt emotions centuries later: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

I think this would improve almost every conference I've been to; even when people finish their presentations on time, a bear hanging round on stage would add to the general gaiety. I'd also let him deal with anyone who turns up with a Mac they want to plug in without having brought the right cable.

📣Calling archive professionals Join us on 17 & 24 March for a two-part online introduction to manorial records: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti... No previous knowledge of manorial documents or Latin required!

Registration for History and Archives in Practice is now OPEN! We can't wait to host #HAP26 and explore intersections of archives and history! @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org More info and to register ➡️ tinyurl.com/2skavaty

We’re seeking a supplier, with significant experience of archives and public engagement work, to create a new toolkit to help archives run engagement sessions for schools about archive careers! Find out more and apply here by Wednesday 25 February: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/QW5177/

Get in touch with us by Friday if you’re interested in presenting at our fundraising webinar: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EJERFR/ All you need to apply is a brief description of an income-generating initiative your archive has successfully implemented 📈

Communities can now make submissions, detailing their traditions and heritage practices, to the Inventories of Living Heritage: livingheritage.unesco.org.uk Archives are a key safeguarding resource for documenting intangible heritage and can be cited in submissions as a key source of information!

If only everything in life was as permanent and reassuring as Clare Balding's hair.

Check out our website for all upcoming free online events with spaces still available! Our current slate covers strategic advocacy, data migration, records of traumatic histories and more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... 🎫Book now to avoid disappointment!

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

We've just had half a crab delivered to the back door by a kindly gull, how's your Friday afternoon going?

Archivists! A plea! Please think through your reference numbers. I’m been giggling like a nine year old all afternoon as I photographed the B/UM collection.

WOOOOOOOOO! That's fantastic, Alan. Congratulations!

WFH today and was distracted by a noise outside my house. Look up to see ten (TEN!) primary school-age kids, all clad in hi-vis and helmets, seemingly having a cycling proficiency lesson outside my house!

CLOSING IN 2 WEEKS 🚨 Share your experiences of Our Digital Century, The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, and help influence the future of digital capacity building in the sector: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/

HAYNES! ISSA! RUTHERFORD! Another belting two episodes of @nataliehaynes.bsky.social Stands Up for the Classics this evening. Series 12 is shaping up very nicely, thank you very much. Will be back for round 2 in a couple of weeks' time 🙂

Evening all from the BBC Radio Theatre. Here for another recording of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics

I'm going to be honest, I did not have 'Bono serenades a dalek' on my 2026 bingo card

We’ve published a new collection of case studies showcasing the value and impact of charity archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Includes contributions from practitioners and organisations working across the archive and voluntary sectors! (1/2) 📷British Red Cross Museum and Archive

We've kept this open to try to get some more data - important to be able to compare sector position back to 2019 when we pitch for funding to support skills acquisitions. If you can help, please do!

Keen to learn more? The Seed Corn Funding webinar (Tuesday 17 March) will breakdown the grant, what is seeks to fund, how to apply, and hints and tips from the programme team: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seed-corn-... There will be a Q&A at the end (2/2)

Are you a community group, museum, library, gallery or archive looking to test concepts, build partnerships, or pilot activities? Apply for a Seed Corn Grant from the ‘Spaces, Places and Belonging’ Community Hub by Friday 17 April: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)

DISCO ZEBRA!!! 🦓🦓😍