🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open! Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'. Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY

Ever wondered what goes on in our conservation studios? This month's blog by Assistant Conservator Andie Griffin gives details of her current project on the Schonfeld Papers

We've got slightly terrifying (I mean brilliant but also...) numbers of bookings for the Accreditation review launch webinar on 6 October, but there is still space if you are minded to join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

Out. For the second night running. Oof.

Evening all

I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series. Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...

Muntjac deer strolling past the archive window just now. Never got this on the Euston Road...

Join us at our annual conference 'Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk'. Tuesday, November 4 10am – 4:30pm GMT at The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street London EC1M 6EL. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguardi...

Thank you for all the suggestions for attracting more hot men to the National Trust. My favourite so far was getting Hot Priest to come and hide out in some of our priest holes. If anyone knows Andrew Scott please can you raise the idea with him - just casually.

Job klaxon!

The National HIV Story Trust has an exciting opportunity for someone to join the HIVstory project based at #TheLondonArchives on a paid archives placement. Full details on the role and how to apply are below 👇 #NHST #HIVstory #Archives www.nhst.org.uk/archive-plac...

It's ten past five on a Friday afternoon and I'm already fairly sure that I'm going to need to source a spare day to inflate somewhere in the middle of next week. Any suggestions where I can get my hands on one?

a little reminder in case you missed it: we're hiring for a creator to come and lead on our TikTok and Instagram!

A final bump for this. Closing date is Sunday, 31 August

JOB ALERT 🚨 @southbankcentre are looking for a Project Access Archivist for a 7.5-month fixed-term role (4 days per week). Details & how to apply can be found here: careers.southbankcentre.co.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Are you a web archive user, or would you like to know how to / more about using web archives? Book now for a half-day workshop this October to learn more about the UK Government Web Archive and shape our future offering for researchers: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

We're hiring! Are you an enthusiastic and talented social media creator who loves museums? Join our team as Digital Content Producer (Video) and lead on TikTok and reels at The MERL and Reading Museum! Applications are open until 8 September. Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Not a bad afternoon's work

In Much Mardle, Herefordshire, there is a toumb effigy whose feet rest on a hedgehog who would gladly have your face off. www.greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/much_ma...

Morning!

Delulu, skibidi and snackable are just some of the new words to enter the Cambridge Dictionary in 2025! 😎SKIBIDI has different meanings such as cool or bad, or can be used with no real meaning as a joke. Image from Le Roman de la Rose (MS Gg.4.6),c. 1330-1340.

Oh lads, guess what? There's an *exciting* new way to hate travelling on CrossCountry trains. Now, if you travel on a split ticket* , they reserve you seats in ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COACHES for the different legs of the journey 😭. IHateItIHateItIHateIt

Fantastic to see the new bumper crop of #ArchivesRevealed grants announced: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev.... I've no contact with the grant process these days, but was aware of some of these archives seeking strategic project funding, part of development plans over time. Brilliant news!

Job klaxon!

The National Archives is looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. Pros: you'll get to work in the same department as me. Cons: you'll have to work in the same department as me. Details via the link. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.

I have questions about archive distance courses and/or part time UCL MA course. If anyone are happy to talk to me as employer/student/mentor of such undertakings (or can point me in the direction of friendly people) please let me know. I am on a fact finding mission.

Hoping someon can easily answer a niche Archives question: Can AToM handle day to day movement control through its physical storage module or is this just for permanent locations? Ie if an item is issued to a reader? I’m struggling to see that it can do this.

There’s a webinar coming up to launch Spaces, Places & Belonging! Learn about the new AHRC funded Community Hub, which will support inclusive, community led research across the UK GLAM and heritage sectors. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spaces-pla...

We are excited to advertise three new roles as part of the Hall Marks project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The roles are project manager, project officer and project assistant. More details here careers.norfolk.gov.uk#en/sites/CX_... #hallmarks #norfolkcountryhouses #archivejobs

Excellent morning #UnconfinedWalks along the Thames with @jessamycarlson.bsky.social. We are in full-on Morse central

The Perks of Housesitting: A Story in Three Parts

Uffington Castle and White Horse, with views across to Martinsell Hill and the Pewsey Downs.

thank you to our librarians and archivists for doing the lord's work today: retrieving books with funny names so we can share them with the Internet

At Newbury Library this evening to hear from the magnificent Mr @benaaronovitch.bsky.social

Have you seen the Resources page on our website? It includes practical advice for collections on everything from digital preservation to finding similar collections to documenting & storing prompt books. Check it out now ⬇️⬇️⬇️ performingartscollections.org.uk/resources/

Archives apprentice job in Cambridge, UK: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... #archives #jobs

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

My cartoon for this weekend’s @theguardian.com books.

Come and work with me! The National Archives are looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. More details available via the link. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

#DCDC25 @UkNatArchives CEO and Keeper Saul Nassé giving the DCDC community a peak at what's in store for TNA and our work over the next few years

Excellent start to the last day of #DCDC25 A powerful keynote from Prof Katy Shaw, Director of AHRC Creative Communities. Amazing work around co creation, cultural policy and meaningful community participation

It has been great to have the opportunity to share the story of @britrecs.bsky.social with colleagues from the GLAM sector over the past couple of days. Looking forward to Day 3 of #dcdc25 - and a gentle snooze on the train home later! #archives #trustee

#DVDC25 very different feel to Tom Cramer's keynote as we wrap up day 2. Really interesting delve into IIIF and open data

Hovis Ghost Signs: Interactive Map - Where to go and how to get there: www.hovis.co.uk/ghostsign-in... #ghostsigns #hovis #advertising

#DCDC25 incredibly moving keynote this morning from National HIV Story Trust

Our Chair Matti Watton and Vice Chair Victoria Northwood are looking forward to meeting sector colleagues at History Day North in Durham next week - do come and say hello! www.history.ac.uk/library-digi... @ihr.bsky.social

#History #SkyStorians @lselibrary.bsky.social are launching a Library Fellowships scheme to work with their archives and special collections, includes funding for travel/accommodation/subsistence up to £5k. 3 themed fellowships available. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

EHRI-UK | 2 days left to apply for an @ehri-uk.bsky.social #fellowship! Supporting UK based Holocaust scholars, archivists... Hosting institutions @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy and Imperial War Museum. www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-uk-nati...

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire parish registers are now available on Ancestry. Over four million entries! www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/recent-co... #genealogy #familyhistory #cambridgeshirearchives #huntingdonshirearchives #chfhs #cambs #hunts #parishregisters