Yes. Do it. This has gone on long enough.

We’re shaping the future of our training programme for the archive sector and we want your input! This focus group is your opportunity to share ideas and influence the topics that matter most to you and your colleagues. Register today: www.eventbrite.com/cc/focus-gro... (1/2)

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.

Gary Tuson is talking about the foundation of #changeminds #heritagefunduk the methodology, development and the nuts and bolts of the project

Join us on Wednesday 3 December (10am) for an Introduction to Major Gift Fundraising for archives! This webinar, led by fundraising consultant Kitty Hazel and 3rd Sector, will lend you practical techniques and real-world advice for engaging major donors. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

🔔 We are recruiting! Job spec, salary details & how to apply here: buff.ly/q1SSXCM ROLE: Ski Collections Cataloguer FULL TIME: 37 hpw DURATION: Fixed Term: 5 months CLOSING DATE: 25-Nov-25 @dmu.ac.uk @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social

Working in Cambridge for a few days. Took an hour out for a run by the river. And now, back to the keyboard. #UnconfinedWalks

Introducing Hiro the rescue cat who’s made himself right at home 🐈‍⬛

We’re inviting qualified archive professionals, or those with equivalent experience, to join the pool of consultants for the #ArchivesRevealed Scoping Grants funding strand! Find out more and apply here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (1/3)

Still time to register for this free online event next week! With fantastic contributions from @nlisn.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @neurodiversemuseum.bsky.social @owenbarden.bsky.social @louisebell.bsky.social @sambrady.bsky.social and many more!

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Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII? The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)

We’re thrilled to have awarded 8 new grants, each worth £1,600, with funding from the Discover! Creative Careers programme! These grants will help archives run engagement sessions with schools, sharing their collections & raising awareness of the exciting careers available across our sector! (1/3)

Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres

Check out more of what we do here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (2/2)

Huzzah! ASL have joined the Bluesky party 🎉

Tickets for our 2025 Symposium at @glyndebourne are still available! This year's theme is curation & our speakers will explore how performing arts collections & individuals approach the policy & practice of curation. More info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/apac-sympo...

Job klaxon 📢: fancy managing a busy University archives service? Now's your chance: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name

Avanti West Coast if you try to use their WiFi: #celebritytraitors

Lamb as presenter, every breakfast telling the faithfuls they’re fucking useless now put down that fucking croissant and fuck off #CelebrityTraitors

I am, and always have been, A FUCKING STUPID IDIOT

With the greatest possible respect, gents, DO NOT FUCKING FUCK THIS UP NOW

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Are we all sitting comfortably?

This doesn't happen often, but this feels like a Pint of Tea kind of a morning *mug for scale

Call for proposals for our Annual Research Showcase! We welcome presentations, quick talks & research posters that contribute to conversations around performing arts collections. For enquiries please contact: [email protected] with the subject 2025Showcase

#ArchivesWM EDIB self assessment toolkit will be embedded into the Archive Service Accreditation from Spring 2026! The National #Archives Sector are running online workshops to introduce this toolkit between Dec 2025 - Feb 2026 (all workshops cover same content so only need to book one).

Two #UnconfinedWalks today, firstly a 5k run in glorious sunshine, then a trek into Oxford for some shopping. Botley Road is currently a hellscape of road closures and traffic queues but the trees are pretty

Really, Duolingo? REALLY??

2. Culinary Witches

​Where the veil between seasons and legends is thin. Wayland's Smithy is cradled by a blazing ring of fall foliage. The very definition of a timeless landscape. 🍁 #History #Mythology

Not NOW, carnivorous deathball sponge www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Superb session presented by archivists managing the aftermath of the 2024 Valencia floods at #ICABarcelona2025 Without a doubt, one of the best sessions of the whole conference

🚨Only 2 days left to apply to participate in the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26! 🚨 Applications close on 31st Oct Held at @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social in partnership with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org

#UnconfinedWalks, Barcelona edition. Sagrada Familia is about 20 mins walk from my hotel so wandered up to take a look

Fun Fact: If Stephen is murdered or banished he will be immediately replaced by Sandi Toksvig #CelebrityTraitors

Claudia: Athene, goddess of strategy, planning and the occasional defensive war. Could anyone look at her collection of knitwear and doubt her weaving skills? They could not. Plus, in series one she had an owl. The prosecution rests. #Traitors #greekmythology

We're hosting a Change Minds conference to help explore how archives and creativity combine to support mental health. 📅 14 November 2025 ⏲️ 10:00-13:00 🎫 Free, booking essential buff.ly/cfRoaRI #changeminds #mentalhealth

Welcome to #TraitorsGreekMyth Part 1! Alan Carr: Odysseus. He could betray his closest friend without hesitation. He’s clever, plausible, entertaining and ruthless. His greatest liability? Running his mouth off and getting himself into trouble...

I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.

Call for speakers! 📣 APAC’s annual symposium is taking place at Glyndebourne, 21 Nov, 11am-3pm. We are still accepting submissions for presentations on this year's theme of curation. We will also feature current and past projects that highlight new ideas and challenges in curation 1/3

Soggy, autumnal 6k run for #UnconfinedWalks this morning. Plus spotted one of the new decorative benches that have been dotted around town - bonus fact in the alt text!

Tea: our national coping strategy.

Magnificent.

Exciting news! Our colleagues are looking to fund creative commissions inspired by papyrus fragments of two lost plays by Euripides, which were discovered by Egyptian archaeological team in 2024... are you an artist who likes to work with academic ideas? torch.ox.ac.uk/event/storie...

I am loving Ruth more and more with every second

JOB ALERT Tate is looking for Records Manager & Assistant Records Manager roles. For more information, head over to: jobsearch.tate.org.uk/jobs/job/TG1... and: jobsearch.tate.org.uk/jobs/job/TG1...