I’ve set up a petition, please do sign if you feel able too: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24... @cilipcymru.bsky.social @whelfed.bsky.social #BookSky #Literacy

It's another February Monday and we're starting to see more daylight at both ends of the day now. Today #BookyMcBookface is away north on the ferry to the beautiful #Orkney island of Stronsay. 📚❤️

On this day in 1936, a Jewish girl was born in Paris. Interned in Drancy, on the 25 Mar 1943, she was deported to Sobibor extermination camp where she was murdered on the 27 Mar 1943. Her name was Anna Zipine Please support @sobibor.org

Sunshine crocus. @nationaltrust.org.uk #DyffrynGardens

Arthur, doing his thing. #Caturday

Today’s @whelfed.bsky.social Board poem was for Gwen John. From Sue Hubbard’s God’s Little Artist. #GwenJohn

📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. 📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology

A Swansea Sunset.

“Booklet: Tourist Guide to Munich which is called 'the Capital of the Movement' - i.e. the German National Socialist Workers Party” c.1936 BMSS/33211

On this day in 1944, a 29 year old Dutch Jewish woman was murdered at Auschwitz along with her husband. Growing up in a socialist family, she became an artist. Her name was Elly Wessel-Premsela Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

Library Landing. #Monochrome #Stairwell #LibraryPhotography #Swansea @uwtsdlib.bsky.social

Facing racism in the sport head on, Surya Bonaly landed the banned backflip on one foot and made history anyway ⛸️ 💥

VACANCIES: We’re excited to open applications for three roles at Sophia Gardens 🏟️ 🏏 Chef 🏏 Back of House Supervisor 🏏 Assistant Food and Beverage Operations Manager For job descriptions and to apply ➡️ bit.ly/4rDK6eQ #OhGlammyGlammy

Early Crocuses. #Crocus #DyffrynGardens

Happy National Snowdrop Day to all who celebrate. @nationaltrust.org.uk #DyffrynGardens #Snowdrops

We are all Arthur. #Caturday

Dad died this week in 2007, oh how I could do with his company and care currently.

Booked for March, and am so excited.

#OnThisDay, 6 Feb 1918, the Representation of the People Act receives royal assent, allowing some women in the UK the right to vote in general elections. #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #BritishHistory 🗃️ 1/2

We’re catching up with the Great British Pottery Throwdown. #CatsOfBlueSky

The Calico Dress Cymru is back in Swansea.

W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.! The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Employees of a system built on exploitation did not expect to be included in the exploitation. #leopardsatemyface #Politics #News

Books Not Bombs! #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #sanfrancisco #northbeachsf #beatnik #street #nikon

Collections Officer (History) National Museum of Wales Salary: £28,895.78 - £35,598.34 Closing Date: February 9, 2026 Location: Cardiff www.bajr.org/job-ad/colle...

"The first time that the housewife has been considered as a person contributing to the community" In 1943 the YWCA assessed how the proposals of the Beveridge Report would affect women - in paid and unpaid work. More sources on Beveridge & the British welfare state at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

FEBRUARY ZOOM LECTURE ‘Y merched oedd yn rhan o ddechreuad Plaid Cymru, 1924–6’ [‘The women who were part of the beginning of Plaid Cymru 1924-26’] to be held on Wednesday 18 February, 4pm, in Welsh with simultaneous translation, details and booking on our website: www.womensarchivewales.org/en/

Monday. #CemeteryPhotography

A rather fine moon this evening. #Imbolc #FullMoon #MoonPhotography

A rather lovely spot for Sarah and John to spend eternity together. #CemeteryPhotography

Crocuses | Croci. #SignsofSpring

More snowdrops.

The Menai Bridge opened on 30 January 1826. It was the largest suspension bridge so far built; its engineer Thomas Telford considered it his greatest single engineering feat. The bridge is 416 metres long, measuring 176 metres between the two main pillars. Illustration by Henry Gastineau (1830-34).

Goals.

Made a friend. #Robin #BirdPhotography

This seems normal. eurojewcong.org/news/communi...

Found snowdrops. #AberglasneyGardens

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. To commemorate, we’re sharing a small selection of survivors’ stories from our collection – voices preserved in memory and testimony. Read here: link.bl.uk/hij

Jessie Mann (1805-1867), acknowledged as Scotland's first female photographer, is one of our #Perth Women on #Wikipedia. As assistant to David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, she processed and printed photographs and is credited with taking at least one portrait en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_...

Remembering June Sinclair. #HolocaustMemorialDay #HMD #ChannelIslands #Jersey #JerseyHeritage

Today’s Little Egret. #BirdPhotography

Another weather warning weekend. #Caturday

#OTD in 1911, Marie Curie was proposed for membership in the French Academy of Sciences--and promptly voted down. 11 months later she won her second Nobel Prize (Chemistry). 51 years later, Marguerite Perey (a student of Curie), became the first woman member of the Academy. #WomenInSTEM

Sleeping Swans. 📍Loughor Estuary.

Over 150 works of fiction were held in the students' library at St David's College in 1889. These included lots of Dickens, Wilkie Collins and of course Trollope's tales of Barchester life. More surprising in an all male college, were Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Jane Eyre.

(1/2) Big Garden Birdwatch (23rd - 25th January 2026) is the world's largest garden wildlife survey which, every year, helps the RSPB to build a picture of how garden birds are faring in the UK. #rspb #biggardenbirdwatch #GwylioAdarYrArdd #uwtsdlib #pcyddsllyf @uwtsd.bsky.social

I’ve set up a petition, please do sign if you feel able too: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24... @cilipcymru.bsky.social @whelfed.bsky.social #BookSky #Literacy

📣 Call for Papers! Join us for the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library. Open to scholars, independent researchers & heritage practitioners. Full info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... Deadline: 29 March 2026 #WomensHistory #GenderHist