And the UK Web Archive is still unavailable, webarchive.org.uk -nothing to see here (literally).

I was just thinking the other day that it is mad that if this continues then the book I'm writing, about London 1560-1630, will contain basically no British Library manuscript material. Would have been unthinkable to me but there hasn't been a manuscript catalogue for two years now!

It's that magical time of the year again! Our winter lights are officially on in the Cloisters ✨

Lots of happy Scottish people and friends of Scotland today ❤️

Too soon?! m.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68... @delamitri.bsky.social

Great to see on waking up that it is still true and was not just a dream!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Bruce played his first show overseas on this day 50 years ago, in London. The music he and the E Street Band performed — later released as "Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75" — struck different notes: bold, confident and unmistakably ready for the world, prepared by years of rough gigs.

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

Here’s the Second Avenue Theater, later the Anderson, and for about a week the CBGBs Theater. It was the first place “Because the Night” was ever performed live, Bruce Springsteen joining the Patti Smith Group onstage, before the NYFD showed up & shut things down

#90sTop30 Day 15 Garbage I'm Only Happy When It Rains youtu.be/GpBFOJ3R0M4?...

Thunder Road(Live) -Bruce Springsteen tidal.com/browse/track...

"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975 “It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

Liverpool. June 4, 2025. 📸: Rob DeMartin

This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...

Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently. This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.

One of my earliest moments of radicalization was in 2005 when Larry Summers said that women biologically have less aptitude for science than men. Following that, scores of equally unimpressive people wrote pieces trying to explain or justify his remarks, when they should have called for his removal.

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this: u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.

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The first album that I ever bought was 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 - Neil Young🍁 I wish Neil all the best on His 80th birthday ~Nov. 12th Neil Young is a Canadian🇨🇦 musical icon that I started listening to as a teenager. I still listen to him today. So many great songs! #CanadianMusicIcon🍁 #NeilYoung🇨🇦

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I spent last week reading and re reading and diving deep into the worlds Patti Smith recreated for her new memoir, Breqd of Angels: www.salon.com/2025/11/11/p...

No one has asked for this cut. Not librarians, not Alderpeople, not the library’s union, and certainly not the residents who rely on Chicago’s 81 branches every day. buff.ly/mjWTT4g

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National Gallery of Scotland from Waverley Bridge tonight, lit up in red for Remembrance Day.

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9. november 1989. En ny verden fuld af håb.❤️❤️ "Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away In the wind of change."

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

The first mention of the term "electric Nebraska" that I could find was in Backstreets #11, Fall 1984. In an interview Charles Cross did with Max Weinberg, this discussion took place: buff.ly/8wlaX2U #springsteen

Anyone want to go see Johnny Marr in Hamburg next week…? #Hamburg #JohnnyMarr secure.ticketmaster.de/rs/157479852...

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

Talking Heads’ David Byrne.

Released on this day in 1985: The Whole Of The Moon #TheWaterboys youtu.be/sBW8Vnp8BzU?si…

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

#80sTop30 Day 11 The Lotus Eaters The First Picture Of You Selected at random from 100 of my favourite 80s songs by 100 different artists. open.spotify.com/track/4cseDu...

This one is hard. Loved her work and her style and the fact that she was a gorgeous, intelligent, older woman who did not GAF. Travel on well Diane Keaton.

Passed away on this day in 1967: Woody Guthrie. 📸unknown youtu.be/wxiMrvDbq3s?si…

More #Burningthebooks as the arbitrary use of power being exercisd againt the Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Discover a new library to add to your bucket list.

Beautiful Edwyn Collins gig in Glasgow: so much love in the Theatre Royal for a true legend.

Happy birthday to The Boss! @brucespringsteen.net

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Released on this day in 1978: Parallel Lines #Blondie youtu.be/QbdCpi4qTNY?si…

Released on this day in 1977: Heroes (single) #DavidBowie youtu.be/lXgkuM2NhYI?si…

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

A wee feel-good Friday throwback to this time last year, when The Bluebells were joined by The Every Voice Community Choir for a rendition of "Young At Heart" at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery 😍 📽️ Robert Perry #glasgow

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"