This year we chose to go somewhere smaller for our annual winter lights outing & @gilbertwhites.bsky.social did not disappoint! With the added bonus of the trail starting through the house & a focus on trying to minimise the impact of the lights on the environment with UV torches to use outside.

Seeing the Eras tour at Wembley was genuinely one of the highlights of my life and the docuseries they’ve released on Disney of it is everything I need rn (100% would recommend watching the final night show if you have Disney)

EHRI Document Blog | “Boyhood Drawings Made in Deportation” A Discovery of Long-Lost Works Raises Questions About Identity and the Narration of the Self Researcher Olga Stefan discovers that the haunting drawings of a ghetto were made by a 14-year-old boy. blog.ehri-project.eu/2025/12/17/b...

At the point where I’m just defrosting & eating random freezer bingo.

Instagram is my social media of choice but I can’t stand the last two weeks of the year. Too much “look at all I achieved this year” & “look at all my resolutions for the new year”. I just want the yeah, my year was average, no I don’t have resolutions apart from to get through the new year vibes

Register for our upcoming impact seminar on digital and community engagement. Discover innovate ways of sharing collections with new and existing audiences! 📆 Monday 2 February (1pm – 2.30pm) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impact-sem... (1/2)

The trackpad on my work laptop is on its way out. Which would be fine normally, but this time of year is not generally my finest moment, so all I want to do is throw the laptop out of the window (which I think is probably frowned upon)

Gets kicked out of a pub at 2pm for being too rowdy 😂

The most important festive reminder; the rescheduled bin dates

evergreen reminder: please do not drive in the galleries. our interpretation was not designed for vehicles and we can't guarantee them a quality vehicular experience

Don’t wait on this one, book your spot now! Going to be a great webinar

Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends in 2026! Your responses to this survey will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ ⏰31 January 2026 (1/2)

TNT Sports are having the loveliest conversation during Tea about Robin Smith with a couple players who played with him. It strikes me again why we always wait until people die to talk about how brilliant they were.

We’re delighted to announce that #AYearinArchives 2025 is now live! Have a browse and let us know which projects you enjoy reading about: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... 📷 RNLI, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, Staffordshire County Council, Gateshead Archive (1/2)

Barclays to me: reminder: we’d love your feedback! Me to Barclays: reminder: I still don’t want to give you any!

Are you a community group with a passion for heritage? Or a museum, library, gallery or archive with a bold idea for community-led research? The Spaces, Places and Belonging Community Hub is accepting applications for seed corn grants: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/community-hu... (1/2)

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 finally on Bluesky!!! Go give us a follow

Actually having a lovely little evening blasting Taylor Swift to drown out the fireworks. Making me nostalgic for the Eras tour

When people have been telling you for years that the Mary Rose sank on her maiden voyage, then you visit the museum and find out she sailed for 34 years... MaryRose.org/Visit

I’m sorry but Black Friday is 3 weeks away. You can absolutely get in the bin with your Black Friday sale emails.

The new #BitList includes messages especially crafted for commercial and industrial organisations. Ideal for helping teams understand the real-world risks of data loss. “When industrial data are lost, the consequences go far beyond inconvenience. It […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Happy Celebrity Traitors Final day to all who celebrate.

Will you be in London on Dec 3rd? Perhaps you'd like to come to UCL and hear me talk with Matthew J. Smith about my new book, and potentially even get a book from me without paying international shipping! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...

I think everyone should be made to do a fireworks-trauma-to-animals (and veterans) awareness course. Of course, some people won’t care a jot & will carry on regardless but I’m convinced seeing the panic it causes would change some people’s behaviour.

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

In case of emergency, boop the comedy whippet nose! And if you live in the UK, please consider signing this petition to limit the sale of those super-loud fireworks! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... #DogsOfBluesky #SkyDogs #whippets #sighthounds

In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌 They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law. Other governments should do the same! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Last week, EHRI Director Reto Speck gratefully accepted the official ERIC plate from the European Commission under the dome of the Copenhagen Planetarium during the RTI Summit 2025. After 15 years of hard work in projects, EHRI-ERIC is here to stay. Thanks to all our partners!

The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025 Find out more 👇 www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell... @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social

(Also #UnconfinedWalks when you live near military bases that are very on brand)

I am a very unreliable #UnconfinedWalks contributor because I tend not to have my phone out but I’m trying to remember to snap my walks because this time of year is so beautiful

Yes, I have a dog who is scared of fireworks but I don’t mind fireworks for Diwali & Guy Fawkes, I just make plans to minimise their impact on him. What I can’t abide is random effing displays on 25th October. Piss off (it’s clearly going to be a long 3 weeks) 🫠

In the dress circle for Mincemeat & at this new vantage point, I can see they have the KV ref on a box of files when they arrive in the basement to unpack. Top notch attention to detail 👌🏻

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues. 1/2 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

Big congratulations to Chunk for taking the crown as this year's #FatBearWeek winner! Today feels like as good a day as any to tell you all about a little trick that bears have to ensure pregnancy takes place during OPTIMAL FATNESS.

For the last 6 months, every day, we've added to this thread - and on Saturday, it finished. Glad not to feel the pressure of missing a day (was only late on 2 days, both due to technical issues!), but on also a bit sad to have stopped. It was such an interesting way into our project! #Railway200

I love railways. What an anniversary. I’ve been waiting for this one since I was at university writing about steam trains for my dissertation 🤩

My dog is the complete opposite of any dog I’ve ever known. Does he wag his bum when I get in? Circle around my legs? Jump up at me? Nope, nada, nein. He sniffs my face intently and then lays there, coolly looking at me, before pawing me to demand a stroke 🙃

Massively appreciate the Lionesses parade is well timed for my lunch break. Pretty emosh watching it 😭😂

Thought I was doing ok with having no more dates in the diary but might need to book to see operation mincemeat again (am not counting the tickets I have for the tour next June. That’s a totally different context obvs)

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...

Today is the final event for our digital peer mentoring programme 2025 and it is genuinely one of the highlights of my year; reflecting back and celebrating progress. The mentees are fabulous and the mentors just as fabulous.

Boosting for the #DH2025 crowd

Know anyone who is a digital humanities data whiz? Please send them this role and encourage them to apply! nationalarchives.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...

In the latest post on the Cambridge University Libraries #DigitalPreservation blog, we explore the unique challenges and considerations involved in preserving #Minecraft Cambridge. digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/archiving-a-... #Library #Archives #Videogame

I am sorry but he kills me with the cuteness. Came down for lunch to see he’d helped himself to his snuffle ball from his toy drawer 🩵

God, I love watching women’s football 💯

You know it's hot when you start envying a Tudor warship in the 1980s...

🎮The digital preservation games team is running another online games evening on the 17th July from 6-8pm. Full details and registration can be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #digipres