Now the winner has been announced, make sure you catch the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition while you can at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, #Bradford, @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social 🏛🎨 'Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win #TurnerPrize' www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I had fun today working at #Bradford Industrial Museum's Victorian Christmas Market @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social. I was in the 1875/Victorian back-to-back house letting visitors have a closer look inside. Market continues tomorrow (Sunday) 10am-4pm. 🎄🎩🏭 bradfordmuseums.org/event/bradfo...

After an eventful and stressful week, nice to have the day off work to go christmas shopping at Halifax's Piece Hall and their Christmas Market, followed by food and drink at local restaurant. Their Christmas Market is great with different food, drink and product stalls. 🛍☕️🍷🍽

In the early hours, my car was stolen. Praying its recovered or I'll be £1000s out of pocket. Angry at the sh!ts who did it but faith in humanity restored with neighbours supporting me, & kind stranger who found & returned some of my things, then later came back with a card and gift to cheer me up.

This week I read Tracy Borman's 'The King's Witch', a historical novel about the #Stuart royal court and, fittingly for this week, the Gunpowder Plot. I hadn't realised it was part of a series so I've requested the next one. Book borrowed from Bradford Libraries. 📚 👑 #SkyBook #BookSky

I know I'm biased but this is a great exhibition showcasing #Japanese objects from ukiyo-e, to arms and armoury, to #netsuke. On display until March at Cliffe Castle Museum #Keighley #Bradford @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #WoodBlockPrints www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've finished Halloween week listening to a radio version of the supernatural play 'The Grey Ones' by #Bradford playwright JB Priestley. I'd not heard of it before. It's about the belief that a group of malevolent 'grey ones' work together to manipulate the world. 🎭 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I've finished reading my Halloween week read. I decided to go with a classic and re-read Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. I can't help but feel pity for the tormented Monster and less so for arrogant Frankenstein. 🎃📚 #BookSky #SkyBook

It's been great having 'Woven Through Time' exhibition about Bradford's textile industry at #Bradford Industrial Museum @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social this year, featuring historical costume & photos by Ian Beesley. Last few weeks to see it - catch it while you can. bradfordmuseums.org/event/woven-...

This week I read 'Actually I'm A Murderer' by Terry Deary, clever and witty murder mystery set in Sunderland in the 1970s. Book borrowed from Bradford Libraries. 📚 #BookSky #SkyBook

I'm trying to research a local branch of the Old Age Pensions Association in #Bradford 1950s. Struggling to find anything. Can #history #historians #hivemind recommend any research into, or researchers of, the OAP Association? Thanks in advance. @workingclasshistory.com @sogorg.bsky.social

This fortnight I have read two historical fiction books. Michael Crummey's 'The Adversary' set in 19th century Newfoundland and 'Cordelia' by Winston Graham - this should be dramatised, it has everything from a mysterious 1st wife, unhappy marriages, secret lovers and séances. 📚 #BookSky #SkyBook

This morning I had my flu jab. Last year I wasn't quick enough & got the flu which became a prolonged severe chest infection. Resulted in 3 weeks off work on 12 tablets a day, months of fatigue & laboured breathing, & a diagnosis of asthma due to lung damage. I recommend getting 1 if you can. 💉🤧

I decided to treat myself so I booked 2 days off work & booked myself into Wood Hall Spa and Hotel, Wetherby, for an overnight solo spa break. Tied in a visit to Harewood House to see 'Austen and Turner' exhibition. So glad I did it, relaxed & refreshed but don't want to return to work. #SelfCare 💆‍♀️🧖‍♀️

Today I logged on for Collections Trust conference #CTConf2025 for panels on #museum documentation & disposals - the often unseen & undervalued core museum work. I always come away from Collections Trust sessions feeling inspired & uplifted, ready to roll up my sleeves and crack on. 🏛📝👩‍💻🧹💪 #Curator

This morning I went for walk around Low Moor and Wyke, #Bradford, which included a part of the Spen Valley Greenway. Very lucky to have some nice walking routes and green spaces in my local area. 🥾🍂

Over the last few months, and inbetween other books, I've read 'The Redemption of Althalus' by David and Leigh Eddings. I don't often read fantasy books but enjoyed dipping in and out of this longer read. #BookSky #SkyBook #FantasyBook

Review for the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, #Bradford, @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social 👇. I had a sneaky peek on Friday when onsite and I was awestruck. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

This weekend I read 'The Lost Passenger' by Frances Quinn, an endearing historical fiction novel about a woman who tries to turn a tragedy into an opportunity for a better life. Book borrowed from Bradford Libraries. #BookSky #SkyBook #BookRecommendation

At Bolling Hall Museum, #Bradford, @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social today we celebrated its 110 year anniversary of being a museum with new displays, story-telling sessions, astronomy themed talks and play, a speech reenactment and historical music. 🏰🎉

This morning I went for a hour walk around Low Moor, #Bradford, including through Raw Nook Reserve Nature. Very lucky to have this on my doorstep. 🌳🐦🥾

This week I read 'Human Remains' by Jo Callaghan, the third in the Kat and Lock detective series. Another gripping page-turner. Cannot wait for book 4. #BookSky #SkyBook #BookRecommendation #CrimeFiction

I was planning on saving it as my Halloween read but this weekend I read 'Whistle' by Linwood Barclay. I couldn't put it down - really sinister and creepy 😱. (Wouldn't recommend to train modellers though). 📚 🛤 🚂 #SkyBook #BookSky #HorrorBook #BookRecommendation

Huge fire and explosions heard in Bradford around Bierley/Rooley Lane/Euroway. Apparently a lorry fire at industrial estate. I hope everyone is OK as it looks really bad. I can see the billowing smoke from Low Moor.

Today I took the day off work to spend time with 6yr old niece & 6wk old nephew. We went to Darlington's Theatre Hullabaloo, a charity theatre for kids, where we played in a pirate themed and fairytale forest themed playrooms. Lovely way to round off the summer holidays. www.theatrehullabaloo.org.uk

I was working at Bolling Hall Museum #Bradford yesterday and today. I had my lunches outside. The museum grounds looked lovely in the sunshine, maintained by the fab volunteer gardeners. 🏰🌳☀️

This weekend, I read 'Bright I Burn' by Molly Aitken. Set in Medieval Ireland and inspired by true events, it follows the life of a woman fighting against patriarchy and for power. #SkyBook #BookSky #BookRecommendation

A colleague and I decided we needed a treat for working hard so went out for lunch to the vegan Dandelion Cafe, Shipley. I ordered the mezze and it was lovely. Well worth a visit.

This evening I read 'Saltwater Mansions: The Woman Who Disappeared and Other Untold Stories' by David Whitehouse. While the mystery of the woman who vanished initially intrigues you, it's the other stories of other people's lives that engross you to the end. 📚 #BookSky #SkyBook

Step into the Ice Age this weekend! ❄️ While you’re exploring everything the #FestivalOfArchaeology Finale has to offer, don’t miss the Ice Age Art Now exhibition at Cliffe Castle, @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social 🦣 See some of the oldest known art in the UK, with pieces dating back over 24,000 years.

Arrived onsite at Bradford Industrial Museum this week and did a double take at this. A Good Yarn art installation, 3m tall & wide ball of yarn created by residents of BD10 and rolled through their streets for @bradford2025.co.uk 🧶. bradford2025.co.uk/event/a-good...

Today I treated myself to a working lunch at the new cafe at St. George's Hall (Bradford Theatres). I didn't sit outside as weather overcast but there is outdoor seating on the new pedestrianised area. I recommend the chicken tikka sandwich, and vegan lime and coconut cake. Very nice. 🥪🍰☕️

Logged on today for an interesting @musdevnorth.bsky.social Elevenses session on AI and Museum Learning led by @shannenjjohnson.bsky.social @gem.org.uk. I've never knowingly used AI & been quite weary about how to use it but felt inspired so used Co-Pilot this afternoon for a work task.

This AM I finished reading Kate Morton's 'The Secret Keeper' - lent to me by a colleague - and this PM read 'The Cello and the Nightingales: The Life of Bratrice Harrison' ed. by Patricia Cleveland-Peck about a talented musician, & a nightingale & cello duet broadcast by the BBC in 1924. 📚 #BookSky

Borrowed from my local library, this weekend I read 'Leave No Trace' by Jo Callaghan. This detective crime thriller sequel did not disappoint. Hooked from chapter 1 with another intriguing case for the (human and AI) police detectives. Book 3 requested. #BookSky #SkyBook #BookRecommendation 📚

A great evening having a sneaky peek at the new Darley St. Market, #Bradford, ahead of its launch this weekend. The food court is great. Looking forward to heading down with family over the summer for food and events.🥙🍺🍦🍕🍣

Fantastic to join @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social's online showcase this afternoon. Participating with the project's collections strand on behalf on @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social last year was transformative for me as a curator in rethinking cataloguing & accessing collections in multi-sensory ways.

Read over two evenings as I couldn't put it down, 'In The Blink Of An Eye' by Jo Callaghan is a #CrimeFiction page turner about a senior detective, led by gut instinct and hunches, partnered up an AI 'detective' programme working from data, logic and analysis. #SkyBook #BookSky

'New Ice Age exhibit opens in City of Culture' #Bradford @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today I finished reading 'The Witches of St. Petersburg' by Imogen Edwards-Jones, a historical fiction novel set in the Imperial Romanov Court about real individuals with power, ambition and a belief in magic. 📚🔮🏰 #SkyBook #BookSky #HistoricalFiction

This evening I attended the preview of the British Museum's 'Ice Age Art Now' exhibition at Cliffe Castle Museum, #Keighley, #Bradford District. Some beautiful ancient artefacts juxtaposed with contemporary art. Open to the public from Saturday. Well worth a visit!

I've just finished reading 'Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Doctor Crippen' by Hallie Rubenhold. Captivating storytelling and a fascinating revision of the historical narrative. Book borrowed from Bradford Libraries. 📚 #BookRecommendation #SkyBook #BookSky #HistoryBook

I've had a lovely few days in Filey with family. The forecast earlier in the week was thundstorms and rain but we got glorious sunshine for al fresco meals and evening drinks, and a beach afternoon. ⛱️☀️

This evening I did a 6 mile walk down to Wyke, through High Fernley, up the pack horse trail of Old Hanna Wood and around Royds Hall Dam, #Bradford. I spotted a baby deer towards the end and spent a while deer watching. 🥾🌳🦌

Really enjoyed listening to this BBC Radio 3 episode of 'Words and Music' on #Bradford on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

(Abit biased but) Great @channel4news.bsky.social report this evening on the rare lady's slipper orchid featuring @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social's herbarium specimen. More about the orchid and @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social's specimen here: bradfordmuseums.org/the-elusive-... #botany 🌱

Back from a lovely holiday in Scarborough with my niece, sister and brother in law. Great sea-front apartment down the road from Scarborough Castle. My niece's highlight was the beach and crazy golf. Mine were watching dolphins/porpoises at sunset and visiting Anne Brontë's grave. ⛱️🐬🎡

Great to attend the preview of the Jameel Prize exhibition and 'Journeys of Mai' display at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social. Joshua Reynolds' portrait of Mai is stunning and the artwork by the Jameel Prize artists is varied and thought-provoking.

Yesterday I finished reading 'The Maid's Secret' by Nita Prose, the latest book in Prose's Maid series. This one was very charming, sentimental and heart-felt. 📚 🛎 🧹 🧼 #BookSky #SkyBook #BookRecommendation

A long shot, but can anyone help me access the 1932 volume of 'Gardeners Chronicle' publication? This decade not digitised/online. Just need to check one page. British Library Boston Spa have archive of publication but I don't have a readers pass. #academia #research #archives #horticulturehistory