WHAT. THE. FUCK. #TheAshes

‘England win by 4 wickets’: strong late entry for most surprising phone notification of the year.

It's a Christmas miracle! #theashes #engvaus

My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.

I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary. www.icrc.org/en/article/i...

Come on Karen you got this! #strictly

Spot the difference: One of our archivists wearing this awful Christmas jumper, and the Grenville Armorial showing the 719 quarterings of the family.

He rambled....

slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums

Happy 250th birthday, Jane Austen! Why not celebrate by reading my hot-off-the-press lil piece which sheds new light on the composition process for JA's greatest novel (no questions, sit yo ass down) PERSUASION. It involved archival sleuthing, so was cracking fun to write. jasna.org/publications...

📢 ARA SAT is recruiting! We’re looking for a Research Representative to join our committee in 2026. If you can bring insights from an academic/research perspective and help shape our programme of work, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 Full details: www.archives.org.uk/officer-vaca...

4 days to go until Dead Funny History Arrives for family listening giggles! And then You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11 in the New Year

Applications are open for our Resilience Grants funding programme! Our Resilience Grants, worth up to £20,000, support archives to respond to change and develop sustainable solutions to any challenges they face. Apply by Wednesday 21 January 2026: nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Relatable Corvid

Well at least it's going to last longer than 3 days this time, silver lining i guess?! #theashes #engvaus #cricket

New Vacancy! SCA is seeking an experienced consultant to lead the development of an Accessible Records Management Online Toolkit. For the full brief and application details head to our website: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/new-v...

Day 1 of #yayadvent a box of panettone - I may have had some for lunch today 😋

#YayAdvent London swap complete, mulled wine consumed, feelings of festivity commencing shortly! @daneanne.bsky.social @historyhelen123.bsky.social @morwanneg.bsky.social @superteadrinker.bsky.social

You gotta love test cricket 😂 I don't think I've ever seen a two day match before! #theashes 🙃

This is a bit bonkers #theashes

New blogpost! Read about my visit to the Gladstone Rock and research into the Gladstone women who climbed Snowdon (Yr Wydffa) at the brilliant @gladlib.bsky.social www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/the-gla...

That's quite a headline! #theashes

England cricket fans at 6am England cricket fans at 9.45am

Well that was quite a lot on the first day wasn't it?! #theashes #cricket 😂

This is a rollercoaster. I am exhausted.

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

It was great to be at the Houses of Parliament yesterday for the APPG Archives and History Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's awards went to historian Lucy Worsley and archivist Geoff Pick - read more about it (and them) here www.archives.org.uk/news/histori...

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)

In memoriam...

"Isn't it all digitised?"

The deadline is approaching to apply for a free place to our 2025 conference ‘Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk’ More info and how to apply 👇 www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/category/news/

Autumn beginning to pop

On Wednesday 15 October, Tracy Borman (@tracyborman.bsky.social) is giving an in-person talk at The National Archives, talking about her excellent new book The Stolen Crown [1/3]. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

Oh and for those who saw me sewing this last week - it's now finished! #ConfinedCocktails

#DigiPres the Digital Archiving Department at The National Archives (UK) is currently looking for a Digtial Archivist (Transfer) www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi... and 2 Data Engineers www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi.... ce.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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...

FOLKS! We are SO VERY NEAR to securing the peerless archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson for the nation, forever. That's Hancock, Steptoe and Son plus so so much more. Its all their scripts, professional correspodence, plus diaries, working notes - the lot yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

Just read a reference to working in archives as the 'second oldest' profession. am imagining the world where there are only two jobs on offer: sex worker or archivist

#yayadvent and #yayswap signups are now live. Though I'm around, this account is not actively monitored so please get in touch via the contact form on the website if necessary. yayadvent.weebly.com

@araconference.bsky.social beginning of day 3!

The inspiration from day one of #ARA2025 is this slide and the idea that an empty shelf in an archive is a silent history. We were urged to be change-makers, to go out and find the missing records to give those silent histories a voice.

Gorgeous Jill MacDonald illustration from The Puffin Book of Magic

Lovely walk round Winkworth Arboretum today, not too hot & some leaves are already beginning to turn

Fund. Cataloguing. Hire. Cataloguers.

Looking for Sanskrit palaeography advice! I did a year of Sanskrit back at uni and we learned to read devanagari, but not any of the other historical scripts it appears in in manuscripts - is there a good intro to these and Sanskrit palaeography in general?

I have questions about archive distance courses and/or part time UCL MA course. If anyone are happy to talk to me as employer/student/mentor of such undertakings (or can point me in the direction of friendly people) please let me know. I am on a fact finding mission.

It's Behind the Scenes Day at the Red House today: we're showing people a selection of items from the Archive (musical scores, photos, scrapbooks, records, financial documents) all to do with holidays and travel, then taking people beyond the velvet rope into the archive stores....

We're currently recruiting an Apprentice Archivist in my brigade at IWM. It's a great role that will work across our Documents collection, a treasure trove of stories and secrets. If you're interested in forging a career as an archivist, this could be for you: share.google/3s2r85OOjAdb...

Let’s play a game of “spot the woman”. Press box equivalent of where’s wally

Please, please always include the salary!