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these have all been very fun, and this Late is also free!
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we're back!
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this will be so good! join us to produce and facilitate creative responses to the Modernist Archives Publishing Project and holdings linked to the Bloomsbury Group <3
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a treat to chat again with
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! there are also some good outtakes from this episode where
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
and I spent 10 min eating fruit, which I'm sure we can use some day
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The Museum of English Rural Life
17 days ago
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The Museum of English Rural Life
20 days ago
Would you like some whimsy? We're sharing introductions to each of the rats in our Rat Trail by artist/maker Fong Scott. Watch now on our YouTube playlist!
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hello! I have been very offline for a while because of various bits of holiday. what the heck happened to
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i believe in aliens but more importantly i hope they believe in themselves
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
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How does an eel think about its life? What are the steps? And when should it start to eat its own bones? This map tells you! “But SEH,” you say. “I don’t want to come here every time I need to see this!” Good news, friends! You can buy it here as a poster and put it on your wall!
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had an amazing time yesterday at the Museum Association's Digital Tech day. really nice meeting and chatting to so many folks from across the sector <3
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they said it couldn't be done. but they forgot one thing: The Museum of English Rural Life
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happy birthday to our podcast xxxxx
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The Museum of English Rural Life
2 months ago
MERL rn
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The Museum of English Rural Life
2 months ago
Absolute Units returns! For our latest episode, we welcome
@avlawson.bsky.social
, the author, environmentalist, and activist. We chat about Adrian's career, his time with Extinction Rebellion, and his role in turning an abandoned meadow into a flourishing marsh.
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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
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this has been one of the most glorious projects I've ever worked on
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The Museum of English Rural Life
3 months ago
Hello, we have something extraordinary to share with you.
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Timothy Snyder
3 months ago
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
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The Museum of English Rural Life
3 months ago
Women curators, designers, and collectors have played a huge part throughout our history at The Museum of English Rural Life. For
#InternationalWomensDay
2026, read about the stories of three women from our earlier years in our new blogpost.
merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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International Women's Day 2026: Hidden histories
Discover the stories of three women curators, collectors, and designers at The Museum of English Rural Life in the 20th century.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-views/international-womens-day-2026/
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)
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'...exposed UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard to the spiritual sensibilities of its people, continue to be retained to this day in circumstances that beggar belief”.'
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Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts
Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/vast-scale-of-overseas-human-remains-held-in-uk-museums-decried-by-mps-and-experts
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Nicola Chester
3 months ago
Saving for later … Part 1 was brilliant. All the good good spirited things we can do to tell different stories of the rural (the rural that’s there for all) create magic, move, engage & change things. Bravo
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
@joevaughan.net
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
Ruth Webb & Crockern!
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The Museum of English Rural Life
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this is not news. we have been a fully sentient posting museum since at least 2016
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The Museum of English Rural Life
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We've now made six podcasts featuring artists, writers, and makers who feature in our current Radical Rural galleries trail. Hear from
@maninthewoods.co.uk
,
@katrinanavickas.bsky.social
,
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
, and Ruth Webb on our website!
merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/rad...
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Radical Rural
Discover the artists, activists and movements championing rural England's people and places today.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/radical-rural-gallery-trail/#stories
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loved working on these episodes. huge thanks to
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
,
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
, Ruth, and Crockern!
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“Our models generally [don't encourage real world violence] but unfortunately they’re not perfect.” this isn't "not perfect"; it's "very, very bad"
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Google faces lawsuit after Gemini chatbot instructed man to kill himself
Lawsuit is first wrongful death case brought against Google over flagship AI product after death of Jonathan Gavalas
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/04/gemini-chatbot-google-jonathan-gavalas?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Museum of English Rural Life
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Absolute Units returns tomorrow! We're back with Ruth Webb and
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
, picking up where we left off last time and continuing the story of Old Crockern and the fight for wild camping on Dartmoor. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
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have you been looking for a reason to come to
@themerl.bsky.social
? here is a very good one
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3 months ago
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The Museum of English Rural Life
3 months ago
Tickets are now available for our next LATE! Join us after hours on the night of 25 March for drinks, activities, and talks. ÂŁ5 per person; ÂŁ3 concessions for
@uniofreading.bsky.social
staff/students.
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The Museum of English Rural Life
3 months ago
A common fictional narrative shows people with nonconforming identities finding self-acceptance in towns and cities. This
#LGBTQHistoryMonth
, archivist Lottie Wood explores how author E. M. Barraud found the opposite, through rural work and the Women’s Land Army.
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"I am the farm worker going home at evening": gender fluidity, rural landscapes, and the Women's Land Army
Archivist Lottie Wood explores gender and landscapes in E. M. Barraud's reflections on her time in the Women's Land Army.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-views/gender-fluidity-rural-landscapes-womens-land-army/
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The Museum of English Rural Life
3 months ago
News: we're thrilled to have received ÂŁ80,000 of funding from the BFI to help us digitise a remarkable archive of agricultural films and make them available to the public! Read more on the
@uniofreading.bsky.social
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Historic farming films to be digitised for wider access - University of Reading
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/University-News/Historic-farming-films-to-be-digitised-for-wider-access
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Ollie Douglas
3 months ago
Latest episode, expertly edited by my awesome co-host
@joevaughan.net
. Great chats with the fascinating
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
and Ruth Webb!
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Nicola Chester
3 months ago
This was a brilliant & galvanising listen: the power of giants & storytelling, the stars ARE ours, & so much more - so many things connected & woven together! A joyful listen
@joevaughan.net
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
Ruth Webb &
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
#RadicalRural
@themerl.bsky.social
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this was a real joy to record and work on. huge thanks to Ruth Webb and
@lisaschneidau.bsky.social
for bringing Old Crockern to
@themerl.bsky.social
<3
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Performed at 3 comedy shows this week! I am picking up the pace, as they say
4 months ago
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John Oxley
4 months ago
He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.
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The Museum of English Rural Life
4 months ago
We're also marking the launch of Radical Rural, a gallery trail championing many more voices who champion and care for rural England today. From summoning the folk spirits of England's woods and tors, to meticulously mapping the data of who really owns England.
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Radical Rural gallery trail
Discover the artists, activists and movements championing rural England's people and places today.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/radical-rural-gallery-trail/
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The Museum of English Rural Life
4 months ago
here's how one of our trail displays arrived
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The Museum of English Rural Life
4 months ago
New exhibition! Tomorrow, we open Voices of the Countryside, a celebration of 100 years of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
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Voices of the Countryside
Explore an exhibition celebrating 100 years of CPRE, whose vital work protects and maintains rural English spaces.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/news-and-views/voices-of-the-countryside/
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thicc husband and father
4 months ago
please consult the chart
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The Museum of English Rural Life
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Absolute Units returns! Join
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
and
@joevaughan.net
as we continue reflecting on 75 years of The MERL. We discuss: - Colonial agriculture - Scandinavian folk museums - The
@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social
- Sauron - Cow bells And MUCH more.
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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
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BM using AI photos seems extremely out of touch with popular and sector sentiments around AI. very strange stuff
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4 months ago
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I did an interview about tone of voice at
@themerl.bsky.social
! We talked about: - The MERL pre- and post- absolute unit (the
@adamkoszary.bsky.social
era) - How I got to work in museums - Why you should be nice to your comms staff
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Comms Care #5
Tone
https://open.substack.com/pub/stratcommsurgery/p/comms-care-5?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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new job role just dropped
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4 months ago
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i have launched a further iteration of the textbox update and also explained more on my instagram
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4 months ago
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Happy New Episode of the Work Podcast Day to all who celebrate x
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The Museum of English Rural Life
4 months ago
Ah we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
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Tom Cox
4 months ago
Resharing some threads below. Apologies if it's boring for those who've seen them. When people enjoy the captions and pics I've posted in these and share them, more people read my books and it helps me repair things in the aftermath of a publishing disaster. 1. Sheep.
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Laura Grace Weldon
5 months ago
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep.
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Tom Cox
4 months ago
Massively looking forward to my upcoming Ted Talk. This will involve me talking to anyone who will listen about my late granddad, Ted, the council house in Nottingham where lived, the allotment where he grew his vegetables, and his long-running day job in a factory where women's underwear was made.
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launched a new and improved version of my website today
joevaughan.net
. this technically superior iteration is known as the Textbox Update
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Joe Vaughan
Joe Vaughan is a content creator, marketer, and museum person. He leads marketing at Museum of English Rural Life.
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