This is an absolute travesty - the Zooarchaeology Collections at Sheffield don’t now have adequate storage, let alone accessibility - this is such a poor decision by university management and disregards the funding already granted externally that should enable the collections to be looked after.

Just a few days left to take part and help shape future research on workforce emotions in the cultural heritage sector 👇

How do we fix this mess?

Lovely Ooberman Shorley Wall - very rarely played on the radio but so beautiful. I remember tracking down the EP after I first heard it on the radio about 25 (?) years ago. Thank you @bbc6music.bsky.social

And so it begins. My prediction: 1) ‘back-office efficiencies’ (aka cull of professional services and academic-related staff inc programme admin, student support, teaching/learning support / digital learning support /libraries / professional development etc) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That BBC report on asylum housing was absolutely shameful and has potential to incite even more racism. Disgusting.

Interesting programme about the absolute disaster that is HE funding.

This whole test should have been far better organised to ensure that those people who need to have secret phones, such as domestic abuse victims, have been far better informed about how to prevent the alerts. It's been primarily left to charities to raise that awareness. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

Solidarity with our new Deputy Leader @mothinali.bsky.social, who has endured horrific racist abuse. He's absolutely right that racist rhetoric from the likes of Reform have stirred up hate and made awful incidents like this more likely. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Live! Pilot study on emotions in the museum & heritage workforce. Curious to reflect on emotions in your role & work? To help test methods for a future project? See survey link below with additional info & invitation to participate @annawoodham.bsky.social qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

He was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Dmitry Shostakovich died fifty years ago today. I play an extract from his Piano Concerto No.2

New BBC telly not so guilty pleasure is Destination X. A sort of mixture of Race Across the World and Traitors.

Gosh - I can't believe it is 9 years. This is such a beautiful piece of writing about Dr Elee Kirk.

Fantastic piece! Read it if you want to think about heritage volunteering in a new way

I think my favourite. The Ha Ha Bonk Book. Coming to it now I can see how much it has influenced what makes me laugh (and how I attempt to make others laugh!) I read it so often as a child and the poor book is really falling apart some 40+ years later. ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’ is an equal contender.

In the 1890s, as loads of pine-based disinfectants were being introduced, companies were really getting to the bottom of the barrel when it came to pine-based names for their products...

This morning’s mission accomplished! #GiveBlood #SaveLives

I’m absolutely loving ‘Mix Tape’ on BBC iPlayer. Recommend wholeheartedly. Only halfway through but it’s so good. Lots of iconic Sheffield scenes and brilliant soundtrack.

Tramlines 2025. First time I’ve been to the Hillsborough Park incarnation. Highlights: John Grant on his birthday, CMAT wanting to be a cowboy, In-Here Brothers and Oktoberfest Band for providing the dancey fun, locals Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra with Tracks and Everly Pregnant Brothers.

From the deserts of Sudan to the gardens of Japan. From Milan to Yucatan, or the wilds of Borneo to the vineyards of Bordeaux. Hit me with your library card. Hit me. Hit me.

Update on our application portal Grantium: We are currently experiencing technical issues with our application portal, Grantium, which means users have not been able to access the system since the evening of 23 July. We are doing everything we can to fix this.

Big love for the Radical Tea Towel Company today. This is not your usual marketing email. Good to see people with platforms (of whatever kind) speaking out. mailchi.mp/radicalteato...

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

OMG the BBC Today programme interviewer of those school girls got Chloe Kelly’s name wrong. (He said Kelly Clark!) What an idiot. Even I know that.

Sorry if you’ve received random out of office messages from me today - my emails have gone berserk - but hopefully it’s fixed now🤞 thanks to Apple help desk.

👀 Freelance role as a Community Producer for a Children’s Capital of Culture project in Rotherham with BBC Radio Sheffield - mostly taking place in Aug/Sept - fee £6600, deadline 18 July. Details here 👇

Bayeux Tapestry to go on display in UK for 11 months from next autumn, Starmer and Macron announce - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tour of #Sheffield 's Lake District anyone? Beautiful on a day like today ☀️ From the collections at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social

The Press has done a great interview with Richard Hawley ahead of Saturday's gig in Museum Gardens. We're ever so slightly smug that Richard name checked the Yorkshire Philosophical Society! www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2528418...

‘A Single Man’ with John Grant singing at Factory International was absolutely stunning. Take tissues if you see the production when it goes to London in September. A beautiful ballet and music and an incredible set. Isherwood’s book now on my list.

Gosh…

Hello @cerysmatthews.bsky.social My next door neighbour Richard has just released his first album and I think it’s brilliant. You might particularly love the Lucid Dreaming track - John Grant and Air vibes - but you can listen to the whole album here: ditto.fm/anything-wit...

My very talented next door neighbour (Richard aka Patch Modify) has just released his first album and it’s brilliant. All the 80s electro pop vibes. Have a listen here: ditto.fm/anything-wit...

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

Who do I know/ who should I know who is interested in open-air and living museums in any national context? I'm looking for practitioners, academics, and collaborators for a new project!

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Loving Patchwork aka Pulp on the telly at Glasto Live after a day cleaning the entire house and sweating almost as much as Jarvis will be in his suit on this very hot sunny day.

Arts Pay 2025 Employees, freelance workers, artists and business owner-managers are being encouraged to contribute to Arts Pay 2025, to shine a light on pay and conditions in the cultural sector. 👉 survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90848584/... #FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

Anohni and the Johnsons following Rebecca Lucy Taylor is total cognitive dissonance on the Park Stage! That Self Esteem set was so brilliant and uplifting ❤️. Can’t wait to see her @endoftheroadfestival.com and just debating whether to get tix for her Sheffield gig too.

Off to Leeds at the crack of dawn with a load of paper plates and a massive roll of paper. It must be the #GLAMCares2025 @glamcares.bsky.social conference today! See you @leedsmuseums.bsky.social if you’re joining!

The results of no mow May or June (and now no mowing at all) - my very own Toftwood Toad ❤️

This comes from engagement work with teenage girls in a park in York. And you see all those things with two dots by them. Those make up 90%+ of what we currently provide for young people in public space. Whereas the things that girls want - they just aren't there. Let's do better.

There's still time to book for the GLAMCares conference next week - join us in Leeds on Thurs 26 June! We have a packed programme with great speakers, workshops and panels. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... The day starts with sessions on Mental Health & Wellbeing... #GLAMcares2025

By the end of 2024, there were 123.2 million displaced people globally. That is one in every 67 people on Earth. Of those, 43 million refugees, 73.5 million people displaced in their own countries. Let that sink in.

Fascinating Desert Island Discs from Prof Lucy Easthope - disaster recovery expert - but programme particularly fascinating in relation to objects recovered from trauma and how to care for these. So many museum and collecting overlaps - really worth a listen www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We're really excited about the GLAM Cares @glamcares.bsky.social conference in Leeds on 26 June and are delighted to publish the speaker details and workshop sessions on our website: glamcaresnetwork.wordpress.com/events-page/