Cyanotype colour changes in the sun (plus cat assistant)

Another great Gollancz cover - love how it builds in intensity from 'Thrills!' to 'The vaults of the Bodleian!'

Wild strawberries rooted in the coal spoil The remarkably complete, fragile landscape of Chatterley Whitfield colliery and the wildlife that's reclaiming it One for @mininglandscapes.bsky.social

Ticking them off...

Our archives contain an Attenborough link but not, perhaps, one you might expect...🧵 In the wake of the 1937 bombing of Guernica, nearly 4,000 Basque children were evacuated to Britain, escaping the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The children were supported by a national network of volunteers...

Our General Strike recording studio all set for the combined voices of the MRC

Caught the bus... #PUSB

Waiting for a bus. There may be about another hour of vuvuzelas to go...

Unique #archives held at member service @mrcwarwick.bsky.social University of Warwick, help to tell the story of the largest industrial dispute in Britain's history @worsted.bsky.social #ArchivesWM

Absolutely packed Miners' Hall in Barnsley yesterday #GeneralStrike100

Done.

Out out today. Walk through the woods enhanced by car park cake van.

1733 boxes done, two more to go.

🚨 Conference booking open 🚨 Blood is the price of coal: Coal communities, health and welfare in Britain from the 19th century to the present 18 June 2026, University of Warwick Booking form and additional information about the programme available at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

New 1926 General Strike map online! Using early 20th century Ordnance Survey maps, the online resource shows strike events (through archive sources) in their contemporary landscape. Explore the map, digitised sources and more at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Back on Twitter I had a long-running thread featuring classic yellow jacket books published by Gollancz, all of which demonstrate their rather eccentric approach to cover quotes. Today I saw this one, which is a prime example. 'What better entertainment than a "long-short"?'

Stopped for a while.

Have at least managed successful sightings of rain, more rain and sausage dog this month.

Faffing-with-cyanotypes-as-a-minor-distraction attempt two

Going to work I got into the habit of nodding to this pigeon mug, left each day on a bench by the office. The spot on the bench varied, once or twice money was left on top. The mug has been missing since new year. This week it reappeared in slightly tea stained glory, a low key moment of #TinyJoys

'Tis the season

OK, English-speaking folks, I'm trying to think of a nice, short-ish poem for my adult audience. I thought of Wordsworth's Daffodils, or of Frost's Road not taken, but if you had to choose one poem for a French audience with an intermediate level, what would be your pick?

Have typically picked the time of the year with least sun to start playing around with cyanotypes at home

Here to share more about our work celebrating the craft and graft of framework knitting, plus our new programme of events, workshops and exhibitions coming up in 2026.

Feet up, cat installed, that'll do for today.

Back to 'Coal Country'... Exploring the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, with the @sslh.bsky.social

Have bought a chocolate log, some tangerines and a poinsettia and am counting that as Christmas shopping done

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, our organisation, YHP, is focused on the promotion of the scholarship of Black British History. We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.

Also if you're a fan of surprises in estate agent photies I commend this one to your attention www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Useful archival cataloguing term found

One for #HisMed #HistSTM #EnvHis #MiningHeritage and #MiningHistory

The reason why I now know (1) what filter keys are and (2) how to turn them off so that I can use the keyboard again.

Having my DIY skills assessed after reattaching the wardrobe door

Busy woman, Miss Todd.

Name of the week goes to:

#MondayMotivation from today's freshly catalogued archives

Statement of health policy, 1957. Literally the only document in the archive file with a cigarette burn.

If you can get there, thoroughly recommend a visit - an outstanding building crammed with history

In today's unexpected NUM find, a magazine featuring the launch of Mr Kipling in 1967 through "Shock Troops" "in the Van of the Cake Revolution" (or six blokes in branded suits brandishing platters of cake) ...

Got the scruffy cat cardigan out from the wardrobe for the first time in months...

Week off ✔️ Bakery ✔️ Bread pudding the size and weight of a house brick ✔️

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.

Got distracted whilst looking for early 20th century sound effects. Can we use this for a 1926 British soundscape? No. Do I want to shoehorn it in regardless? Clearly, yes. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Cryptic folk horror road sign season is here again...

Have spent part of today listening to a small but enthusiastic group of children singing 'Happy Ice Cream to Me' to the tune of 'Happy Birthday to You' and this will now be stuck in my head for the rest of the weekend, if not forever.

Tagging @mininghistory.bsky.social for this one in case not previously encountered: front page of The Miner, 1969, highlighting two members of NUM head office staff, originally from Biafra and Kenya, on conference duty in Blackpool. Cataloguing spot from earlier today.

Cat is going through a Francis Bacon phase

May have done extra takes just to stay in the cold