Becky Bowd

I now have not 1 but 2 comfy reading chairs and a sofa to choose from when snuggling under my blanket, courtesy of a spare rocking chair from my sister. The existing chair and sofa were courtesy of Emmaus Leeds a fab charity who work with ex-homeless & I highly recommend for 2nd hand furniture. 2/2

Back to my flat in Leeds after a wonderfully refreshing Christmas and New Year break in Cambridgeshire. Well apart from yet another awful cold. My flat is now a balmy 15.4°c so I'm huddled under a blanket. Still warmer than the 11°c it was after 1.5 weeks without heating. And more importantly 1/2

Ooh I do like a subscription library bookplate. This is a rather detailed one too.

I need to pay better attention!

It really is!

Ooh yes I would be.

Ah true. Apologies!!

Oh of course. Absolute nightmare!the image, the type, the handwriting!have lots of those with the Bamforth postcard collection too.

You work in publishing history and don't know about crown copyright?! Oof!!!

You were along the right lines. I mean that's assuming there were contracts in place and it does get complicated as that isn't always clear and it could be with the institution or the creator, or the crown... Otherwise could be an orphan work if don't know but that wouldn't be the case for an OS map

I think the overall takeaway from these conversations is copyright is complicated. For this reason I am very much looking forward to the next edition of the archive bible, aka Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers by Tim Padfield.

Ooh interesting. Music copyright is so complicated too. With the typographical arrangement at 25 years, and then often multiple copyrights if e.g. lyricists, multiple composers or arrangers, was it published before X date etc. We have many modern music collections @heritagequay.bsky.social

It will be until 70 years after death of the creator. Even if they worked for an institution and the copyright is with the institution rather than the individual it still goes on the dates of the creator if known. Why copyright is such a minefield! Sound recordings are also incredibly difficult.

And fascinating and dramatic accounts. Shows the importance of newspapers for recording evidence. You've done a fantastic job with the site though. Was like I wonder who these people were and the link to the biographies you've created is a historian/researcher's dream!

I love a copyright session (you can tell I'm an Archivist and ex-library/book historian right!?!). I'm thinking this is a good example to use with students when we cover basic copyright principles with them.

Success today!

That is a very good point to make and one that can easily be forgotten in the difference between American and UK copyright law.

*even grotesques. Oops!

Grey stone face protuding from a plain grey stone background.

Grey stone face with large nose protuding from a grey stone background.

Close up of a grey stone face protuding from a grey stone background.

Grey stone smiling face protuding from a grey stone background.

Not forgetting some rather wonderful and slightly scary gargoyles.

Blue, red and black decorative stain glass window on a plain background.

Rectangular stain glass window, man in white with yellow and black glass.

And some more. My fave is the peasant as apparently incredibly rare for a lay person to be depicted and used to be in a window in the Lady Chapel @elycathedral.bsky.social

Still don't have DMs on here! Will search it without using the link and find it!

Coloured stain glass window, blue, yellow, red, green. 5 parts. depicting mills, buildings, and a church. On a white background.

Blue stained glass rectangle with orange coloured fish. On a plain background.

Rectangular stain glass window. Black lead stain glass ship with a blue ocean.

Black and yellow stained glass window with images of people and cows. Museum label to right of window.

Ended 2025 the right way after a year that has been a lot in my personal and professional life. Finally visited the wonderful @stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social in Ely. Absolutely fantastic and can highly recommend.

Can't access that link sadly.

Yes I have been getting annoyed with the AI too. Still need to watch the second two.

The Sea City in Southampton does the recreation using the archival evidence brilliantly it's worth saying, is incredibly well thought out and well worth visiting. But nice to see a TV version reliant on the archives too.

Docu-drama Titanic Sinks Tonight creatives on recreating the survivors' stories - The series features extensive research and real life testimony from the survivors of the Titanic, recreated by a cast of actors

I'm very intrigued to watch this tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... Archives used for their purpose of providing evidence of the survivors experience of the sinking and told in their own words.

I bet they will be. My ears pricked up at the word archives, then Uni of York and I got very excited in the car while my Mum was rather bemused!

3pm news! I was like ooh I must message Gary!

Just heard this mentioned on @bbcradio2.bsky.social news! Bonus!