Becky Bowd

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88 Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

Very sad to learn of the death of Tony Harrison. I studied V for A Level, and then had the privilege of working on his archive for a short time at the University of Leeds and meeting him which was such an honour. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Oh so sorry to hear this. Rubbish.

Exactly! And meals brought to my door. Perfect.

I visited this summer for the first time. It was beautiful and extremely interesting. The recreated monks house for instance would suit me fine!

I'm glad as I wanted to attend and was sorry not to be able to.

Sadly can't make it.

Just seen Next to Normal at the beautiful Hebden Bridge picture house. What an emotional wringer of a musical. I don't know how the cast managed to perform that every night. I am wrung out after just watching it once.

Thank you. You are a star.

Thank you for taking it down then and on a Sunday.

Eek that's not good.

Woah... What on earth does that mean?!

Tonight is reconfirming my wish to go to the Last Night at some point.

Bill Bailey confirming himself as a genius.

I may be most excited about Bill Bailey performing The Typewriter though.

Last Night of the Proms it is. Have watched Part 1 and now very excited for Part 2. Bohemian Rhapsody in the Royal Albert Hall. Wow.

A photo of myself in front of a building. And a road with a zebra crossing. I am wearing a yellow high vis jacket and a blue hard hat.

Just another day in the life of an Archivist. I do love getting the hi-vis and hard-hat on at work at the moment. Any excuse!

Fund. Cataloguing. Hire. Cataloguers.

It was a seriously impressive fish!

Thanks. And well done the photographer Alex who captured the perfect action shot with me talking!

Ah that's good. I'd missed that.

Oh phew have they changed them back?

Picture shows an exhibition case in the foreground, with two people looking at the case (Princess Anne is on the left) in the background is a white pillar and tables / chairs and posters on the wall.

Yesterday I had the honour and privilege of meeting HRH Princess Anne and showing her our current #archive exhibition @heritagequay.bsky.social before she was whisked off to receive her honorary doctorate from @huddersfielduni.bsky.social.

1.6M views · 27K reactions | Everything comes full circle. Watch as Jonathan Bailey performs with the orchestra for the Jurassic World Rebirth score. See JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH in... | By Universal P... Everything comes full circle. Watch as Jonathan Bailey performs with the orchestra for the Jurassic World Rebirth score. See JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH in...

I didn't think it was possible to like Jonathan Bailey more than I already did but think this may have taken it to the next level www.facebook.com/universalpic... here's hoping he inspires some future musicians!

Tip #8
Take it easy at work in the heat - don't expect yourself to be as productive as you normally are.

Tip #7
Wear loose clothing / shorts / sandals (the exception to this is if working in the strongrooms or moving collections around you should wear closed shoes for safety)

Tip #6
Run your wrists under cool water to help cool down

Tip #5
Take regular breaks

Tip #4
Pop into the strongrooms if you need to cool down

Tip #3
Pop the fans put them on

Tip #2
Keep any blinds closed to keep it as cool as possible (and only open windows first thing when there is cooler air)