Fantastic!
08.10.2025 10:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks Mary
08.10.2025 05:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
07.10.2025 10:19 β π 233 π 104 π¬ 2 π 12
Which book? Im intrigued Peigi!
05.10.2025 19:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Well spotted Jeff!
05.10.2025 17:36 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0
Guilty as charged
05.10.2025 14:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Terrific!
05.10.2025 08:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need...
The spirit of public improvement that led to the legislation that created free public libraries 175 years go needs to be rekindled
Ahead of a formal celebration of the 1850 Public Libraries Act in Manchester next week, I have a piece in @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend celebrating that forward-looking legislation (and a call to action). observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
02.10.2025 13:56 β π 29 π 8 π¬ 1 π 4
Thanks!
01.10.2025 19:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is going to be amazing!
01.10.2025 07:02 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
This is so great!!
30.09.2025 21:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
See my piece on Tom's house in the August issue of World of Interiors (with many stunning photos by Annie Schlechter)
30.09.2025 07:03 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England
Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech
This is a very welcome development indeed IF the recurrent costs of funding school librarians is fully budgeted. βA pile of books is no more a library than a crowd of soldiers is an armyβ to quote Gabriel NaudΓ© who figured this out β¦ 400 years agoβ¦ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
29.09.2025 06:42 β π 77 π 28 π¬ 1 π 2
Thanks Rachael!
27.09.2025 13:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Youll have to come next time Martha!
27.09.2025 12:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you Eduardo!
24.09.2025 22:18 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks Masud!
16.09.2025 20:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Evaristoβs new prize for older female writers closes book...
The award for women writers over 60 will help redress disparities in grants
What a fine gesture from the President of @rsliterature.bsky.social to fund an important new Prize from her own prize money. Bravo Bernie! observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
14.09.2025 17:05 β π 35 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
Very interesting conference Leif!
11.09.2025 06:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ian McEwan in conversation with Richard Ovenden
Award-winning author Ian McEwan discusses his new novel with Richard Ovenden
Last few tickets remaining for Blackwells' Ian McEwan event with @richove.bsky.social at the beautiful Sheldonian Theatre this Saturday. All ticket purchases include a copy of McEwan's new book, 'What We Can Know'.
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...
10.09.2025 16:28 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you Andrew! Wish I could come along to your Bath event too!
07.09.2025 12:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ian McEwan in conversation with Richard Ovenden
Award-winning author Ian McEwan discusses his new novel with Richard Ovenden
Come and hear me in discussion with Ian McEwan on his new book 'What we can know' (@jonathancape.bsky.social) in which @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is prominent! The book is a powerful dicussion on truth, evidence, archives and the future of the humanities and humanity. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep25/...
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This from a few days ago in the @ft.com.web.brid.gy - but surely the headline should read βvon der Leyen saved by paper maps - and a pilot who could still use themβ!
07.09.2025 07:11 β π 50 π 11 π¬ 2 π 1
I must read it!
05.09.2025 11:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Always a joy to be at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Collections Storage Facility - around 14 m collection items preserved there for students and scholars
05.09.2025 10:46 β π 62 π 6 π¬ 4 π 3
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