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Great ‘Spotlight on MUSIC HALL’ exhibition @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - small but perfectly formed!

Kenneth Williams (1926-1988) was an actor, comedian, diarist, and raconteur, most famous for his roles in the 'Carry On' films.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the #IslingtonsPride #Humap, a map of #Islington's #LGBTQ history & culture

Learn more at islingtonspride.com/humap/
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1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

Indigenous Plant Stories in an English Treasure House Delve into the links between Knole and Indigenous American histories as we investigate its colonial connections.

Delighted to share some initial research that Stephanie Pratt (Crow Creek Dakota) & I have started at Knole @researchnt.bsky.social. How can its transatlantic connections also centre Indigenous presence? What new interpretation might such frameworks allow?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/indigenous-h...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tatsunami Stable is doing its part in promoting the London tournament.

Think they're proud of their yokozuna?

So very excited to be finally able to shout from the rooftops about my incredible friend Brenna’s new project.

Reflected glory is the best glory to bask in, like a soft warm glow that makes you smile and —even better— requires no effort except finding happiness in other people

35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...

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

‘175 years ago this year, Queen Victoria gave her assent to “an Act for enabling town councils to establish public libraries & museums”, that enabled local authorities… to levy a ha’penny on the rates to establish a free public library.’ @richove.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

a grue encrusted hand emerging from a pumpkin to type on the keyboard of a Radio Shack TRS-80 computer

LOGGING ON

We're delighted to be involved in this new project from the Museum of London Archaeology, embracing the power of citizen science and crowdsourcing to document coastal erosion and the effects of climate change 🌊

cim.mola.org.uk / www.mola.org.uk/discoveries/...

#MOLA #CitizenScience #PGIS

Jewish London: a celebration in 13 places a very non-impartial, non-comprehensive guide to some stuff I like

took a break from blocking people on social media to write a post about some places in Jewish London that I love:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

just because you know. it is nice to think about some lovely parts of my culture and heritage.

#OtD 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-...

Our horror at the genocide in Gaza, at the mass murder of civilians on Oct 7 2023, and at today's atrocity in Manchester, comes in each case from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.

Terrific article by Richard Ovenden: energetic advocacy for the goods of public libraries (& a challenge to tech giants’ claims to offer free access to unlimited information). I’ll always be grateful that my local library allowed me to explore widely in my reading as a child.

Book cover design that says 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes' At the centre we see a circle formed by swirly colour bands and different outlines of people, objects and places, such as a desert landscape, a diver, Stonehenge and Notre Dame. At the bottom it says Mariana J López. The book cover is yellow with dark purple font.

Delighted to have been invited to speak as part of the Digital Archaeology/Heritage Lab series of talks at University of York. I'll be presenting some of the work from my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'. Thanks @clmorgan.bsky.social for the lovely invitation!

as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me

British Library Explore British Library’s 1,073,564 photos on Flickr!

A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/

This is a brilliant easy on empire loyalism, multicultural drift and dispossessed whiteness in outer south London.

Cc @academicdiary.bsky.social @transpontine.bsky.social @ashdisorient.bsky.social @liamliburd.bsky.social

Baby on Board! Ft. Charlotte Lydia Riley Podcast Episode · Cursed Objects · 25/09/2025 · 59m

The newest episode of @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social is out and it’s ME talking about BABY ON BOARD badges

"The more total the aspirations of the new regime, the more imperiously will it seek to introduce an era of forced forgetting” (Connerton 1989, 12)

Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic

Seal of John, Lord of Ireland. Catalogue reference: C 109/86 (4).

Paul Dryburgh

This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.

Participation in museums: a complex and challenging topic expertly taken up by @helengraham.bsky.social 🙌

Open access: uclpress.co.uk/book/deconst...

Christie's Quietly Deletes Digital Art Department | Artnet News Christie's has closed its digital art department after several years of shaping the growing market for the category.

NFTs are going just great

news.artnet.com/market/chris...

The Bomber's View of the Past Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.

Aerial archaeology began not in neutral curiosity but in the violence of colonial Syria.

Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) traces its entanglement with empire.

Absolutely insane gold thrymsa from Norfolk in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social. Never seen anything like this, wtf is going on

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy

Yet another blow for people who think the history of slavery is over *there*, and the history of industrialisation over *there*, and the history of poverty over *there*, and the history of wealth over *there*, and their job is to keep them as far apart as possible…

an embroidered dark blue vest with an image of an MTA bus against the skyline with the words “when I move you move”

RAN after this driver to take a picture of his incredible vest!!! I want one so bad but he said they’re only available for MTA workers 🏆🚍🏆