Dr Katy Whitaker (she/her)

SPMA Undergraduate Dissertation Award has been awarded to Edwin Lam @york.ac.uk for the dissertation, 'Feminism, Fabrics & Legislation: Material Culture Study of Female Sex Workers in Victorian England' which offers a rich discussion of women's social & political identities in Victorian England 1/3

And thanks to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social

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A poster for the walk titled ‘Geology & building stones in the city of London’. It shows a montage of photos which depicts London’s Guildhall, a fossil ammonite and some pink granite. It also includes the time of the walk - 2.30 pm - and the meeting place for this particular walk which is bank station exit 1. Full details are at the link in the main post.

I’ve added four more walks to my London Walks schedule this year. You can find them all at this link www.walks.com/guides/ruth-1/

Things I love about Allan’s drawings include the evocation of texture and the tiny details. Note the inclusion even of the metal inspection cover in the street and tie plates in the distant walls.

Yes I was watching #PotteryThrowdown and yes I do mean two fingers to the defunding of music education in schools and the winnowing of humanities departments in universities and snooty disregard paid to crafts and trades and drama and all the other makings that make life worth living.

‘some actor I hadn’t heard of but I think is quite famous’ is usually my line!

‘Discovering yourself through making’

Yes. Precisely that. Whatever you are making, music, art, literature, whatever - you grow, and other people experiencing your making and what you make grow too.

Wasn’t it Lion that made that Stonehenge doc about 8 or 10 years ago? I took them to Piggledene and did some sarsen dressing at North Farm.

Thanks for posting that link, here in Wiltshire the narrative is all about Fox Talbot and Maskeleyne/Story-Maskeleyne and I’d not heard of Thereza.

christ there’s some sh*te on the tv at the moment

Colour photo of my right hand hold g the remains of a glass of pale yellow beer in a toast to a co purer screen. On screen, a person holds up a glass of dark beer in return.

Cheers! It’s The Oracle’s birthday today, but involved work and couldn’t be taken as leave, hence beers over Zoom supper and plans for later in the year. #ConfinedCocktails

It was non-stop and I still haven’t cleaned the bathroom! More tomorrow 🥴

Colour photo looking down on a glass of pale yellow beer and small pot of roasted broad beans, standing on a green patterned wool placemat.

Beer and snacks prior to birthday supper zoom with The Oracle. Habas fritas in the house! Also so much laundry. Totally domestic day, tomorrow will be all about email tasks and chores after two AGMs this week. Argh! But it’s been lovely Spring-like day #ConfinedCocktails

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The current storage situation means WWA is having to turn away donations. Their fundraising goal for a storage shed and 'shop' (where people accessing the service can choose goods themselves) is very do-able, if you can donate a small amount or share the appeal! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warrington...

Loving the use of the actual archive items in panels combined with the drawings, nice example here @nsousanis.bsky.social

Very effective, really nice.

Quite a lot of 4.

Ok ta!

I was in Firefox. Thanks for checking. Looks like it’s an issue at my end.

Photo of a computer screen with an error message describing ‘Secure Connection Failed’.

@bgs.ac.uk hi! Is your website ok? Or is my failure to connect a problematic my end?

Person = Antiquary.

Their interests = Antiquarian.

This is the hill I am prepared to die on. It makes the inside of my eyes itch every time I see a person described as an Antiquarian 😱

Ok!

Colour photo of part of a white painted wall (church interior) to left and wooden door to right. Very may ladybirds are cuddled up in the angle where the wall and door meet, hibernating like a glistening carpet of red and black jewels.

Also, lots of this:

Reminiscent of geranium.

@reblambert.bsky.social

Colour photo close up of green gloopy liquid in a bright red pot.

…followed by a lot of Swarfega.

Colour photo of a large church bell and headstock hanging in a metal frame in a belfry.

Colour photo of a large church bell with cross motivated headstock on top and a wooden wheel to one side, hanging in a red painted metal frame in a stone built belfry.

This evening has been mostly…