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I'll be in the library

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Painting of three sitting black cats facing forwards in a row, one larger than the others, created in a naive or simple child-like style, the sits sit in a green garden with tulip flowers and under branches full of blossom

Painting of three sitting black cats facing forwards in a row, one larger than the others, created in a naive or simple child-like style, the sits sit in a green garden with tulip flowers and under branches full of blossom

'Three black cats' by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

14.11.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 523    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

What a great idea from the brilliant Orkney Library & Archive.

14.11.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

13.11.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this.

12.11.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a gorgeous boy ๐Ÿ˜ the little bark!

10.11.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThe resource over which they hold custody is of great worth to the country โ€ฆWould Karl Marx and Virginia Woolf, Mahatma Gandhi and George Orwell, all erstwhile users of the British Library, have produced their masterpieces without this resource?โ€
Imperilled culture - it really is.
Such negligence.

08.11.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I love this not-entirely-a-joke:

Q: What did Watson and Crick discover?

A: Rosalind Franklin's notes!

07.08.2024 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

sudden urge to share @mcnees.bsky.social ๐Ÿงต on Rosalind Franklin

07.11.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This distinguished Odesan gentleman wishes all a quiet Friday.

07.11.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A group of people gathered around a glowing glass apparatus in a dimly lit room, observing a scientific experiment by candlelight.

A group of people gathered around a glowing glass apparatus in a dimly lit room, observing a scientific experiment by candlelight.

Wright of Derby: From the Shadows opens at the National Gallery today ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Explore one of his 'candlelight' paintings in detail with this The Superpower of Looking learning resource ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/the-superpower-of-looking-an-experiment-by-candlelight

๐Ÿ“ท National Gallery

07.11.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider books, wonders why so many schools lack libraries & librarians, while public and prison libraries are a statutory right, @ School Library Association Awards @ CLPE

06.11.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Kharkiv cat is a spirit of autumn and a great yoga instructor.

06.11.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Painting of a transparent round teapot half full of reddish brown tea, resting on top of a pile of books  with two further piles of books either side

Painting of a transparent round teapot half full of reddish brown tea, resting on top of a pile of books with two further piles of books either side

'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

06.11.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 893    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ฉ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ? ๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†. Weโ€™re making a short film with Candour Productions as part of the @ukri.org -funded project 'Whatโ€™s On? Rethinking Class in the UK Television Industry'
๐Ÿ“ Filming in Leeds w/c 5 January 2026 (expenses covered)
๐Ÿ“… Deadline: 21 November 2025

20.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Congratulations, Sian! Great news.

03.11.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Big trouble in โ€˜Little Berlinโ€™: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war A new museum in Mรถdlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the east

Big trouble in โ€˜Little Berlinโ€™: a new museum in Mรถdlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the east www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... via @theguardian.com @johnkampfner.bsky.social

03.11.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't believe you managed to hobble around on a broken leg! Like a lioness. Hope you mend soon.

02.11.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's so interesting. There was a great exhibition at the Whitworth in Manchester a couple of years ago.

02.11.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Palestinian?

02.11.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Update to our Terms and data use | LinkedIn Help Update to our Terms and data use

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30.10.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

So cute. I'm sure she's a good cat really.

31.10.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage

Brilliant from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

29.10.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

28.10.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19899    ๐Ÿ” 7657    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 268    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1348
Painting of a woman in a room dressed in a long blue dress and head scarf pointing to a black cat on a green mat on the floor, on the wall is a picture in a frame of a black cat lying in exactly the same position on a green surface

Painting of a woman in a room dressed in a long blue dress and head scarf pointing to a black cat on a green mat on the floor, on the wall is a picture in a frame of a black cat lying in exactly the same position on a green surface

In Western arts over time cats could be included in paintings as symbolic of ideas of mystery or female sensuality. Black cats particularly were associated with witches (aka wise women who had skills in healing).
Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, Two Cats and a Lady, 1958 #womensart

28.10.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 639    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Dale Bissland ~ Texture & Light, Crail, 2022

20.10.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4306    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. Weโ€™ve been expecting youโ€ฆ

20.10.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10696    ๐Ÿ” 2802    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 611    ๐Ÿ“Œ 267
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Popular Account 'We Rate Dogs' Unloads On Border Patrol For Killing Family's Beloved Dog During Search

Pure evil ๐Ÿ˜ก

19.10.2025 06:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1524    ๐Ÿ” 221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

A personal opinion is that if an archive is moving to โ€˜structured content releasesโ€™, it is no longer an archive but a private comms repository. What an incredible loss to our understanding of UK culture and heritage.

19.10.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

No longer Duke of York? Good. Now off the civil list, please, no taxpayer support.

Next: scrap the civil list

Then scrap the lot of them

18.10.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That's so awful. Poor Chop and his poor family.

17.10.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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