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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Although it still feels pretty much like summer here, I had soup for lunch, so it's officially Autumn in my book.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spent the afternoon working under the watchful gaze of Cardinal Wolsey.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just had the induction tutorial for my next Chinese language module - excited to get stuck into the module materials! Less excited about having to do more blinking assignments. Bleurgh - a necessary evil, I guess.

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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Museums and Galleries History Group (MGHG) @mghg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join us online on Thursday 8 October 2026 at 5.30 pm BST when MGHG's Dr Anna Reeve will be in conversation with Professor Jonathan Conlin discussing his latest monograph, The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People. Details and booking:

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Museums and Galleries History Group

The MGHG provides a platform for debate and contact among all those who seek to understand museums and galleries from historical and theoretical perspectives.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's very pleasing to me that today's work task involves searching Bridgeman Education for a nice image of a cup of tea and biscuits. It's surprisingly difficult. Might have to take the ideal pic myself.

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Taylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The best academic writing balances rigor with readability. Clarity is a gift to your readers.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Visited MOTE, the new Museum of the Environment in Ipswich last week. While I take issue with it calling itself a 'museum' (it really isn't), it has the potential to become an important gallery and cultural space in the town centre. Fab to get to see inside the original Ipswich Museum building!

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cover star of Chemical Brothers album – Harlow's Grade II* Lady of Fatima, (1960) by Gerard Goalen. Unassuming from the outside, but 💥inside. Visited with @c20society.bsky.social

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can recommend finishing off your reading afternoon beneath a weighted blanket. Another chapter of a book read and I’m feeling REALLY RELAXED. A good way to start the weekend!

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trying to get some reading done in a noisy cafe and just discovered that one of my Loops has disappeared. 😭 Maybe it’s a sign to upgrade to some super fancy ones?

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Finished the latest draft of a substantial piece of work this morning. Took myself out of the house to buy a Co-op sandwich and a bar of Dairy Milk in celebration. I have well expensive tastes, me. 🤣

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 14/09/2026

That's not the definition I found in my dictionary, but it fits ;)

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve been getting some decent writing done this afternoon after having a decent screen break earlier in the day. A good reminder to me that it’s okay to step away from the laptop for a bit if it’s all getting a bit overwhelming. 👍

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The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Still thinking about starting your degree this autumn? 💭🎓 There’s still time! Our application deadline has been extended to Thursday 17 September 🗓️ Start your OU journey today and apply now: ow.ly/rft250ZLRaf #OnlineLearning #TheOpenUniversity #UniversityApplication

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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...

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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interested in women's political and trade unionist history? have a look at the Statue for Ada campaign and please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/anK25JY...

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A Statue for Ada

We want a statue in memory of Ada Nield Chew in Crewe: local factory girl, political campaigner, trade union organiser and suffragist.

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 06/09/2026

For rescuing people at sea the RNLI has been targeted by the fash, because they refuse to accept that some humans aren’t worth saving. Donate to RNLI: www.rnib.org.uk/get-involved... www.countypress.co.uk/news/2652635...

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Isle of Wight lifeboats help with the rescue of 140 migrants in dinghy

Isle of Wight RNLI crews helped bring migrants safely to shore in the UK earlier today (Sunday).

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Repatriation, for the Nagas, is not simply about bones and ancestral remains finding their way back to the land… it is about memory returning to where it belongs.” - Recover, Restore and Decolonise (RRaD) www.morungexpress.com/british-muse...

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British museum to return Naga human remains

Human remains allegedly taken away by colonial administrators as oriental curiosities will now be returned to the source community. The Pitt Rivers Museum (PRM), University of Oxford, United Kingdom, ...

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

come to the archive where you can look at historic doodles of a guy fighting two swans

An 18th century ledger showing payments and numbers in a column. In the centre of the page is a crude illustration of two large birds(?) with their tails going up in a spiral, one with spots, the other white. A figure smoking a pipe and wearing a hat and boots is grabbing one of them by the neck. There is a mysterious box next to him which looks a lot like a Looney Tunes style TNT detonator, though obviously that would be ahistorical given the perfectly sensible composition of the rest of the doodle.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The best short ghost story ever.

The Men In The Turnip Field: an old Somerset story collected in Kevin Crossley-Holland's Folk Tales Of The British Isles

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Excellent news! Hope this brilliant opportunity isn’t wasted.

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Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Authentic representation of the research experience at the National Art Library at the V&A www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJkn...

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Love That M&S Autumn 26

YouTube video by Creative Salon

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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.

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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's that time of year again!

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Essex police have advised me it's unsafe to work from home today and that for my own safety I must go down the pub this afternoon instead.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Total eclipse in some art 🌑☀️ How have artists depicted the astronomical phenomena known as eclipses? Here are a few examples 👉 artuk.org/discover/curations/total-… 'Colour lithograph of solar eclipse' by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot (1827–1895) 📷 Science Museum

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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 10/08/2026

This is too good. Read to the end.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think I’m being radicalised by this book. 🤣 I’m nodding in agreement, getting angry and exasperated at the status quo and LOLing at some of the ridiculous ‘advice’ noted by the authors that is given in the supposed self help books written by others. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

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The Slow Professor - University of Toronto Press

Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Live in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Born in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Parents 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Grandparents 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Been to (as far as i can remember) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🇫🇷🇧🇪🇩🇪🇫🇮🇪🇪🇪🇸🇵🇹🇦🇹🇺🇸 (I’m not very well travelled, but I have left Europe, at least.)

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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bought buttons for me and the bestie. No lies told.

Button states:

Hobbies include reading and hating everything

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My friend @liedra.net was on BBC News last night and she was excellent! I recorded the whole thing and the file is so large it's crashed my phone. Time to start deleting things (other things!).

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Bella’s favourite thing is when I do work while slumped on the sofa (don’t let the DSE team see this!).

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

those rolling stacks you'll find in any big state school library

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Suffolk Archives @suffolkarchives.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our autumn exhibition Witches: Suffolk’s Dark Legacy explores the brutal Suffolk witch trials of the 1640s. Made possible with a grant from the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund. Find out more orlo.uk/Y0b5N Image: Witches give babies to the devil woodcut, 1720.  Credit: Wellcome Collection

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 04/08/2026

public libraries ftw

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ah, the perpetual frustration of trying to make a certain national museum understand that I need to publish images of objects on display in context (i.e. in galleries, cases, storage, etc.). Studio photography of individual objects will not do. ARGH. Send thoughts and prayers.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's 10 years since my brilliant friend, Elee Kirk, died way too soon. If you're interested in museum education research (and dinosaurs!) please have a look at her thesis, which was adapted for publication as a monograph by @willbuckingham.com after her death. www.routledge.com/Snapshots-of...

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Snapshots of Museum Experience: Understanding Child Visitors Through Photography

Children are one of the major audiences for museums, but their visits are often seen solely from the point of view of museum learning. In Snapshots of Museum Experience, Will Buckingham draws upon Ele...

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 31/07/2026

If you can, please support our appeal to help the recovery of Dunwich Heath. Your donation will help restore habitats, protect wildlife and build resilience for the future. Donate here: nationaltrust.org.uk/dunwich-heath-appeal

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 31/07/2026

This week, a wildfire has torn through Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, leaving the entire nature reserve devastated. An area of around 210 football pitches has been affected with rare habitats and wildlife lost in a matter of hours.

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This afternoon's listening, getting me through some tedious emails. Best Muse album in LIGHTYEARS! open.spotify.com/album/6TObgE...

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The Wow! Signal - Album by Muse | Spotify

Muse · album · 2026 · 10 songs

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Working in partnership with the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, the Food Museum, the Glasgow Life Museum, the Hastings Museum & Art Gallery and the Museum of Free Derry, the Migration Museum (London) is seeking 10 Community Curators. Might this be you?

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Migration Museum partners with museums and galleries to launch new UK-wide Community Curators programme

The Migration Museum is partnering with five museums and galleries across the UK to launch a new programme bringing diverse voices, lived experiences, and perspectives into the creation of a series of...

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