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Anna Foden

@annafoden.bsky.social
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Writer of short plays and one seemingly endless biography. Love libraries, archives and generally looking stuff up.

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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 57m
Ooh the Beethoven Frieze 😍 and excellent point about the value of arts organisations - congratulations on your commission.
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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 12h
13 October 1961: Karl Peglau presents his designs for the now iconic 'Ampelmännchen' traffic light to the Ministry for Transport in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-erfindun...
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New full-length version of award-winning play 'Spent Hen' coming to 53two in #Manchester Wed 21 to Fri 23 October, and Guide Bridge Theatre, #Audenshaw, on Wed 28 Oct. manchesterwire.co.uk/award-winnin... #ManchesterTheatre #Tameside #BattyHatsters
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Award-winning dark comedy Spent Hen unpacks the realities of childlessness at 53two
Award-winning dark comedy Spent Hen explores childlessness, infertility and the pressures placed on women at 53two this October.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not sure why it's taken me so many years to revisit Gorton Monastery but I got a nice haul from the Manchester book fair yesterday. Beautiful place and a nice café.
Pile of books on a wooden chairManchester Book Fair in Gorton Monastery
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archiveswales.bsky.social @archiveswales.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
📣 We're recruiting! Behind the Curtain : Exploring Theatre Archives in Wales Project Officer www.library.wales/about-nlw/wo... 📅 fixed-term post for 12 months (January 2027 - December 2027) ⏰ Closing date: 11:00am 28 October 2026
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Jobs - National Library of Wales
Jobs at The National Library of Wales
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Watched this recently in Aachen - it's a really interesting portrayal of east and west and Sandra Hüller is great. Would recommend.
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When your non fiction book has neither a table of contents nor an index
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Oldham Coliseum Theatre @oldhamcoliseum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congratulations to our dear Julie for receiving the Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award! 👏 Check out our news page to read more about the award. tr.ee/cCEo9dSc93 The Great British Theatres Awards ceremony will be held at Central Hall Westminster on Monday 2nd November 2026.
Post announcing the Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award 2026, showing Julies Hesmondhalgh, a smiling older woman seated outdoors to convey celebration and recognition.Announcement that Oldham Coliseum guest curator Julie Hesmondhalgh will receive the first Great British Theatres Lifetime Achievement Award from Theatres Trust, honoring her campaign to reopen Oldham Coliseum’s Fairbottom Street home and her advocacy for regional theatre.Julie Hesmondhalgh quoted praising being honoured to receive the Theatres Trust’s inaugural award and celebrating the community‑led campaign that saved Oldham Coliseum, shown as large bold black text on a yellow and pale peach graphic.Headshot above a theatre CEO's quote endorsing a Lifetime Achievement Award to recognise someone who champions universal access to live theatre, saying no one in the public eye embodies that spirit more than Julie Hesmondhalgh.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations!
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
First cup of tea: a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a handle.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He's gorgeous 😍
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations! I love a micro memoir.
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Lesley Pitman @lesleypitman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“When the Russians occupy, the first thing they do – and we know this from the areas that were occupied and then liberated in 2022 in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions – is to go to the libraries, take the Ukrainian language books out and destroy them.”
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Aw he's gorgeous, and listening attentively.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornish artist Kirsty Elson trawls the beaches of her home collecting driftwood as the raw material for her fun animal sculptures #WomensArt
Photo of a small sculpture resembling an elingated pale coloured cat created from light brown driftwood pieces against a pale blue background
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.
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Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings
Alt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
Photo of uneven knitting with much larger amounts of red yarn than green
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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace 'The Sound of Music'. Sixty years after the film’s release, Salzburg is embracing a Hollywood classic it once kept at arm’s length. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se... via @theguardian.com @deborahcole.bsky.social
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‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music
Sixty years after the film’s release, Salzburg is embracing a Hollywood classic it once kept at arm’s length
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two more as we couldn’t help ourselves
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's European Day of Languages, so here are some of our favourite untranslatable and wonderfully-specific words from across Europe that we wish we had in English ✨
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some good news – a new library! Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a new public library and archive holding more than 6,000 books, original texts, recordings of productions and other treasures from the theatre’s history. www.thebookseller.com/news/shakesp... #Shakespeare #TheatreHistory #Renaissance
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Shakespeare library and archive containing 6,000 books opens under the Globe theatre
The theatre has opened its newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A gorgeous ham though
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks!
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I love these!
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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And therefore C4 will reduce the number of its commissions which reduces the number of shows which reduces the number of indies which reduces the work for freelancers… and the slow death of UK TV continues with seemingly no one prepared to do anything to turn it around… deadline.com/2026/09/chan...
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Channel 4 To Combine Drama & Comedy Teams Under Historic Jobs Cull
Channel 4 will merge its drama and comedy commissioning units as the UK network seeks to cut its workforce by more than a quarter.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one we see Sarah, the protagonist, lying in bed with the lights out. She says, "Is everyone ready for sleep?"
In panel two we see a brain, heart, and stomach. They say, "Yes!" "Yup!" and "Yep!" 
In panel three we see a bladder, squirming. A speech panel says "Bladder?"
In panel four the bladder looks up. It says, weakly, "I don't know".
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Those are proper opening hours #libraries
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Library staff, Moss Side, Manchester, early 20th century (Manchester Libraries).
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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Introducing our Publishing 101s 📕 For three weeks, starting on 4 November, we're hosting a series of online events built to demystify the publishing industry and help writers on their journey to publication. Learn more and book your spot on our website: womensprize.com/readers/even...
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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
2026 is the 50th anniversary of the colour reissue of the children’s classic, Ivor the Engine, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. To mark this, Dr Robin Eagles explores the little known political connections of the Postgate family, as well as the politics of The Clangers and Bagpuss.
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Clangers in Parliament: The Politics of Postgate and Bagpuss - The History of Parliament
2026 sees the 50th anniversary of the reissuing (in colour) of the children’s classic, Ivor the Engine, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. What is
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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A brilliant read from our colleague Robin Eagles, whose range of expertise knows no bounds. Bonus points for making a connection between Bagpuss and parliamentary history!
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The bridge. Gorgeous.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sadly I've never grown any, I just admire them. One day....
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Gorgeous 💙💜 I love irises.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Aheneah is Ana Martins (b. 1996), a Portuguese artist and designer who created a cross stitch mural as street art #WomensArt
Four images featuring a mural of a blue fish created with yarn fastened around screws on the wall of a white building
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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just read a Wikipedia entry for an artist and was trying to imagine the working class backgrounded version. ‘Showed great promise with art at school, but had to get a job at Aviva, worked their way up to team leader over 25 years, got made redundant, worked for a charity for 15 years.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dee Nickerson, contemporary UK painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #WomensArt #September
Painting featuring two women walking in a golden field with two dogs and a cat surrounded by flying birds
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Peachykeeen @peachykeeen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good to see the shops in Barnard Castle are still having fun with Dominic Cummings’s little road trip #WeekJforJocular #AlphabetChallenge 📷
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Dr Tara Talwar Windsor @ttw1984.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some bank holiday / end of summer reading for you all! A blog about a book that’s been a long time coming - and we’re pretty proud of it! Thanks to @profsarajones.bsky.social & Betiel Wasihun for all the hard work and collegiality while writing and for keeping us going when times were tough 🙏🏽🤓
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Betiel Wasihun, Tara Talwar Windsor and Sara Jones explore how writers in East Germany acquired, shared & acted on knowledge about the Stasi revealing the role of literary networks in navigating surveillance & secrecy. Read the blog: buff.ly/JIkaF8a @profsarajones.bsky.social @ttw1984.bsky.social
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I saw hot cross buns in Morrisons last night and thought of you.
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Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We already have one in my library. Can highly recommend.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Farewell, Dolly x
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️ US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph feating a white woman in a doorway with raised leg holding an acoustic guitar, smiling
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Anna Foden @annafoden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Not Dolly! Love the music, loved her in 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias and loved everything she did for literacy and libraries. She was amazing.
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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!
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