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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy 1st of October. 🍂🎃

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Every archive is a reflection of its archivist." Stefan Dickers, our Special Collections and Archives Manager, has spent 20 years building the queer archives here at Bishopsgate Institute. British Journal of Photography went behind the scenes👇 bit.ly/4vRXeib @1854.photography

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20/08/2026

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough to look strange because you have no teeth. It was enough to be called a witch. If it came to that, the book never gave you the evidence of anything. It talked about "a handsome prince"... was he really, or was it just because he was a prince that people called handsome? As for "a girl who was as beautiful as the day was long"... well, which day? In midwinter it hardly ever got light! The stories don't want you to think, they just wanted you to believe what you were told...

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We *can* all do something (not spark wildfires, for example). But asking individual citizens to solve systemic problems is peak neo-liberalism. Not watering our gardens isn’t going to fix pipes or build reservoirs. Government needs to do more than ban barbecues and send scary alerts. NOW.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/07/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith "'You're not being very sensible about this.' 'Oh, really? Well, I've been sensible all day! I've been sensible for years! I think I'm owed five minutes of being really unreasonably angry, don't you?'"

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New to Bishopsgate Institute? We’d love to welcome you through our doors. Using our archives is straightforward. Register, settle into the Rear Library, and our team will guide you to the material you want to see. Curious? Plan your visit and start exploring.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Welsh people very friendly - boys are lovely. Nicer than the English boys.

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

a marshmallow appears to have invaded the arena. #Crufts

a white dog that is extremely wibbly wobbly. The goodest of boys.

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For The Observer, I’ve written about growing up under the shadow of Section 28, bi erasure, and the role of the Bishopsgate Institute’s archive informing new books on LGBT+ history that offer resistance and lessons in our own increasingly intolerant times observer.co.uk/style/featur...

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The hidden history of Britain’s fight for queer rights

Several new books explore the LGBTQ+ lives and narratives that have all too often been ignored

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Back in 1588, everyone still knew that book trees grow better when there's music around, and when you speak to them. Attention and house organ music were the key.

This image from 1588 shows a tree with big bound books grewing instead of fruits. This tree starts in a house organ that is played from a well-dressed woman and a man. The image of part of. abook praising the art of making books, you may find it here if you fancy: http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/uh-20/start.htm

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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/02/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods “It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

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Lester @lesterlee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Far beyond 'sex slaves' and 'sex trafficking' which are already demonstrably bad. But the sheer enormity of what the elites quite literally got away with is an evil that can barely be comprehended. The systemic coverup for their evils and how they enabled that It's something we need to reckon with

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Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Currently obsessed with watching Domhnall Gleeson dance in a sparkly tracksuit. Making my Friday. 😍😍😍

Domhnall Gleeson and Taylor Swift in sparkly tracksuits

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Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"Transvestism and Transsexualism in Modern Society (1974) ... the first such event to be organised by members of the community. With an educational remit, the conference sought to further understanding of issues faced by..trans women." You can download it here www.bishopsgate.org.uk/archives/our...

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Dr Lizzie Swarbrick 🇵🇸 @lizzieswarbrick.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Apparently it’s World Embroidery Day so maybe you’ll enjoy this aerial landscape I made of my beloved childhood haunt - the White Horse of Uffington. An @nationaltrust.org.uk site from the later Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Find out more here www.oxfordarchaeology.com/uffington-wh...

A circular embroidery in a wooden hoop of the White Horse using various stitches including hundreds of French knots for the main grass, long and short for the folds of the hill below the horse, and turkey tail for a field and scattered trees.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 29/07/2025

This is Stevie. He is annoyed by pretty much everything that happens outside. As you can tell from his boofs, today is no exception. 14/10 (IG: longdogstevie)

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

"Friendship books" were the #Facebook of the 17th and 18th centuries (without the ads and data mining). Here's a fine example of one begun in 1795 by the aunt of the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t… #FriendshipDay

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A lady in The Netherlands found these vintage Ladybird books in Dutch and sent them to me just as an act of kindness.

The front covers of four vintage ladybird books:
Radio, transport through the ages, Australia and ‘levers, pulleys and engines - but all 4 are the Dutch translation version

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Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Not sure if I should be insulted that facescan age verification had no doubts I am an adult. 😭🤣 #old

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#Adolescence is extraordinary, in every way you can imagine. A tough, realistic, urgent masterclass of writing, acting, directing and social observation. And the kids ... I swear there are 4 future Oscar winners in this show. Brilliant.

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Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus, pawb! Dyma Cennin Bedr, y blodyn cenedlaethol Cymru - hyfryd! 🌼

A colourful illustrated plate in a book showing daffodils and snowdrops.

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Little Mari wishes all my Welsh followers a Happy St. Davids day Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

“The coroner also criticised NHS 111 for “misleading” the public by calling its call handlers “health advisers”. This title, she said, “implies professionalism which is untrue given their underlying skills and unsubstantiated given it is their role to complete an algorithm”.”

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My brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless death

My brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why?

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Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Visiting ‘Unfolding Time’ at @lampallib.bsky.social and it is an amazing collection of moving manuscript art on time, calendars and pretty pictures! They even made this incredible exhibition guide which ALSO UNFOLDS! Top work: everyone should visit (it’s free!)

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Last year, Sreya Chatterjee explored Shakti Khabar’s legacy as part of her placement with the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities. One of the first UK newsletters by & for queer South Asians, it built a vital space for activism, support & connection. #LGBTHistoryMonth #QueerSouthAsianHistory

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Shakti Khabar: Queer South Asian lives in Britain | Bishopsgate Institute

By Sreya ChatterjeeAs part of my placement funded by the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities, I have been looking into the Bishopsgate LGBT Archives

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I never understood the practice, it's literally giving up your identity to indicate your new owner. Recently heard a historian describe marriage (in the ancient world) as "marriage is a contract between a husband and a father." About sums it up.

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Tina Reynolds @tinareynolds.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Just reminding people about this as she came up on Great British Menu

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THOM @thomfrench.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Do it for him

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Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Went to see Inside No.9 Stage Fright tonight. It was so fab!! Go see if you can.

Poster with text Inside No.9 Stage Fright. Limited run to 5 April

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 21/01/2025

Woman to her husband who is looking in the window of a junk shop: Come on Arthur, it can't be that interesting. She stops and looks at the display. Woman (heading inside): You coming?

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

"What do you mean it's Monday already?" #MondayMotivation

A Robin stands on a patch of grass, its bright orange-red chest puffed out and head tilted slightly, as if caught completely off guard. Its wide-eyed stare and bewildered open beak suggest confusion—like someone who’s just woken up to realise it’s Monday already. A comical and relatable moment, perfectly capturing that “wait, what?!” feeling we all know too well.

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Stéise @booksparrow.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Mood: 📚

Cartoon of a fox in a purple dress with a bow on its head. It is stood at a library check out desk and has a book and date stamp in front of it. It is leaning back and looks to be screaming. The word librarian hovers next to it.

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Clare M @clarem.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Top notch thread with some great films currently on BBC iplayer 👏🏼❤️

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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Ceri Thompson @bookelfceri.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This thread. Vengeance most fowl is so great! 😍😍

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Kate Crowe @kcrowe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

If you are an archivist you should read this. It's so rare to see labor and expertise of archivists acknowledged let alone celebrated that I might have cried a little

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