Reposted by LibraryKilleenMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/09/2026Through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, children in more London boroughs will receive a free book every month from birth to age five. This initiative is keeping Dolly’s amazing legacy alive and helping more young Londoners arrive at school ready to learn.bbc.co.ukDolly Parton free book scheme to expand in LondonThe late singer's Imagination Library posts children a free book every month until they turn five. 325967
Reposted by LibraryKilleenGustav Klimt @klimtgustav.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Portrait of Marie Henneberg (1901–1902) showcases Klimt's distinctive square format. The sitter appears in an elaborate lace gown with gold highlights against a dark ground, blending opulent texture, serene symbolism, and pre-Golden Phase portraiture. 0316
Reposted by LibraryKilleenelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150213941
Reposted by LibraryKilleenMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Over 2 BILLION copies of her books have been sold around the world making her the best-selling fiction writer of all time. Remembering the extraordinary & pioneering AGATHA CHRISTIE — born 136yrs ago today. (Here she is aged 84 in 1974) 702797480
Reposted by LibraryKilleenCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My contribution to ‘Paste, Present, Future’ project, celebrating 35 years of @bigissueuk. Signed, numbered versions of available at Big Issue shop. Lots of other pieces from amazing artists, 25% of sales going to Big Issue. Massive thank you to @grow_up_art_ 👇👇 www.bigissueshop.com/collection/p... 4515188
Reposted by LibraryKilleenBodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 09/09/2026From 11-13 September, the Bodleian will open up spaces and show off collections not usually accessible to the public, for #OxfordOpenDoors 2026! Enjoy tours, storytelling, a Victorian printing press, and MUCH more. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oxfor… We can't wait to see you! 14621
Reposted by LibraryKilleenMy Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Yayoi Kusama, 1998. #illustration #cats #1990s #YayoiKusama 010712
Reposted by LibraryKilleenJewInACanoe.bsky.social 🎗️ @jewinacanoe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I googled my symptoms and it turns out I need a cottage on a quiet lake, a stack of books and a case of wine. 1853739390
Reposted by LibraryKilleenBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Blue plaque unveiled to mark 1964 gig at a Manchester railway station by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the 'godmother of rock and roll'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGodmother of rock and roll's Manchester station gig honouredThe blues guitarist and vocalist Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed at an empty station for TV. 462808654
Reposted by LibraryKilleenMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026John Ford — Monument Valley, Utah (1964) 📷 by John R. Hamilton 1336
Reposted by LibraryKilleenRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Amazing marketing 👏🏼 #BookSky 16197821846
Reposted by LibraryKilleenRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 05/08/2026A 1,000-year-old Irish oak tree, which was brought down by a storm, has been crafted into three rare whiskey casksrte.ieRare whiskey casks crafted from storm-felled Irish oakA 1,000-year-old Irish oak tree, which was brought down by a storm, has been crafted into three rare whiskey casks. 1326
Reposted by LibraryKilleenalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys 1515340733
Reposted by LibraryKilleenAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Have you ever heard of menuki? These beautiful objects are an example of a pair from the Ashmolean’s collection. Menuki are sword-grip ornaments on Japanese swords and daggers, they come in pairs and are placed asymmetrically on either side of the handle. 15716
Reposted by LibraryKilleenSimon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Four baselines for academic conference attendance: 1) keep to your allocated speaking time. 2) everyone is clever; stand out by being warm & kind. 3) be interested in everyone equally - from postgrad to Prof to conference administrator to catering & hotel staff. 4) in Q&A, ask an actual question. 1233159
LibraryKilleen @librarykilleen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026An Uncomplicated Man www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 012
Reposted by LibraryKilleenEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Everyone who uses "smart glasses" to be legally required to strap one of these to their head and light it up when the camera is on 18807192
Reposted by LibraryKilleenNatural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Did you know that there’s a 1,300-year old tree slice in the Natural History Museum? 🌳 Find out more about the giant sequoia in our new series, Natural History Museum Showstoppers. 👇 29758125
Reposted by LibraryKilleenNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 19/07/2026#RecipeOfTheDay is Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes. ¡Vamos la Roja! 🇪🇸 www.nigella.com/recipes/span...nigella.comSpanish Chicken With Chorizo and PotatoesMuch as I love to have a pan bubbling away on the stove, I often feel that the most stress free way to feed people is by taking the oven route. When I'm frazzled, I firmly believe that the tray-bake i... 3684795
Reposted by LibraryKilleenHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Even now, this image of Cinderella - the spell broken, rushing to get home before her sisters, - is how I picture ‘anxiety’ Artist: Eric Winter 1243845
Reposted by LibraryKilleenJill Lawless @jilllawless.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The Bayeux Tapestry is in this box. It arrived overnight at the British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years. 918346
Reposted by LibraryKilleenDigital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...bl.ukEThOS records restoredWe are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack. 212180
Reposted by LibraryKilleenAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Made in early 17th century England, this lady’s cap features a beautifully detailed botanical design. The scrolling gold-work design forms compartments containing strawberries, honeysuckle, cowslips, a foxglove-like flower and the distinctive spiked blue borage flower. 420554
Reposted by LibraryKilleenDavenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I had Don McCullin’s Aldermaston photo from 1960 in mind when I framed that photo. 09119
Reposted by LibraryKilleenGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026There’s something about English aunts of a certain generation where it’s all knitting & crosswords until you scratch the surface and then it turns out they were in fact basically trained assassins/crossed the Sahara singlehanded by camel/part of infeasibly complex love triangle 838418
Reposted by LibraryKilleenDónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island. 5546141
Reposted by LibraryKilleenAngus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026More than anything right now, I wish to experience the sweet, cooling relief of being tossed into a chest freezer by an errant emu. 621574
Reposted by LibraryKilleenLibby Morse @libbyr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Happy Bloomsday to all who celebrate. 2267
Reposted by LibraryKilleenLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/06/2026There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast. 171530438
Reposted by LibraryKilleenPaintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026'The Tube Train' (1934) by Cyril Power (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 4586110
Reposted by LibraryKilleenIan Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This story, insofar as it deals with the National Railway Museum, is utterly absurd. If you rock up to a museum event expecting to dump a load of stuff on the staff, and are then surprised to be politely refused, then you clearly have no idea what museums are for. www.cityam.com/a-state-of-t...cityam.comA state of the nation tale: The National Rail Museum won't accept a model railway setFrom museums that won't accept model railway sets to the NHS's refusal to share data, British inefficiency is costing us billions. 801708117
Reposted by LibraryKilleenDover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026(1/8) Who is Deal Man? Deal Man is an Iron Age carved chalk figurine on display at Dover Museum. He was discovered in 1984 during excavations by the #Dover Archaeological Group ahead of construction work on a site adjacent to St Richards Road in, #Deal. 15753125
Reposted by LibraryKilleenUniversity of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Who owns a swarm of bees? 🐝 And what happens when they stray onto a neighbour’s land? This #WorldBeeDay check out Dr Chris Doyle's (@gollygee2004.bsky.social) latest contribution to The Conversation! 🐝 @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-early-me...theconversation.comWhy early medieval Ireland had laws for beesMedieval Irish bees had a legal status because they were classified as domestic livestock. 053
Reposted by LibraryKilleenBirds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Subscribe to Birds of the World to read the newly updated life histories of these and hundreds more species. Many thanks to all the authors and media contributors who make this possible! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/latest-u... 0596
Reposted by LibraryKilleenPaintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This week's theme is 'People of London' - a celebration of ALL the people who make and have made London the beautiful city it is. ------ 'The London Underground' (from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek 7550124
Reposted by LibraryKilleenModernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Cockfosters Underground Station 1933 Charles Holden 09117
Reposted by LibraryKilleenNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I don’t know what your plans are for the weekend, but should you be having any friends round tomorrow, you might rustle up #RecipeOfTheDay. It’s White Tiramisù, a heavenly concoction that’s easy to assemble but does need to be made in advance. www.nigella.com/recipes/whit...nigella.comWhite TiramisuThis pudding is always a success: it always works, and everyone always loves it. And I have the great Anna del Conte to thank for it. It is also the recipe that converted me to Tiramisu in the first p... 834139
Reposted by LibraryKilleenRichard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 14/05/2026It’s all kicking off in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Bodley 264 25915
Reposted by LibraryKilleenwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist who created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the US #WomensArt 72012303
Reposted by LibraryKilleenJennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Holy cats the Chicago Public Library needs to start using this typeface again—it’s so gorgeous @chipublib.bsky.social 1143307202
Reposted by LibraryKilleenThe Lancet @thelancet.com · 08/05/2026Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. In a new research letter, authors present the findings of a reference-integrity audit of 2.5 million biomedical papers. Read this & more in our latest issue: spkl.io/63325A7eXP 22127
Reposted by LibraryKilleenMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We really need to discuss making ourselves less (or non-) reliant on these products. Same goes for online catalogs for libraries. If our entire operation is reliant on a private piece of software that could go down at any moment... well, we can't really have serious conversations about resilience. 2449
Reposted by LibraryKilleenPaintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026'Night Flats', Camberwell (c.1967) by David Hepher (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) 018843
Reposted by LibraryKilleenMiddle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Under rubble and rain, Gaza women try to save rare books in centuries-old library - www.middleeasteye.net/news/under-ru…middleeasteye.netUnder rubble and rain, Gaza women try to save rare books in centuries-old libraryVolunteers work to salvage rare manuscripts from Gaza’s Great Omari Mosque library, left in ruins after Israeli bombardment 14323
Reposted by LibraryKilleenThe Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 06/05/2026"Here we are calmly planning, in cold blood, to kill our own mother!" Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (1938) #WyrdWednesday #illustration #coverart 1010219
Reposted by LibraryKilleenPrince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 06/05/2026IN A LONELY PLACE screens on 35mm next Wed 13th May at midday. Nicholas Ray’s bleak, bruising Hollywood noir with Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. One of the darkest studio films of its era, and all the better for it. 🎟️ : buff.ly/0lbBEMu 0122
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