Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Evening all. The Out of office is on for a week and I've celebrated with a day of doing virtually nothing! Now a glass of pink with sewing and strictly. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 0100
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Amen. I have 8 hours until the out of office is going on for a week off.... 020
Reposted by Lizzy BakerIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Woman walks into a Hull hairdresser and asks for a perm. Certainly, he replies: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' #NationalPoetryDay 014743
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Evening all. A glass of pink with strictly and sewing after a ferociously busy week. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 1111
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Have you tried any Freya Marske? I'm really enjoying listening to her Bodies of Magic right now 110
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The TNA Archives Sector Development manager for business records might have a contact?nationalarchives.gov.ukContact the team - Archives sectorIf you've not found the information you are looking for on our website, please get in contact with one of our expert team listed here. 010
Reposted by Lizzy BakerArchives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We're looking for a freelance conservator to survey and rehouse audio heritage as part of the Sounds of the Midlands project. For more information please email us. Deadline for applications is Monday, 12 October #LibraryofBham @uniofleicester.bsky.social 048
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I love doing #YayAdvent so much every year - if you fancy 24 little presents to brighten up your December do sign up! 002
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Evening all. Sewing, strictly and a glass of pink after a fantastic week off including a wonderful friends wedding in the Midlands and a gorgeous trip to the Devon seaside. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 1100
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Absolutely - I think my earliest memory of her was Waiting for God in my which she was gloriously sarcastic. Though I'm slightly disturbed to discover she was actually 48 in series 1! 120
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026She was. And I was just listening to an episode on the train this morning! 010
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh this is such sad news - she was so marvellous in everything she did but my fondest memories will definitely be Cabin Pressure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukStephanie Cole: Tenko and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84She was best known for playing the character Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama 270
Reposted by Lizzy BakerLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...nationaltrust.org.ukAnnual General MeetingYour Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon. 23314237
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A lovely day out with archivist friends with lots of National Trust-ing, cake and catch ups. Now relaxing with water, an audiobook and some sewing. Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 090
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Evening all. Busy day of errands, shopping and coffee with a friend. Now stitching with a new audiobook and some hydration. Cheers. #ConfinedCocktails 0100
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Evening all. Hydration and some blackwork embroidery this evening after a busy morning of running errands and a relaxing afternoon with a book. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 1100
Reposted by Lizzy BakerSteph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026They really need to make an alert that you can still read once you've made it stop screaming. 36510
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Evening all. I've had a paddle in the sea at Bambrugh today which was lovely! Warming up with some Northumbrian cider (out of shot) and a holiday sewing project. Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 0130
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My out of office is on and I'm having a rest and some family time for the next 10 days! Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 0141
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Horribly late to #ConfinedCocktails tonight as dinner was delayed. Water and a new blackwork project. Cheers! 070
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I'd recommend the book 'Sex, Spies and Scandal: The John Vassall affair' by Alex Grant. He came and gave a tall at our book festival which was fascinating. Apparently Vassall developed an interest in archives while doing some transcription work for a local record office while in prison 150
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Hydration and finishing off this cross stitch project is the plan for this evening. 200 stitches to go! Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 0191
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Evening all. A busy day of wardrobe sorting but relaxing now with water, sewing and a very good audiobook. Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 0100
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Evening all. Still very warm in Northumberland and we've had a busy day of sorting and charity shop runs. Now rehydrating with sewing and an audiobook. Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 0110
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Really disappointed to see this level of cuts at yet another university history department. Please sign and share c.org/K4CqyF7Tn8c.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 140
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Evening all. A busy day including buses, coffee out and a charity shop delivery. Nice to be feeling a bit more like myself again due to a break in chemo. Just water and embroidery this evening. #ConfinedCocktails 0110
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Sorry to hear that. Hope you have a peaceful weekend. 010
Reposted by Lizzy BakerKat @byekitty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026happy International Archives Day! if you would like to make archives happy you could do worse than with some online volunteering for me – look at pictures! read 19th century minutes! very straightforward, very satisfying, no commitment necessary. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... (scroll down) 12923
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 06/06/2026A very belated #ConfinedCocktails this eve. Have had a lazy day of nostalgic TV binge watching Now slowly warming my hands back up from post chemo stiffness with some slow sewing with an audiobook. Cheers! 070
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026So very sad to hear news of the death of Anthony Head. Such a wonderful actor. He was of course marvellous in Buffy and Merlin, but I loved him in Cabin Pressure on the radio. Sounds to have been a lovely human being too 2150
Reposted by Lizzy BakerBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Sunderland-born Joseph Swan, early developer of an incandescent electric light bulb, died on this day 1914. He demonstrated his lamp in 1879 to an audience of more than 700 at Newcastle’s Literary and Philosophical Society. 514325
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I'm watching along! Hoping for a good series 010
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 26/05/2026We had a frost a week ago in Northumberland! Now really rather warm 140
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Evening all. Just a much needed quiet day. Nice morning walk along the local burn, coffee with a neighbour and the rest of the day relaxing with an audiobook and sewing. Cheers! #ConfinedCocktails 0100
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 16/05/2026So sorry to hear this. Sending condolences and strength to you and your family. 010
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Cheers to the Aunts! A quiet day for me involving a mooch round a local plant festival. Now sewing and an audiobook. Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 0131
Reposted by Lizzy BakerGinny Dawe-Woodings @helloginnybatty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Repository, fonds, series, file, item, folio 0143
Reposted by Lizzy BakerKate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Excellent news for all who have to deal with this condition - and the all-too-common medical assumption that it is “only” a reproductive concern, not a whole-body condition that can lead for example to type 2 diabetes. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...theguardian.com‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of womenDecades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS 04111
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Very much feel free to vent - sometimes it's just what you need to do when life is throwing awfulness at you 130
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Thanks! It's taking me a while but hoping it will look lovely when it's finished 000
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026We saw a magazine recipe and decided to give it a go - it's really good! Plus I can eat it! 010
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Hope the recovery speeds up and isn't too complicated and you are able to head home soon. Audiobooks are my best boredom mitigation tool. The embroidery looks good! 040
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Evening all. I'm having a quiet weekend after a busy and productive chemo free week. So just water and embroidery and an audiobook after an excellent dinner of home made pizza and baklava (all credit to my mum for the baking)! Cheers #ConfinedCocktails 2150
Reposted by Lizzy BakerMicah @rincewind.run · 28/04/2026GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man) 173132816
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I saw Professor Probart present on bigmay at the Broken bonds conference I attended online last week - so interesting! 020
Lizzy Baker @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Oooo I wish! We are a very literary lot up here. Basically one crime book festival in Feb and one literary festival in April. Plus others a bit too far away for me to get to! And one offs at the library..... 120
