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Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
JOB ALERT 🚨 Shakespeare's Globe Library & Archive are looking for a Library & Archive Coordinator on a permanent, part-time basis. More info & details on how to apply: www.shakespearesglobe.com/jobs-and-opp...
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Jobs & Opportunities | Shakespeare's Globe
A world-renowned theatre, education centre, and cultural landmark, located on the bank of the River Thames in London, UK.
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Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you think sticky notes are a modern era invention.... this one dates from the 1560s! Found today in a Worshipful Company of Vintners accounts book. The Vintners received its first Royal Charter in 1363 and managed the import, regulation & sale of wine. Today it supports many causes.
Image shows a small oblong piece of paper attached at the centrefold of a handwritten accounts book. 1560s.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce, with our partners The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Pilgrim Trust & the Wolfson Foundation that #ArchivesRevealed has awarded 3 Consortium Grants and 17 Cataloguing Grants – the most yet for a single round! See thread 👇(1/5) 📷 The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
A colourful illustration depicting a collection of characters and figures in a fantasy forest setting.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Feeling inspired? Applications for #ArchivesRevealed Cataloguing and Consortium Grants are open again until 1 October – this will be the last in the current funding cycle. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-rev... (5/5)
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British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Members of the Archives and Records community will be saddened to learn that Richard Olney, formerly of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (HMC), died on 9th August after a long illness. Read more: www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/richard...
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Register of British Slave Traders report commissioned by the City of London Corporation has been leaked & has identified 280 City of London Corporation members as traffickers between 1640 & 1807 including 41 lord mayors (23% of the total) & 129 aldermen. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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City of London 'leaked' report shows links to African slave trade
City of London Corporation research revealed some of its members were involved in the slave trade.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.billboard.com/music/countr...
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Belmont University to House Johnny Cash’s Personal Archives
The archives will be part of the new Johnny Cash Learning Center at Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
scotsman.com
Culture secretary 'crystal clear' that CCA archive should be retained amid auction fears
The CCA went into liquidation in February
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/16/t...
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Tower of London’s architectural archive to be opened up to public as part of planned £70m revamp
A new Archive Study Centre will open as part of a multi-year programme by Historic Royal Palaces
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/welsh-g...
artsprofessional.co.uk
Welsh government unveils £5.2m funding boost for museums, libraries and archives - Arts Professional
The Welsh government has announced that 31 museums, libraries and archive projects in Wales are set to receive part of a £5.28 million funding boost.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Applications for A Year in Archives 2026 close in just 1 month! Read about the exciting changes we’re making this year and submit a project by 21 August: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/1P8AIO/ Don’t miss an opportunity to spotlight your work to the sector and the wider public! 📷 Historic England Archive
A black-and-white photograph of a row of 10 women, all wearing a dark military jacket and skirt, and each standing next to a camera on a tripod.
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Kat @byekitty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
when you’re doodling in meetings but you’re William Morris
a page from a notebook including artistic stylised floral patterns and designs for the letter G alongside notes possibly relating to socialism
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk
Photograph taken from above showing a man working at his laptop at the British Library.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PM seemingly unaware of the change to 20 year rule.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 03/07/2026
This is what we mean by the whole “not everything is digitized” — not everything is fully *catalogued* yet! This is at the UK National Archives at Kew.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Cool Off in Culture campaign is creating a digital map of cultural spaces where people can cool down during spells of hot weather – juliesbicycle.org/take-action/... 🌍Register your venue as a cool space people can visit during #heatwaves (1/2)
A wide shot of a man sat in the sound booth of an exhibition space listening to something on headphones.
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Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
✨New month, new theme! ✨ For July, the theme is #EYAArchitecture 🏠 time to share your collections relating to architecture! Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag, we can’t wait to see your posts! #ExploreYourArchive
White text on a blue background, with a floor plan of a building within the background. Text “#EYAArchitecture”
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
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V&A announces national tour of David Bowie archive
David Bowie: On Tour brings over 100 archive highlights to venues in Dundee, Blackpool, County Durham, Hull and Bristol from November 2026.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨 Places are filling fast for our Sustainability Action Planning workshop on 9 July (10am – 12pm): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi... This practical and engaging workshop, led by Lorraine Finch, will empower you to create an effective plan for your own archive!
Archivist looks through large documents in hanging cabinet at Ironbridge Museum Trust.
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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨People working in archives (in the UK)🚨 ARA are re-commissioning the peer reviewer training, so it is a perfect time to log interest. Training will definitely happen. If you get in now, you can help to shape it. Find out more www.archives.org.uk/peer-reviewers. You don't have to be an ARA member!
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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Making an archive sing - Museums Association
Simon Stephens visits the Red House in Suffolk, the former home of composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, the singer Peter Pears
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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Great to see that the opening date for the London Museum is now set for 28 November www.londonmuseum.org.uk/smithfield/ It has been a wild journey, I have had the privilege of watching from their academic advisory panel. Congratulations to the museum staff - it is a globally important development.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Celebrated British artist David Hockney dies aged 88 - BBC News share.google/QG7el52GpX7Q...
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Celebrated British artist David Hockney dies aged 88
The painter's style was one of the most recognisable in the modern era.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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(S+) NSDAP archive: Find out what your family did under Hitler
DER SPIEGEL has prepared millions of NSDAP membership cards for easy searchability. You can find out more about your own family’s history and build a personal file.
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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Our online display, 'A Magna Carta Miscellany', is now live! Our 2025 exhibition 'Magna Carta 1225' marked 800 years since King Henry III reissued what most historians consider to be the definitive version of the famous legal charter.
A view of the the Castle-Yard of Lincoln
Glass Slide Showing Robert Curthose, Gloucester CathedralA view of the the Castle-Yard of Lincoln
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Join us on 8 July (10AM) for a free online workshop where we’ll explore techniques and strategies for retaining business-critical knowledge when staff change position or leave an organisation. Ideal for archive managers! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/succession...
Two record keepers stand in the aisle of a repository looking through a pile of black and white photographs. Metal shelves are lined with a combination of cardboard and wooden boxes.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New funding opportunity 👇 The Sites of Memory Community Research Grants are now open, supporting projects exploring the histories and legacies of transatlantic slavery. More info: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
A woman wearing a colourful head scarf and a man wearing glasses read from a slim orange book. The background is blurred.
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Explore York Archive @yorkarchive.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨We are hiring🚨 We are recruiting for 2x Archivist posts: Archivist (Access and Engagement) - fixed-term until March 2028. Project Archivist (Setting the Record Straight) - fixed-term, 12 months. To find out more about the roles and apply take a look at our website⬇️. #archives #jobs
Row of leather-bound council minute books on a shelf, worn spines and white cloth ties.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Tragic Joy Division rocker’s archives to be displayed in NYC ahead of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
One of Britain’s most influential acts is getting the Big Apple treatment.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Archives of Desire | Los Angeles Review of Books share.google/xNdYDjhoPJGW...
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Archives of Desire | Los Angeles Review of Books
Two recent biographies of Octavia Butler, drawing on her archive at the Huntington Library, ‘challenge us to reflect upon what it means to study a writer’s archive.’
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Nazi database takes Germans on personal journey into their families’ dark pasts
Die Zeit’s online database of individuals’ Nazi membership is prompting a reckoning as people uncover ties to regime
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Great to see today's news about a newly discovered manuscript of Caedmon's Hymn! (And the brilliant Mark Faulkner, one of the scholars who found it, was the post-doc on the very first big research project I led!) But how did Caedmon's Hymn sound in Old English? Here you go...
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Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herder
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Refik Anadol On Turning Oxford Archives Into A Living AI Dreamscape
Anadol’s installation “Archive Dreaming” transforms vast botanical datasets into a visual spectacle. It's on display at a new Oxford University center for the humanities.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hardly noticed but at the end of last week the Government vision for archives in England was launched. No money attached as far as I know. Aim is for archives to be 'at the heart of society' through being accessible, inclusive and sustainable www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
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The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector
Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...
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Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The 2026 TownsWeb Archiving Digitisation Grant is now open, with 10 x £3,000 grants available. For more information and to request your application form, please read their latest blog post here: blog.townswebarchiving.com/twa-digitisa...
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TWA Digitisation Grant 2026: Now OPEN for Applications!
We’re thrilled to announce that the TWA Digitisation Grant is now OPEN, as of the 22nd April 2026! Find out what’s on offer and how to apply.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Shakespeare's 'missing' London house mapped with new discovery | King's College London share.google/cVAWuHK47plg...
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Shakespeare's 'missing' London house mapped with new discovery | King's College London
The exact location of William Shakespeare’s only London property can now be pinpointed to a quiet Blackfriars street, thanks to the discovery of a previously unknown floorplan.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Just 20 tickets left for our Leadership skills event next month! If you’re travelling from outside the host city of Birmingham, this week is your last chance to apply for a travel bursary! 📆 Tuesday 5 May (10am-2.30pm) Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership... (1/2)
15-20 people gathered around a long table in a large library/study space, listening to a presentation being delivered. A large pull-up screen displays a presentation.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Wiener Holocaust Library wins planning approval for major extension - Museums Association
London institution granted permission to expand its exhibition and learning spaces
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Skills bursaries and records at risk grants are open to applications on a rolling basis, with funds available for rapid distribution! Records at risk grants support urgent interventions to save significant records facing immediate peril in the UK: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/2)
A woman, wearing an apron, operates a hand press machine in a conservation studio.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Lost seal of Edward the Confessor found after being missing for 40 years
An 11th-century Anglo-Saxon seal belonging to Edward the Confessor has been rediscovered more than 40 years after being declared lost. The wax impression of the ‘Saint-Denis seal’ disappeared without ...
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
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Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks review – the writing secrets of Stephen King
A deep dive into the horror novelist’s archives reveals pedantry, penny-pinching, and a total redraft of Carrie
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Such a mix of people’: Ireland of 1926 was not monocultural, release of census shows
Archive is freely available online from 18 April, revealing the lives, occupations and secrets of 2.9m people
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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Very pleased to announce that BT Group Archives and UCL Department of Information Studies have a fully-funded PhD on offer. It's a really exciting one: to investigate how new computational methods can be used to get the most out of a digitised audiovisual collection. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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Gary Brannan @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Anyone for SIXTEEN MILLION new records to search on Ancestry? Including for the first time ever, all of the wills from the Court of York, 1389-1858? Not just the indexes this time, but also new images of the Registers themselves?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/04/2026
Trump: "I don't believe in building libraries or museums…It's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby, which is going to be a trick."
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We’re welcoming applicants for a fully funded history PhD project researching the first 100 years of the UK's Public Record Office, ahead of its bicentenary in 2038. Find out more and apply here by Friday 8 May: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475... (1/2)
A woman wearing a red dress sits in a reading room consulting an open book laid out on a cushion and writes down notes with a pencil.
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Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
'A succulent Chinese meal' - iconic Australian quote immortalised in national film archive - BBC News share.google/3wZGpwYlxwLC...
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'A succulent Chinese meal' - iconic Australian quote immortalised in national film archive
The theatrical monologue given by Jack Karlson as he was arrested in 1991 has been officially recognised as a
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Happy birthday to legendary movement artist Simone Forti. A choreographer & writer, Forti is one of the most influential figures of postmodern performance art. Learn more about how Forti's notebooks, part of Getty's archival collections, were a key part of her creative process.
A color vertical photo of Simone Forti. The background is a tan brown color and she has short white curly hair just above her shoulders. She wears a white or beige colored linen sleeveless top and pants. The photo captures her side profile facing to the left with both of her arms outstretched on each side. Her hands are slightly blurry as they are captured during a movement performance. Overlaid is header text in white colored bold font that reads, “The Body on the Page: Inside Simone Forti’s Archive.”
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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
'Finding Kraftwerk in the Design Archives' The Design Archives’ Digital Content and Systems Co-Ordinator Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social reflects on some recent cataloguing activity. Read now on our site: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
orange circular case with 'Autobahn 16mm/colour' typed on a cream and brown circular label in the centre
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Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Hot off the press! Two new case studies about how the Debenhams Archive was saved through collaborative action- and the hard work of @ricshire.bsky.social Westminster Archives, South West Heritage and others www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/debenha...
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Debenhams archive saved by collaboration
Individuals and organisations working together has secured the future of the historic Debenhams archive.
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