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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 3h

Once again I was unsuccessful at getting Glastonbury tickets 😔 oh well more time and money for adventures next summer!

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Karen RH @karenrh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take a few minutes to distract from the doomscrolling

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't use my own social media accounts as much these days. This unexpected announcement has hit me more than I could have expected. On my down days it's usually the music of Frank Turner I turn to and the prospect of his next show. These last shows at Wembley next year are going to be special ❤️

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📩 Barnsley Museums objects as email sign offs....

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This year I planned to visit 40 new places. With a broken foot putting me out of action for a couple of months followed by illness I might have to change that to '40 different train stations' Currently on my way to Hitchin Live to see The Libertines and Maximo Park

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My job is all about digital, but no I'm not scanning a QR code on a tea bag for the sake of it

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm feeling a little bit under the weather today, a night of Paul Heaton's music is already perking me up.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Well this is a bit awkward, it's #YorkshireDay but our Digital Curator is currently on his way to Manchester. He's making amends for leaving God's Own County by sharing some Yorkshire goodness in the form of Barnsley's Top Trumps along the way

our Digital Curator holding a box of Barnsley's Top Trumps cards to the window of a train which is heading for Manchester

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I really need to find a cheaper hobby with less train travel. Another weekend of Michael on Tour: today Birkenhead via Chester.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I filled up last weekend with as much music (and travel) as humanly possibly. Starting off at Scarborough to see Frank Turner and Bowling For Soup before heading south for Biffy Clyro at Finsbury Park. My travels then took me to Guilfest where I saw one of my fave live bands The Lottery Winners

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's the perfect temperature in Scarborough today. 🌞

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Say you're on holiday without saying you're on holiday.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Happy International Museum Day! In celebration we're bringing back the emoji game. Reply with an emoji and we'll find something from our collections. #InternationalMuseumDay

A montage photo featuring all five of our venues

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Us jumping on the latest bandwagon

Two marble busts of a veiled woman are shown. The left is labeled "Millennial Social Media" with a detailed description; the right, "Gen Z Social Media," simply says "Main character vibes" with a hand emoji.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I've got a broken foot and missing live music and leaving the house so I'm enjoying this rock section of #Eurovision

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I really like the UK's entry this year, but maybe I'm a bit biased as he own his own museum and live his social content. #Eurovision

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Terry Wogan is still very much missed at #Eurovision but Sara and Rylan are providing an excellent commentary on Radio2.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Go Delta Goodrem! Based on that performance the final could be heading to Australia next year #eurovision

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The start of the Albania entry is very similar sounding to Like A Prayer by Madonna #Eurovision

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Bjork mixed with Stacey Slater from Eastenders #Eurovision

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Roisin has said more at the #BaftaAwards tonight than she did for the whole of Last One Laughing!

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Big Boys is one of the best shows I've ever seen, gutted it didn't win a #Bafta Award.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The one thing I'm missing at the moment is live music. I was fortunate the other week to see Frank Turner in Boston.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Hello. I haven't posted on here for a while. Here's what I have been up to lately: 2 weeks ago I did the Edale to Mam Tor walk which resulted in a trip to A&E. I'm not in much pain but suffering from fatigue as I still can't walk too far.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hello lady on #TheChase today. Yes Penistone is between Sheffield and Huddersfield but you're still from Barnsley!

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

You know you work in a museum when.... You come back to your desk to find a replica stone head 🗿

a replica stone head and behind it a computer monitor

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I often say that no two days working in a museum are ever the same but today no two hours were the same: I went from being in a cinema where I'm helping out with an upcoming event, to running for a train before filming myself with a horses head

Me in the museum store looking at a horses head

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I always find it amusing that my birthday coincides with #NationalPuzzleDay after spending the last six years sharing #MuseumJigsaws

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The contestants should wear name badges for the first few shows, I've already forgotten most of their names #TheTraitors

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The Traitors time! If I can stay awake long enough I might also watch the final of Stranger Things before I read any spoilers

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

It genuinely took the smell of Sunday dinners cooking on my walk to remind me that today is in fact Sunday!

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Tegwen Roberts @industrialteg.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And here's the original version @michaelcurates.bsky.social and I put together as a Christmas video for the team, not thinking for a second that it would go viral and end up on the BBC news... 😄 I'd like to think Arthur world have been pleased youtu.be/orlqLBPFnxk?... #ChristmasEve #BarnsleyCarol

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Christmas Eve (The Barnsley Carol) - Arthur Godfrey (1933)

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Tegwen Roberts @industrialteg.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

On Christmas Eve I'm thinking about the Barnsley Carol, written by Barnsley glass bottle maker Arthur Godfrey in 1933. Rediscovered by @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social in 2023 and now sung by people across the World. So proud to have been part of its journey barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a...

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A Barnsley Christmas Eve Carol 1933

Barnsley Museums have resurrected a special Barnsley Christmas Eve Carol 90 years after it was first published in the Barnsley Chronicle in 1933. Written by Barnsley bottle maker Arthur Godfrey ‘Ch…

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

In 2023 I got sidetracked at work & now a new Christmas tradition was born From the research I've done Arthur Godfrey sounds like such a fascinating man I tracked down his last Barnsley address which was on the same street my dad grew up on I want to think the Godfrey's and Hardy's were friends

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 23. Another song that pre-dates Spotify! Luke Leigfield - I'm so confused by Christmas lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-...

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I'm So Confused by Christmas (single), by Luke Leighfield

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 22: @davidfordisdead.bsky.social Have yourself a bitter little Christmas - I had been trying to find a duet with Duke Special but it appears to have slipped down a crack in the internet and it would be Boxing Day by the time I found the CD version youtu.be/hBnSJ2RQt_g?...

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DAvid Ford- Have yourself a bitter little christmas

YouTube video by Geno McQueen

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This is how I would end the news if I was reading the news.

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 21 One of my all time favourite Christmas songs given the brass treatment: Old Dirty Brasstards - Christmas Wrapping open.spotify.com/track/1Y4dPZ...

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Christmas Wrapping

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

My Christmas highlight so far has been a Christmas Singalong at Penistone Paramount which featured The Barnsley Carol. Ralph Shaw explains how the carol had been lost for 90 years at the start of this video youtu.be/0GzA4Oh-8KE

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 20 - Adult Christmas by Moon Moon Moon open.spotify.com/track/5T3yEQ...

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Adult Christmas

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 19: Joe Carnall Jnr and Ed Cosens - All My Friends Have Come Back Home (For Christmas) open.spotify.com/track/1benwd...

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All My Friends Have Come Back Home (For Christmas)

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 16: No Christmas Bells by There Will Be Fireworks open.spotify.com/track/6JQJp1...

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No Christmas Bells

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Another band I have discovered through #MusicalAdvent Day 15 - Polish Club: Little Drummer Boy open.spotify.com/track/3PE8dX...

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Little Drummer Boy

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Michael Hardy @michaelcurates.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#MusicalAdvent Day 14 - Reindeer Reindeer by Prints Jackson. A topical song from years ago that is sadly still relevant 😔 open.spotify.com/track/3O93Ox...

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Reindeer Reindeer

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