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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 30/11/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A very happy name day to everyone who shares my name, Andrew, Ἀνδρέας, Andrea, أندراوس, Андрі́й… 📸 Detail from a stained glass window at St Andrew's, Hove.

Detail of a stained glass window at St Andrew's church, Hove. St Andrew is shown in vibrant blue clothes as a "fisher of men" with three fish and a net.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 30/11/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wishing a happy name day to everyone who shares my name, Andrew, Andras, Andrea, أندراوس, Андрі́й… 📸 Detail from an illuminated missal, the calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (Getty Museum Ms. 34 (88.MG.71), fol. 172a).

The calling of Saints Peter and Andrew. Detail from an illuminated missal, by an anonymous Illuminator - made circa 1389-1400, Bologna.

Saint Andrew and Saint Peter cast their nets into the Sea of Galilee from a boat, while Jesus stands on the shore calling them to follow him.

Below the miniature, St Andrew is shown in the initial "D" for dominus (god), with his cross and book.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 12/11/2024

Celebrating the inaugural Michael Rosen Day today at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social with a perfectly formed book display in the Library. 💚📚 Including my toddler’s favourite, ‘The author : towards a Marxist approach to authorship’ (2018). 😜 #MichaelRosenDay @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

A book display of children's books, scholarly works and autobiography by Michael Rosen at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 06/11/2024

We are hiring - again! We're seeking two Subject Librarians to lead on relationship management with our academic departments and deliver engaging teaching for our students at Goldsmiths. Closing 8 December. 1 FTE: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj... 0.6 FTE: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/subj...

A student reading among shelves in Goldsmiths Library.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 22/10/2024

We are hiring - again! We're seeking a Library Experience Manager to work with our fantastic Reader Services front of house team to deliver an exemplary student experience. Closing 4 December. Info and to apply: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/libr...

Suzie Sausage Dog running past book shelves in Goldsmiths Library. Courtesy Nuala McLaren.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 21/10/2024

We are hiring! We're seeking a Curator for the Goldsmiths Textile Collection. Come and make a different working with our fabulous Special Collections & Archives team supporting teaching and learning and research. (Closing 17 November.) Info and to apply: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/gold...

Detail of embroidered silk table cloth, courtesy Goldsmiths Textile Collection.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 19/10/2024

Show me your pet and what they're named after.

A black and white photograph of Marcel Proust

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #210,157.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 09/02/2024

I knew it was a good idea to keep hold of my badge. #Grady4GS

Campaign badge for Jo Grady for UCU general secretary, work on the lapel of a grey woollen jacket.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 26/12/2023

Woke this morning to the news of the death of the brilliant Tony Oxley at 85. A privilege to have seen him perform. RIP Tony.

Tony Oxley and Cecil Taylor performing in concert (Prato, 2004?).

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 14/12/2023

Tell me where you were born using just one image of food.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 30/11/2023

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A very happy name day. Andrew, Ἀνδρέας, أندراوس, Андрій and all variations of our name. 📸 Icon at St. Andrew the Apostle, Catford.

An icon depicting St. Andrew the Apostle, displayed on a brick pillar at St. Andrew the Apostle, church, Catford.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 10/11/2023

That's a good one! I think it deserves a spot. I found the original Myron tweet which I'd saved for posterity.

Screenshot of a Tweet from @Bibliocracy with a "Progressive LIS bingo" card featuring concepts including "Marginalize", "Situate", "Neoliberalism", and "Deleuze and/or Guattari (who namedrops Guatarri solo though?" as bingo squares.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 26/10/2023

Inside you is one Homer. What is your Homer?

Still from The Simpsons, Homer addresses his own brain, "Shut up, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip".

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 19/10/2023

Reaching that stage of library strategic plan development where “Library cat?” is offered as a serious suggestion and “I can bring in Marcel” as a serious solution. 🐈‍⬛🖤

A black tomcat with green eyes and a red collar sits lengthways along the top of a wooden fence.

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Andrew Preater @preater.com · 04/10/2023

Non-U module gang reporting in. I think if it weren't for preferring a different aesthetic sometimes or needing a particular feature on occasion, I'd never take this thing off. ⌚

A Casio G-Shock GW-M5610 watch pictured on a man's wrist. The time is 19.03 BST.

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