Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
Rachel MacGregor
@anoldhand.bsky.social
Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Final session from Joseph Armstrong from the FCDO talking about sensitivity reviews on transfer of public records #ARA2026
Next up Anne Grzybowski from Heriot Watt University talking about legacy record keeping systems - a lot of very familiar issues here… #ARA2026
An exhibition exploring the life, work and legacy of Birmingham photographer, Lisel Hass is on display in the Level 3 Gallery www.bertzassociates.net #LibraryofBham #birminghamlgbt
Fascinating paper from Emily Edwards from @rcnhistory.bsky.social talking about the risks of human behaviour on the authentic record #ARA2026
Fantastic to hear about Jackie Kay’s archive held at @natlibscot.bsky.social - I’m a huge Jackie Kay fan 😍#ARA2026
Anyone near St Luke's Church, at Haslar Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire? Wall tablet there to an RN officer I'm interested in. The text is on the Maritime Monuments Database, which is great, but without a photo of the tablet. Have emailed the Haslar society, but just in case... #MaritimeHistory
Amina Shah from @natlibscot.bsky.social talks about the lethargy in the face of threats to libraries and dismissal of their role #ARA2026
Delighted to catch up with folks at #ARA2026 and looking forward to the sessions today. @scottishruth.bsky.social welcomes us to the conference and introduces the theme of authenticity
Lovely lovely Glasgow - wish I was with you for longer.
Never been asked how I spell my surname in Scotland before yet here we are. The modern world (sighs)
Headed there now. Have packed a raincoat which has been lying undisturbed in the hall cupboard since May
New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · 2d agoWe now go live to Glasgow.
I'm obviously looking forward to ARA Conference for the chance to see people, hear interesting talks, be challenged etc. But I'm also really looking forward to the weather.
Dewch i wrando ar fy sgwrs ar gasglu deunydd ymgyrchu etholiad ar stondyn @librarywales.bsky.social yn @eisteddfod.cymru ar ddydd Iau.
Could see @nataliehaynes.bsky.social rocking these 😍
Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · last wk.Gold octopus ornaments from Bronze Age Mycenae, some 3,500 years ago. Probably sewn onto a funerary garment or shroud. Grave IV, Grave Circle A. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me #Archaeology
The Union Chapel is advertising for a part-time archivist - it's a great job for someone. I've spent a lot of time there and the staff are great. The archive starts c.1820 and the postwar sections esp. are crammed with ephemera on all kinds of music and performance.
I’m so pleased to share that @araukie.bsky.social’s July/August issue of ARC Magazine is now out! The issue is full of fantastic contributions from across the #Archives and #RecordsManagement sector, sharing all the latest updates, achievements and celebrations 🥳
✨ Just over 3 months until the deadline for the 2026 Midland History Essay Prize ✨ Submissions can be on any time period and any topic about the English midlands 📝 Max 10,000 words inc footnotes 💸 Best essay awarded £400 📗 Opportunity to publish 🗓️ Deadline 31st October More details 👇
If you're a freelancer working in heritage, you're going to want to come to this! We're setting up a branch of @prospectunion.bsky.social, and this is our first meeting, open to members and non-members. This Thursday, online from 12-1. Register for a link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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The NRA archive listserv has an advert for a research service. That's fine (if there is a need, someone will monetise delivering it). I just find the company a bit "funny" as it A. Insults the archive services its business model relies on (archives don't respond to enquiries apparently)
Q for Nottingham(shire) folk: Does anyone know if there is a catalogue of programmes or even just a list for the "City and County in Concert" events promoted jointly by City of Nottingham and Notts. County Council in the 1980s and 1990s, mostly (but not entirely) at the new Royal Concert Hall?
EVENT: Join C20 and Historic England for a special two-day event, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 1946 New Towns Act and the launch of the late Elain Harwood’s final major publication, 'New Towns Mark One'. 🗓️ Thu 10-11 Sept 2026 📍 London + Harlow 🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Printers are finicky because they are portals between a digital world and a physical world which defies all of God's will and should never have been built should never have been built so yet require constant and consistent sacrifice to satisfy the weak bonds that tether the two planes.
Banners bright Mining history on display in our current exhibition, featuring archives on coalfield communities, health, welfare and mining trade unionism
Writing a thing about the Barbican refurb. V keen to chat to someone working on the refurb, and also someone who works on maintaining the estate currently. If this is you, or someone you know, do let me know. Ta! x
A last attempt: Would anyone like two tickets to the Flaming Lips at the Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow tonight. My treat.
Just sat here waiting for architecture lovers, music fans and mid-century design enthusiasts to find me... www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
We're going back (*ahem*) 40 years and digging through the zines Some fine DIY cut and paste work on show, alongside music news, implied filth, vegetarianism, nuclear armageddon and cricket
