So excited to have this new friend, all the way from the House of Automata in Scotland He needs restringing and perhaps a new uniform, but his face just makes me happy 😊 Can’t wait to find out what adventures he is dreaming about 😃 #marionette #puppet

North Berwick! KIDS! Come see us at #fringebythesea on Sunday 9th August, we've got @naomipaxton.bsky.social's Ada Campe, @cbthorburn.bsky.social and @totallyimprovised.bsky.social POISED to entertain & delight you! 🎟️ www.fringebythesea.com/comedy-club-...

Lotte Reiniger's silhouette animation in THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926), the earliest surviving full-length animated feature. Her attention to detail was stunning, note the wobble of the chess piece.

Omigosh! Guildhall on #UniversityChallenge for the first time is good news - despite the “Drama” part of their name not being repped on the team. I do hope they beat Darwin 😃

Worth rereading the @royalhistsoc.org statement on job losses in History after the loss of a fine history dept this week.

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3d ago

In late 2023, the Society spent a day with Hertfordshire’s historians. We saw the quality, creativity and distinctiveness of teaching, research and engagement. We were told by a (now departed) senior manager that History was ‘a portfolio the university will guard very carefully’. bit.ly/4hLediN

I’m being a tour guide this week in the beautiful London Palladium! #londontours #tourguide #theatrehistory #londonhistory

There is a very mean spirited parody video that could be made about the recurring dreary/daft/delulu questions posted on the Edinburgh Fringe Performers group on Facebook. I won’t make it, obvs, because I’m nice. But the moderators must have the patience of saints!!

So glad to have caught this @bushtheatre.bsky.social before it closes - and the acting was refreshingly good 🙌🙌🙌

Rain!! 🥳🥳🥳

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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The power of attorney sadmin continues to be a giant pile of worry and stress. Currently dealing with the interesting challenge of how to confirm the ID of a 91 yr old man who’s never had a driving licence or a mobile phone, doesn’t use computers or email, and has only an expired passport. 😟

#Birmingham! Families of the West Midlands! Last few tickets left for our show at The Rep on Thursday 30th July, with Rob Kemp MCing physical comic Darryl Carrington, poet @benmacpherson1.bsky.social and @naomipaxton.bsky.social's Ada Campe! 🎟️ www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/com...

I think we're all ready for The Muppet Odyssey.

Very sad news. He was a lovely man.

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This looks great!

Sarah Bendall@sarahabendall.bsky.social · 2w ago

Publication day today for The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens! See this 🧵 for a chapter breakdown. Discount code & links in my bio.

Sarah Doherty, a woman who dedicated her life to equal pay & workplace rights for women whilst working at a shirt making factory in Derry, Northern Ireland honoured with a blue plaque. 👇 BBC News - The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sarah Doherty: The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice

Trade unionist Sarah Doherty, who fought for Derry's women workers, is being honoured with a blue plaque.

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My comedy character Ada Campe is on the bill for Nina Conti and Friends this Sunday at Leicester Square Theatre! Chuffed and excited 😃 www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/nina-co...

Never forget the 19th-c suffrage campaigners who laid the foundation for eventual success. Over 60+ years, the campaign took many forms, leaving in its wake 1000s of objects. I take 100 to tell the story. The end is near- pub tomorrow - see link in bio #womenshistory #suffragettes #votesforwomen

The Rhubarb and Custard sweeties from Kirk’s Store at the brilliant Highland Folk Museum have finally been finished. Tbh I thought 1/4 for £2 was a bit steep but these have been worth every penny! Yum yum yummy 😋

Sometimes you hit a sweet sweet pocket of TikTok algorithm and it’s bye bye to cave diving accidents, customer airport nightmares, and pelvic floor exercises - and hello to rapping historians, baton twirling retirees, and that lisping guy bragging about his “thoot of armour” 😆 Bloody delightful!

The fluffy Curious Cat with pince-nez and a fan, created by French toy and automata makers Roullet & Decamps around 1950. On display in the glorious House of Automata in Scotland. #cat #automaton #1950s

Suffrage theatre connections are everywhere! Seeing this today @vadundee.bsky.social made me happy 😊

Congratulations to researchers @dh-researchhub.bsky.social working with @senatehouselib.bsky.social on the new "Toolkit for legacy (weird) media assets". The toolkit offers practical guidance for cultural heritage professionals and researchers working with legacy media: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The relief at seeing a cover for your upcoming book when it's felt like it may never happen! Been working on this for 5 years (should have been out two years ago but delayed thanks to Covid) and it'll finally be out later this year. Phew and hurray!

HULLO, KIDS. Do you want to: See us live? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/gigs/ Listen to our podcasts? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/podcast/ Buy our book? www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/how-to-be-an... Join our classes? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/workshops Use our free comedy worksheets? comedyclub4kids.co.uk/resources/

Got this book for £1 in a charity shop on Thurs evening, read it that night, then donated it to a different charity shop on Friday morning. A holiday read as not my usual type of thing at all but was totally gripped! Then went to Pitlochry, saw a truly terrible show, and am now in Dundee.

Sounds the sort of thing you'd say if you were hiding Dracula's grave

Consultation closes 4 August! I'd hope @writersguildgb.bsky.social and other representatives of self-employed people will respond; so many freelancers' income is earned irregularly across the year and paid months later when the client gets round to it, that I don't see how monthly tax payments work.

Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 2w ago

Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/

Horse portrait bomb! 😄 An 18th century portrait of Margaret Macpherson of Cluny… and a random horse 😆 In the Clan MacPherson museum in Newtonmore #clanmacpherson #surprisehorse

A treat to meet Nancy, a breathing automaton created in Paris c. 1910. She didn’t seem too bothered by my presence, and cracked on with her sewing 😄 Incredible to see her up close - just one of the wonderful exhibits at The House of Automata 😍