Archivist, Scottish Londoner, likes art, books, music, buildings & access to archives for all. Available for hire if you need help with archives.
Joined July 2014
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28 Nov 2023
Talking to a potential client about their archives. Always exciting! #archivistforhire
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10 Dec 2024
We're seeking new members of our editorial board with expertise in periods 1700–1850 or 1900–1940, as well as a joint book reviews editor (modern specialism). More info available here. 23 Dec deadline for expressions of interest. Please repost. thelondonjournal.org/EOI_Cal…
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6 Nov 2024
Announcing two upcoming events exploring the vast collections and archival material related to the HIV & AIDS epidemic, including our own collection. 2 & 3 December: a digital humanities workshop & an online symposium.
More details in the thread below ⬇️
ALT The front cover of a booklet with a light green border and pink centre colour, with the words 'Some facts about A.I.D.S. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome' in large black and blue lettering and a logo from the Health Education Council underneath. Collection reference: Health Education Council AIDS booklet, 1985, PREM 19/1863 (3) from the Prime Minister's Office.
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18 Nov 2024
Cathy King, contemporary printmaker from the UK #WomdnsArt
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16 Nov 2024
Can we take a moment to admire the extraordinary attention to detail in the costuming for #WolfHall from the incredible designer Joanna Eatwell? A flawless interpretation of Jane Seymour’s bonnet and gown from the Whitehall Mural 🙌
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7 Nov 2024
So pleased to see this!
7 Nov 2024
We're 'saving' the floppy disk on World Digital Preservation Day 💾
Cambridge University Library is a crucial step closer to safeguarding floppy disk knowledge following the award of @BritishAcademy_ funding.
Discover more: loom.ly/9MUpM98 #WDPD2024
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Charlie Turpie retweeted
12 Oct 2024
Newly published: @boorman_francis's review of 'St Giles-in-the-Fields: The History of a London Parish', by @rebeccaxpreston and Andrew Saint. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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7 Nov 2024
We are seeking new members of our editorial board, with expertise in the periods 1700–1850 or 1900–1940, as well as a joint book reviews editor (specialising in the modern period). More information is available here. All reposts much appreciated. thelondonjournal.org/EOI_Cal…
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26 Oct 2024
If I had to distill the top 3 myths being aired again & again to block a conversation on reparations it would be these:
Myth 1: That Britain abolished slavery around the world. Fact: Britain’s limited abolition was accompanied by the continued coercion of Black & Brown people to supply unpaid labour across the Empire.
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24 Oct 2024
Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub theguardian.com/world/2024/o…
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22 Oct 2024
Lovely to see museums getting on board with allowing direct access to their entire collections. Hoping they've looked for best practice in how archive services have done this for decades....
22 Oct 2024
News | @vam_east Storehouse to pioneer Order an Object service for visitors – venue aims to ‘create a new paradigm for access’ as 2025 opening date is revealed
Read: ow.ly/7ucw50TQWZF
ALT A render of people exploring the storage space at the V&A East Storehouse, which will open on 31 May 2025
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Charlie Turpie retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Intrigued to learn more? 👀
Join our guided tour with @TheLdnArchives to discover recently-uncovered stories of African and Asian foundlings through personal items, physical artefacts, works of art and archival documents.
Book your tickets: ow.ly/K4b550TLTES
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1 Oct 2024
New #OnHistory blog post. The authors of IHR Shorts @UoLPress title Becoming a Historian buff.ly/4gKZZM2 answer questions about just that! buff.ly/4erqlAY
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1 Oct 2024
'Thistle Grove, South Kensington' (from 'My Recollections and Reflections', 1913) by Yoshio Markino
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30 Sep 2024
Do you work with online volunteers or are you looking to recruit them?
Join our course this October to learn more about where to start and how to maintain a volunteer programme, whilst embedding inclusive practice.
Sign-up: eventbrite.co.uk/e/managing-…
Dates below 👇 (1/2)
ALT Photo of two women reading records in an archive. One woman is sitting and one is standing looking over the documents.
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28 Sep 2024
I’ve always loved this mysterious picture attributed to Cornelis Bisschop. An open door, a woman’s discarded jacket and shoes, and a painting-within-a-painting make up the suggestive elements of the scene, like a genre picture evacuated of its protagonists.
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29 Aug 2024
Looking forward to this next session at #ARA2024 - how climate scientists and archivists are working together to understand how climate is changing. We only know about this change, demonstrably, through reliable records.
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19 Aug 2024
Grenfell: Building a Disaster is out now on BBC Sounds & will be on R4 @ 1.45 daily
Each ep is 15 mins, so if you have a moment to hear about the missed opportunities & unheeded warnings which led to a fire which killed 72 people, please give it a listen
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00201x…
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17 Aug 2024
'Station Food and Wine', Hackney Wick (2024) by Lawrence Brand
lawrencebrand.com
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