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My thoughts on the disgraceful removal of Dr Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress (and the Archivist of the United States too). LC and NARA are part if the infrastructure of democracy in America, and are under attack. on.ft.com/4mdynBU The US Library of Congress is under attack

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Dr Carla Hayden was a truly great Librarian of Congress. It is an outrage that she has been sacked - a national shame on the United States. I had the pleasure of knowing her and working with her - she’ll continue to do good in the next phase of her career whatever that is.

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Port Meadow (Spring edition) but with drastically depleted water levels ….

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The old stuff keeps on giving @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk (& it’s a lot more than just a x-ray - it’s a combination of the particle accelerator, AI technology & skilled Greek palaeographers!) www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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I have reviewed a marvellous new book by @lswisnom.bsky.social which takes a close look at what was on the shelves of Ashurbanipal's library in ancient Assyria (for @ft.com.web.brid.gy) on.ft.com/42Wl8g3

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Good morning

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Hidden in plain sight in the Barbara Pym papers @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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Mayday, mayday … there’s nothing quite like May Day in Oxford!

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Prof Leah Price treated us to the first of her 2025 Lyell Lectures @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social last night. Her series is called ‘Victorian books and their Servants’, with four more to come, the first of these on 1 May at 5.15pm in the Weston Library.

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Spring on Port Meadow (plus abandoned bloom)

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Thanks for recommending #Burningthebooks Mary. It is still available from @johnmurrays.bsky.social in the UK and from @harvardpress.bsky.social in North America! History may not be repeating just now, but it certainly is rhyming ….

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Nice work @theobserveruk.bsky.social - the first issue under the new @tortoisemedia.bsky.social regime is a encouraging - with fave writers @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social @lauracummingart.bsky.social & @msrachelcooke.bsky.social still the cultural driving force!

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You can still register for onlince access to Prof Leah Price's 2025 Lyell Lectures @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, 'Victorian Books and their Servants', though we are fully booked in person ... visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lyell-lectur...

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Breakfast view (not far from Port Meadow)

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Fantastic interview with the amazing Isabel Allende - I had the pleasure of giving her the Bodley Medal (@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social) in New York in February - a truly great writer and a great human being. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/m...

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A joyful day @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social celebrating 25 years of Andrew McNeillie’s amazing Clutag Press and its journal Archipelago. Featuring @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social Lillis Ó Laoire, James Gibson Lockhart & other wonderful speakers. New issue out now! www.clutagpress.com/product-cate...

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The wisteria @ballioloxford.bsky.social looking mighty fine …

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The social importance of the preservation of knowledge (the key message in #Burningthebooks) kicking in here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Great poster. Also this from me and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...

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Danke für den Kauf, Thomas – aber Sie hätten die deutsche Version auch von meinen Freunden bei Suhrkamp bekommen können! www.suhrkamp.de/buch/richard...

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Thanks for reading #Burningthebooks Sebastian, and thanks too for all you great work with @datarescueproject.org

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‘There is no political power without power over the archive’ (Derrida)

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I read this book. If curious or interested, here is my #BookReview of 'Burning the Books.' itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2021/01/book... #books #reading #libraries #archives #reviews #ItinerantLibrarian #ICYMI #history 💙📚

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Strong piece from Alec Russell on the @ft.com.web.brid.gy - he is right - Truth is a life or death issue for Ukraine…. on.ft.com/42NgC4G Truth, lies and the betrayal of Ukraine

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Thanks for the shout out for #Burningthebooks (still available from my friends @johnmurrays.bsky.social and @harvardpress.bsky.social)!

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A new book from Ian McEwan is always a major event, but his new book, 'What we can know' is his 'library' novel! Come & join me in conversation with Ian (thanks to our friends @blackwelloxford.bsky.social) in the Sheldonian Theatre on Sat 13 Sept at 6pm! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ian-mcewan...

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‘There is no political power without power over the archive’ Jacques Derrida as quoted in the Guest essay by @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and me in today’s @nytimes.com

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I contributed some #dataloss research for this great piece by @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @richove.bsky.social in the NYT today!

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The deletion of websites and other government data is a dangerous attack on knowledge, harming democracy. My colleague @nannathylstrup.bsky.social & I contribute a guest essay in @nytimes.com today: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/o...

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Great to see our Kafka exhibition @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social (still on show for the rest of this week at the Morgan Library in New York) featured in this review of a new novel based on Kafka’s life (in the @ft.com.web.brid.gy)

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Just the sort of interesting take on our ‘Oracles, omens, and answers’ show @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social you would expect from @timharford.ft.com in the @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3E3b3pj Predictions aren’t always about the future

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Thanks for reading Alan … still highly relevant for the times we live in ….

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Last night we gave the Bodley Medal (@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social) to Sir Don McCullin, one of the greatest photographers of all time. An amazing privilege to be in conversation with him in a sold-out Sheldonian!

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Thanks for buying #Burningtheboons hope you enjoy it!

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Delighted to be in conversation with the great @philippesands.bsky.social for the first of the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social programme in the Oxford Literary Festival about his amazing new work, ‘38 Londres Street’.

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What a surprise - the attack now is on the independence of the great Smithsonian Institution, which has strong connections to @ox.ac.uk. Asserting control over its curation is an attack on knowledge itself. Solidarity from Oxford’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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on.ft.com/4aLgR2y Ephemeral messages remove scrutiny from government (unless you inadvertently bring the editor of @theatlantic.com into your group chat). I did warn about the use of these messaging systems in transacting government business in @ft.com.web.brid.gy some years ago!

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Glad to occasionally write for that ‘not much of a magazine’, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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