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As a lawyer who does Equal Pay law it is interesting to note that the prospect of young men falling behind young women is causing a sense of societal crisis that the reverse position consistently failed to invoke.

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*Registration is now open* for Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference. Join partners The National Archives, @jisc.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social in Durham, 29-31 July 2025 to explore the challenges faced across the GLAMA sector #DCDC25 dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/

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This is cool! A state school has defeated Eton to reach the finals of the International History Bowl & Bee in Vienna. They’re former winners, and are sending two young teams to compete again They need help with travel costs, can you help these young historians? www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-f...

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How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading? For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

As an archivist, I approve (and second!) this message.

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If your Southern university/institution holds LGBTQ and related archives and collections and they become at risk of inaccessibility, censorship, or destruction, please reach out to us. We have developed a long term loan program to keep the materials until it becomes safe to return them.

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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

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I'm interested to hear from museums, galleries, archives and heritage org colleagues about their plans for the 2026 centenary of the General Strike. Who is marking this significant anniversary and how?

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Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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An #UnconfinedWalks earlier today - including a rainbow and the first sign of snowdrops.

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Copied (with permission) from a discworld group I’m in if anyone can help even if it’s just a share

submitted 62 days ago • 27 comments

Happy "No, it's 20 years. It was 30 years, but it was changed to 20 years" day to UK celebrants.

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Merry Christmas! I have a cup of my favourite butter popcorn tea with some sewing while waiting for strictly to start. Today we have had a lie in, opened presents, eaten Christmas dinner, had a nap, started new books and eaten cake. So successful all round! Cheers #TeaUp

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Bored at Christmas? Trying to keep your family entertained? Can I recommend … * labelling early C20 glass slides (mostly architecture) * indexing C19 minute books * cataloguing Worcs local history Completely online volunteer projects! 😇 www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac... www.sal.org.uk/collections/...

submitted 70 days ago • 2 comments

TIL

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Fine work, @cmstaylor.bsky.social. For once, I think we are safe with using the word 'discovered' www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

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Funded PhD in photographic history: please share widely! With The Story, Durham and @durhamhistory.bsky.social, 'Images and Empire in British Military Collections' will examine the photo archive of the Durham Light Infantry regiment over its 90-year history. Apply by January 31st! 🗃️📜📷📸

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life

submitted 81 days ago • 229 comments

Is anybody yet archiving Bluesky posts? Seems early enough to be a worthwhile and doable digital-cultural preservation project.

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments