social historian | researching public librarians | learning & outreach @socantiquaries | trustee @MassObsArchive | associate fellow @IHR_history |
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rather magical view through the bus window last night as we crawled across Battersea Bridge #LoveLondon
Education. Agriculture. Science. Religion. “Medieval Women: in Their Own Words” at the British Library.
‘The cafe…was neither pleasantly foreign nor decently English…It began as a shop, selling the usual packets of cigarettes & slabs of chocolate; then it sprouted an urn or two & displayed some soggy buns.’
J.B.Priestley They Walk in the City (1936) #amreading
Look at these EXTRAORDINARY photographs, taken by Emil Hoppe to illustrate William Pett Ridge ‘London Types’ (1926). Here we have a char lady in a huge bonnet, a housemaid scrubbing the doorstep, & a well-turned-out waitress & tray.
I’ve had a wonderful afternoon
@FitzMuseum_UK - excellent temporary & permanent displays, friendly staff, and delicious specials on the menu in the cafe. 10/10. Definitely recommend.
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A piece on Sri Lanka, in memory of my dad Johnny Richardson
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‘this letter seems so inadequate’
I’ve just left @MassObsArchive after a brilliant afternoon discovering the Carl & Bobbie #WW2 letters - made all the more special b/c the couple’s family had travelled from the US to take part!! What a magical event! Proper cups & saucers too…
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The Stories Behind The Songs’.
Presented by Kate Garner. EVERY THURSDAY 2.30pm (Christmas special on Boxing Day) on @TalkingPicsTV #TPTV #TheStoriesBehindTheSongs #KateGarnerMusic
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The latest cover embroidery is The Undesirables by
@MissSarahWise. A heart-breaking book, written in Wise's wise and wry style. Rules: I need to've loved the book / to reuse materials I already have (this gets ever harder) / need to spend less time sewing than I did reading.
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Tune into @BBCCambs @BBCSuffolk @BBCNorfolk
Today 2.30pm. I’ll be having a chat with the lovely @LouiseOnAir about ‘The Stories Behind The Songs’ @TalkingPicsTV
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This week’s Times Literary Supplement describes my new book as ‘powerful’ and ‘piercing’, and if you’d like to hear me talk about it, I’m at the Write Idea Festival in Whitechapel on Sunday 24 November, 4pm.
FREE tickets here shorturl.at/4wTkX
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Crossing the Bridge - the Sound of Istanbul (2005). This film is so fantastic. On @mubiuk now. And stay for the closing credits if you like kitsch old LP covers.
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JOB VACANCIES We are seeking to recruit a Curator of Textiles & a Textile Conservator to work with our extensive textile collections. These exciting two 3-year posts are funded by @ClothworkersCo & will work jointly with @AshmoleanMuseum. Grade 6: £33,832. bit.ly/3Ys6mws
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Are you researching women who made fashion, at any time or place through history? Then this is a reminder to please consider submitting an article for my special issue of Women’s History Review. Deadline 18th November.
We’ve gone a bit Baltic today @SocAntiquaries - pop along before 4pm to discover the life of an 18C Swedish antiquary & view treasures from our library & museum. If you’re quick you can enjoy a cinnamon bun and a cup of coffee. While stocks last!!
Heading to the hair salon this weekend? You might want to take this along with you!!! I’ll be asking for the ‘Quinnie Robert’.
From a programme for the Folie Bergeres in Paris in the 1920s. Part of the fabulously eclectic Yale University Collection @BeineckeLibrary
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Delighted that the 'Victorian Talk' forum, I edited with @PatrickLearyVIC is now live: Victorian Review 49.2. tinyurl.com/4z2hcfyh. With excellent contributions from @Singingarchives, clemence schultz, @AnneRodrick, Brian Maidment, Barbara Leckie & @JSchray, and @lesliehowsam
