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Alison Harding
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · Jun 21
She was a magnificent cat.

The last but one photo taken of Miss Ronnie, who passed away last Saturday.

Her excellent headbutts, and judgemental hard stares are much missed. I am devastated.

#Caturday
Tuxedo cat, with a red collar, pondering life in a sunny garden.
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mikeokuda.bsky.social
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today ✨

Our new display, Dancing with Austen, explores how dance shaped her social world and drove the plots of her novels.

Now on display at the Weston Library.

#JaneAusten
Person viewing an exhibition related to Jane Austen, featuring displays of historical clothing and documents.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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britishlibrary.bsky.social
We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
British Library catalogue search page displaying the new main catalogue, designed to make finding and requesting published items easier.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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bookish-soul.bsky.social
✨🕎 Happy Hanukkah! 🕎✨
Wishing you eight nights filled with light, love, and joy. May this season bring peace, happiness, and cherished moments with family and friends.
#Hanukkah #FestivalOfLights #HappyHanukkah #CelebrateTogether
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
alisonharding.bsky.social
This gull just noticed that a careless dog owner had allowed his animals into the woodland lake, suffice to say many birds were disturbed.

If you can’t control your dogs, or if in the presence of other animals, then keep them on a lead.

#BirdPhotography
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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amc-waw.bsky.social
Launch of the ‘Women and Sport: Wales’ film and exhibition at St Fagan’s National History Museum on 4th December to celebrate the remarkable success of this Women’s Archive Wales’ project. Read more on our website: www.womensarchivewales.org/en/
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
alisonharding.bsky.social
‘Tis the season.

#Robin #WoodlandWalk
December 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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It happened to me
Cat getting adopted and then becoming ruler of the household
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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We’re wintering.

#Caturday
Arthur having a lie in.
December 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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It’s been a dry day, a Christmas miracle.

#Berries #BlueSky #WinterSky
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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archpbu.bsky.social
#InternationalMountainDay
Sir Robert Charles Evans, Principal of Bangor Uni. 1958-1984
Sir Charles was the deputy expedition leader on the first successful ascent of Everest in 1953 alongside Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Hillary
Online exhibition Reach for the Summit
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December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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quaker.org.uk
Quakers believe that there is that of God in everyone, which leads us to defend the rights of all.

Human rights are not just abstract ideals, they are practical protections that ensure dignity in care, fairness in housing, protection in education and justice when things go wrong.
Quakers join national call for UK leaders to defend human rights
Quakers in Britain has joined over 180 organisations in urging the government to strengthen human rights protections as the UK marks Human Rights Day.
www.quaker.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
alisonharding.bsky.social
Today’s @drmartens-official.bsky.social are sparkly.

#Festive #DrMartens
Today I am wearing my red sequin Dr Marten boots.
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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dean.bsky.social
Martin Parr
Queue for Star Wars at the Cinema, 1978

#RIP
Two middle-aged women stand in front of the queue of young people, some with umbrellas. A sign above them: “We are not alone.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
alisonharding.bsky.social
We’ve decided there’s really no point in getting up.

#Caturday #Weather
Arthur being cosy under a blanket.
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Today’s gratitude was the mushroom omelette at the Kardomah.

#Swansea
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Am now 60% brie, the remainder being cranberries and chocolate.

#ChristmasBuffet
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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archpbu.bsky.social
Today’s Explore Your Archive Theme is #EYADigital

PENRHYN ESTATE ARCHIVES (JAMAICA)

The digitised Penrhyn (Jamaica) collection can be viewed here:
www.jstor.org/site/bangor-...
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
In December 2024, Bangor University Archives and Special Collections and the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates were awarded a grant of £14,850 to transform online access to the Jamaica Papers held within the Penrhyn estate archive. Thanks to the substantial grant through the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage and Sport Fund, a large percentage of the Penrhyn (Jamaica) material, around 80% is to be digitised (nearly 500 documents). The Penrhyn collection is recognised as one of the largest and most significant estate archives in Europe and it includes one of the most important and chronologically expansive collections of records relating to the operation of transatlantic slavery. The Penrhyn Jamaica records preserve a detailed record of the Pennant family's centuries-long involvement in Jamaica and in the enslavement of African people. Digitising a representative selection of these papers and making them freely available online will empower individuals and communities across Wales and internationally to engage with them through their own lens.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The sun is shining today.

#Swansea
An office with sun streaming through Venetian blinds.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
#OTD in 1961 the contraceptive pill was introduced on the NHS.

While the pill continues to be debated and at times still attracts controversy, it is important to remember what it offered women: greater control over their own bodies.

blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/just-a-pill-...

#sexualhealth
UK Government Web Archive
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/just-a-pill-60-years-of-the-contraceptive-pill-on-the-nhs/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
alisonharding.bsky.social
If you’re wondering where the all the small black library trolleys are..

@uwtsdlib.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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ZOOM LECTURE IN DECEMBER
The next Zoom lecture will be ‘Elizabeth Phillips Hughes Educationist and Reformer, 1851-1925: A Centenary Celebration’ by Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams to be held on Wednesday 17th December at 4pm. Full details and registration on our website: www.womensarchivewales.org/en/
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The 16th December is a very special Day for Jane Austen aficionados as it marks the beloved and iconic author's birthday.
A photograph of a small book with Jane Austen’s signature on the top of the page. Below her name there are the numbers 1797.
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
alisonharding.bsky.social
Received an email today from a professional services male (non-library) colleague suggesting if we could link library skills data to student retention it could be ‘quite powerful’.

I may reply with this helpful diagram explaining mansplaining. Also noting we already do this.

#LibraryData
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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archpbu.bsky.social
Today’s Explore Your Archives theme is #EYASilence

THOMAS RICHARDS, U.C.N.W. LIBRARIAN

Date: November 1937 UCNW/REG 13i

#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
Today’s Explore Your Archives theme is #EYASilence Libraries are well known places of silence, more so in years gone by when Librarians would enforce the rule with an iron hand. Here we have a couple of letters of correspondence between Bangor University’s Registrar and the Librarian at the time, Thomas Richards, regarding students releasing a dog in the library and another student setting off fireworks in the library. Both believed to be RAG week pranks. The students received harsh punishment, being banished from the library for the rest of term and the firework culprit also receiving a hefty fine.
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM