Stuart Hunt
@librarystuart.bsky.social
Director of University Library & Collections and University Librarian, Durham University. All views or opinions expressed my own. “Non minima pars eruditionis est bonos nosse libros.”
Our Shakespeare Recovered exhibition has been a great success. So much so that we are extending it. It also won the Institute of Conservation Heritage Conservation in Action prize 2025. Congratulations to the colleagues that made this happen.
Literary treasure draws thousands of visitors to Durham as exhibition is extended
People have more time to see the Shakespeare Folio in Durham as 'wonder' exhibition will remain open until April 2026. Tony Henderson reports
www.culturednortheast.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our Shakespeare Recovered exhibition has been a great success. So much so that we are extending it. It also won the Institute of Conservation Heritage Conservation in Action prize 2025. Congratulations to the colleagues that made this happen.
Kunsthaus Graz is a great museum with fascinating architecture and excellent exhibits. Sat and watched the mesmerising Bill Viola “The Raft” for ages. Absolutely recommend.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Kunsthaus Graz is a great museum with fascinating architecture and excellent exhibits. Sat and watched the mesmerising Bill Viola “The Raft” for ages. Absolutely recommend.
Many thanks to colleagues at Universitätsbibliothek Graz @uni-graz.at for hosting an excellent Arqus Alliance Libraries of the Future seminar. Lots of good discussions and much appreciated hospitality.
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Many thanks to colleagues at Universitätsbibliothek Graz @uni-graz.at for hosting an excellent Arqus Alliance Libraries of the Future seminar. Lots of good discussions and much appreciated hospitality.
That moment when you realise your arrival in a wonderful European city for a
conference coincides with an English football team match in the same city.
conference coincides with an English football team match in the same city.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
That moment when you realise your arrival in a wonderful European city for a
conference coincides with an English football team match in the same city.
conference coincides with an English football team match in the same city.
Knowledge on top of the hill at Uppsala University. The Carolina Rediviva has a physical and symbolic location between the castle and cathedral. A beautiful library with fascinating collections.
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Knowledge on top of the hill at Uppsala University. The Carolina Rediviva has a physical and symbolic location between the castle and cathedral. A beautiful library with fascinating collections.
If you know you know. If you don’t you can guess.
This year's Durham Lumiere to be the city's last, organisers say
Since 2009 it has drawn more than 1.3 million visitors and made the local economy £43m.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
If you know you know. If you don’t you can guess.
Who would have thought it? Mafia boss as collector of literary mss.
‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction
Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature On the Road
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Who would have thought it? Mafia boss as collector of literary mss.
RIP Brian Patten. A loss to poetry.
Liverpool poet Brian Patten dies at 79
His poetry often explored love and relationships and he wrote books for children including Gargling With Jelly
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
RIP Brian Patten. A loss to poetry.
Excellent performance of #BornWithTeeth at Wyndham’s Theatre w/ Ncuti Gatwa as Marlowe & Edward Bluemel as Shakespeare. Equally excellent staging & production. Thoroughly recommend.
September 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Excellent performance of #BornWithTeeth at Wyndham’s Theatre w/ Ncuti Gatwa as Marlowe & Edward Bluemel as Shakespeare. Equally excellent staging & production. Thoroughly recommend.
Reposted by Stuart Hunt
We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
An interesting and thoughtful piece. Don’t necessarily agree with everything (eg LC distributed catalogue cards pre library automation so the argument of local vs central control is more complex) but worth engaging with.
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An interesting and thoughtful piece. Don’t necessarily agree with everything (eg LC distributed catalogue cards pre library automation so the argument of local vs central control is more complex) but worth engaging with.
Definitely worth visiting. Always enjoy going to Ushaw House as part of the Durham Ushaw Partnership.
Ushaw Historic House library open to public for one day
The library, usually reserved for researchers, holds many examples of early printed books.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Definitely worth visiting. Always enjoy going to Ushaw House as part of the Durham Ushaw Partnership.
Excellent discussions at @coimbragroup.bsky.social Heritage Working Group meeting hosted by Università di Bologna. Added bonus is walking under the nearly 40km of porticos/colonnades which are themselves a @unesco.org World Heritage Site. #CoimbraGroup2025
June 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Excellent discussions at @coimbragroup.bsky.social Heritage Working Group meeting hosted by Università di Bologna. Added bonus is walking under the nearly 40km of porticos/colonnades which are themselves a @unesco.org World Heritage Site. #CoimbraGroup2025
Reposted by Stuart Hunt
We welcomed colleagues from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to #Durham this week.
Our collaboration supports research, exchange and training.
We're shaping conferences in Washington (2026) & Tokyo (2028), themed: ‘Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation’.
tinyurl.com/bdfa299t
Our collaboration supports research, exchange and training.
We're shaping conferences in Washington (2026) & Tokyo (2028), themed: ‘Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation’.
tinyurl.com/bdfa299t
May 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We welcomed colleagues from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to #Durham this week.
Our collaboration supports research, exchange and training.
We're shaping conferences in Washington (2026) & Tokyo (2028), themed: ‘Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation’.
tinyurl.com/bdfa299t
Our collaboration supports research, exchange and training.
We're shaping conferences in Washington (2026) & Tokyo (2028), themed: ‘Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation’.
tinyurl.com/bdfa299t
WHUK meeting reinforcing the tension identified by @unesco.org between outstanding universal value (OUV) and climate change. The move from cultural heritage to natural heritage as a direct outcome.
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
WHUK meeting reinforcing the tension identified by @unesco.org between outstanding universal value (OUV) and climate change. The move from cultural heritage to natural heritage as a direct outcome.
Highly informative & engaging couple of days at World Heritage UK 10th anniversary meeting discussing sustainability, climate crisis & cultural heritage. Lots to take away.
May 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Highly informative & engaging couple of days at World Heritage UK 10th anniversary meeting discussing sustainability, climate crisis & cultural heritage. Lots to take away.
Shakespeare Recovered exhibition officially opening this evening. Durham’s unique First Folio exhibited in its home; Cosin’s Library, Durham University. @ducollections.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Shakespeare Recovered exhibition officially opening this evening. Durham’s unique First Folio exhibited in its home; Cosin’s Library, Durham University. @ducollections.bsky.social
Reposted by Stuart Hunt
Tonight is the Night! Counting down until the opening night of our Shakespeare Recovered Exhibition! Come and learn the story of Durham's First Folio!
Opens to the public 4th April - free entry
Book Tickets here:
www.durham.ac.uk/things-to-do...
Opens to the public 4th April - free entry
Book Tickets here:
www.durham.ac.uk/things-to-do...
April 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Tonight is the Night! Counting down until the opening night of our Shakespeare Recovered Exhibition! Come and learn the story of Durham's First Folio!
Opens to the public 4th April - free entry
Book Tickets here:
www.durham.ac.uk/things-to-do...
Opens to the public 4th April - free entry
Book Tickets here:
www.durham.ac.uk/things-to-do...
Reposted by Stuart Hunt
Shakespeare Recovered: Durham’s First Folio
Opening 4th April-Cosin’s Library
The story of our First Folio after its theft and the work of our Conservation Team making it accessible again. Visit to experience a book as you’ve never seen one before.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...
Opening 4th April-Cosin’s Library
The story of our First Folio after its theft and the work of our Conservation Team making it accessible again. Visit to experience a book as you’ve never seen one before.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...
March 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Shakespeare Recovered: Durham’s First Folio
Opening 4th April-Cosin’s Library
The story of our First Folio after its theft and the work of our Conservation Team making it accessible again. Visit to experience a book as you’ve never seen one before.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...
Opening 4th April-Cosin’s Library
The story of our First Folio after its theft and the work of our Conservation Team making it accessible again. Visit to experience a book as you’ve never seen one before.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespear...
Hugely enjoyable day judging @ducollections.bsky.social Shakespeare First Folio international book binding competition. Wonderful skills and craft on display. Exhibition opening in April when entries will be on show.
March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hugely enjoyable day judging @ducollections.bsky.social Shakespeare First Folio international book binding competition. Wonderful skills and craft on display. Exhibition opening in April when entries will be on show.
Looking forward to this excellent conference with a fantastic programme. Glad to be the host institution and have @ducollections.bsky.social & @durhamuniversity.bsky.social colleagues speaking.
DCDC25 - DCDC25
A collective call to action, DCDC25 invites you to come together, no matter where you are in the world or the stage of your career, to Choose Your Own Future: to celebrate what is already being achiev...
dcdcconference.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Looking forward to this excellent conference with a fantastic programme. Glad to be the host institution and have @ducollections.bsky.social & @durhamuniversity.bsky.social colleagues speaking.
Not really the article I would want a photo of our wonderful Palace Green Library heading up. Q: Westminster’s mistakes or deliberate actions? (Neglect is a choice).
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
In one of David Lodge’s famous campus novels, a young English literature lecturer pictures her university as “the ideal human community, where ……
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Not really the article I would want a photo of our wonderful Palace Green Library heading up. Q: Westminster’s mistakes or deliberate actions? (Neglect is a choice).
Why do I feel offended by this? The job losses obviously. But also the quotation marks around “collection management” & “interpretation.” These are professional curatorial skills. This comes across as slightly off.
English Heritage plans up to 200 redundancies and winter closures of some sites
English Heritage plans up to 200 redundancies and winter closures of some sites
Exclusive: At least 7% of workforce could be affected with curators targeted as part of charity’s restructuring
Staff at English Heritage have been shocked to discover that the cash-strapped organisation is planning up to 200 redundancies and the winter…
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Why do I feel offended by this? The job losses obviously. But also the quotation marks around “collection management” & “interpretation.” These are professional curatorial skills. This comes across as slightly off.
Thanks to Stephenson College @durham-university.bsky.social for organising an engaging speaker to mark #Holocaustmemorialday. Take away thought: remembrance projects forward.
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thanks to Stephenson College @durham-university.bsky.social for organising an engaging speaker to mark #Holocaustmemorialday. Take away thought: remembrance projects forward.