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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · 2d

All the best Steve!

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · 2d

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Don't miss our free, online Open and Engaged Conference 2025, as part of #InternationaOpenAccessWeek.

This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.

Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...

A collage of images including a person with headphones on working at a desk, a person weaving straw together and someone in a lab holding a bottle. A open padlock graphic is laid over each image and text reads Open and Engaged 2025. Who owns our knowledge? Monday 20th, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd October, online conference..

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 15d

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social‬:
Our blogs have a new look: https://bit.ly/BL-Blogs

All previously published blog posts will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.

Blogs and updates from curators, staff and guests - British Library

Get the latest stories and updates from our curators, cataloguers, reference staff and guest contributors. Find out more about amazing items in our collection.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 14d

New & aspiring MA/PhD students! Join us to learn how we can help you with your research at the first of our Doctoral Open Days 2025:

16 Oct - 'Getting Started at The British Library' (online)
31 Oct - 'Music, Sound and Vision' (in person)

More info, events & tickets: events.bl.uk/whats-on/doc...

Doctoral Open Days | British Library

oin one of our Doctoral Open Days for an introduction into the areas of our collection which may be relevant to you, alongside practical tips for using the

events.bl.uk

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Gail Brodholt @gailbrodholt.bsky.social · 18d

It's all happening for us train enthusiasts (or is it just me?) as today marks 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 - the birth of the modern railway.
So here are some of the many railway linocuts I have done over the years - too many, I hear you say? Surely not… 😂

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17d

Suzie MacKenzie, contemporary printmaker who lives and works in the northern highlands of Scotland #WomensArt

Print featuring bare trees with crows flying above against a pinky blue morning sky

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · 18d

Congratulations Richard

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · 18d

New book. Happy Saturday.
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A hardback copy of The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman, which has an orange border. On the left is a flat white with a heart in the foam.

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · 21d

A great piece from the British Library LibraryOn team as we celebrate 175 years since the first Public Libraries Act and ask if the second version from 1964 is still fit for purpose blogs.bl.uk/thenewsroom/...

The Radical Act behind your local library: Celebrating 175 years of public libraries

This post was written by Jenny Pearce, Senior Marketing Manager for LibraryOn at the British Library. 2025 sees the 175th anniversary of the Public Libraries Act 1850. The Act was an initial step in…

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · 24d

Great heritage open day tour of Watford Palace Theatre today, lovely way to spend a Sunday morning. #OpenHouse.

A pink neon sign saying “Watford Palace Theatre”

View from the stage, looking towards 3 tiers of seats and a wavy yellow neon installation

View from the stage, looking up at the technical areas

A yellow box saying “feathers and boas” and assorted head dresses.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's Agatha Christie's birthday today, and we're delighted to announce a major exhibition on the Queen of Crime, coming autumn 2026 🕵️‍♀️

Find out more: bit.ly/BL-AgathaChr...

#AgathaChristie #CrimeFiction

Agatha Christie poses at home on December 1956 in Wallingford, United Kingdom.

Photo by Hubert de Segonzac/Paris Match via Getty Images.

Agatha Christie’s Remington typewriter from 1937.

© The Christie Archive Trust

Agatha Christie boarding the EET Salon at lunchtime on the train from Bulawayo to the Cape.

In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a 10-month voyage around the world. Her husband Archie had been invited to join a trade mission to promote the British Empire Exhibition and Agatha was determined to go with him

© The Christie Archive Trust

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Luke Oakes @lukeoakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Oh, this is cool 📚 🚇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones

Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

www.theguardian.com

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Sep 9

Fantastic to visit @dglam.bsky.social @doncasterlibraries.bsky.social a beautiful and buzzing space. And it has trains!

Two green locomotives as part of the heritage centre

Exterior view of the library and museum with a blue sky and clouds reflected in the glass

On the left a sign with a quote from “Ivanhoe”, on the right a display of railway lamps. The quote says:

“Welcome to
DANUM
Gallery • Library • Museum
"In that pleasant district of Merry England which is watered by the river
Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest... and the pleasant town of
DONCASTER
Ivanhoe”

A sign with the sillouette of a young person saying welcome to your library

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you have ideas for public engagement projects involving the British Library for this scheme, please complete our Research Collaboration: www.bl.uk/services/res...

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 2

Keen to reach new audiences? We are offering up to £8k to humanities and social sciences researchers to deliver public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum. Deadline 15th Oct
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

SHAPE Involve and Engage

A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 29

Peaceful end of summer evening at the Estorick Collection, N1.

A bottle of Birra Moretti on a table in a courtyard garden. Green shrubs and trees are in the background.

A futurist painting of a breakfast table

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 12

Looking for summer holiday activities? Find events and activities in your local public library, searchable by theme and location via #LibraryOn, funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and delivered by @britishlibrary.bsky.social

libraryon.org/libraries?pa...

#LoveLibraries #LibrarySky 📚

A menu page inviting users to click and sort events by category

A sample page of facilities for Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square

Business Support
Cafe
BFI Replay
Computers
Digital Skills Sessions
Family History
Hobby and interest groups
Children’s activities

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The Revd Dr Sara Batts-Neale @sarabn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Three days immersed in a community of people who dare to long for a world that embodies love, compassion, light and hope. Thank you @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 18

Shortlisted libraries for the Public Library of the Year Award have sustainability and flexibility at their core and have been developed with significant input from their communities and peer institutions. #WLIC2025

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 18

The jury noted how nominees are responding to changing global trends and are responding to the evolving needs of their users: creation, co-creation and partnership working.

Six major trends within new library buildings

Co-location:
Shared facilities and flexibility
Architectural quality
Outdoor spaces and "active" connections with city life

Sustainability
Digital innovation and maker culture
Programming library spaces to encourage co-creation

Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 18

A privilege to be representing the @ifla.org Public Library Section at the Baker and Tilly Public Library of the Year Awards at #WLIC25.

A slide saying “IFLA Public Library of the Year Awards 2025” with photos of the 3 shortlisted libraries in China, USA and Canada

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Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 12

@biblioluke.bsky.social @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social @iainmoore.bsky.social

Liz White @lizcwhite.bsky.social · Aug 12

Looking for summer holiday activities? Find events and activities in your local public library, searchable by theme and location via #LibraryOn, funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and delivered by @britishlibrary.bsky.social

libraryon.org/libraries?pa...

#LoveLibraries #LibrarySky 📚

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