📅 1 Dec, 12:30
📷 Gordon Rainsford
@emilygarside.bsky.social
📅 1 Dec, 12:30
📷 Gordon Rainsford
@emilygarside.bsky.social
W.R. Bradlaugh knew: connection doesn’t need to be complicated.
When the group chat’s too much, go Bradlaugh style.
W.R. Bradlaugh knew: connection doesn’t need to be complicated.
When the group chat’s too much, go Bradlaugh style.
W.R. Bradlaugh knew: connection doesn’t need to be complicated.
When the group chat’s too much, go Bradlaugh style.
This place has held leaflets, love letters, manifestos and more. It looks historic because it is.
Come in. What’s your favourite corner?
This place has held leaflets, love letters, manifestos and more. It looks historic because it is.
Come in. What’s your favourite corner?
No jingle, no sparkle - just leather, latex, and full archival fantasy. 🖤 ◼️ ⚫
From the UK Fetish Archive. 3 days left to order.
A gift for yourself, or someone who’ll get it. https://everpress.com/profile/uk-fetish-archive
No jingle, no sparkle - just leather, latex, and full archival fantasy. 🖤 ◼️ ⚫
From the UK Fetish Archive. 3 days left to order.
A gift for yourself, or someone who’ll get it. https://everpress.com/profile/uk-fetish-archive
Now he’s back to the real story.
Empire - his new @BBC series on Britain’s imperial legacy, filmed partly at Bishopsgate Institute.
📺 Empire with David Olusoga - watch on BBC iPlayer.
Now he’s back to the real story.
Empire - his new @BBC series on Britain’s imperial legacy, filmed partly at Bishopsgate Institute.
📺 Empire with David Olusoga - watch on BBC iPlayer.
Once upon a time, the end of daylight saving meant dashing around to wind back every clock in sight. Now, our digital ones kindly do it for us, though we can’t help admiring the craftsmanship of these timepieces from our archives.
Once upon a time, the end of daylight saving meant dashing around to wind back every clock in sight. Now, our digital ones kindly do it for us, though we can’t help admiring the craftsmanship of these timepieces from our archives.
Between 1960 and 2020, the number of museums in the UK tripled. But many were far from what you’d expect.
The Mapping Museum Project set out to uncover & document this boom, revealing a world of collectors and community.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/46WC7Rs
Between 1960 and 2020, the number of museums in the UK tripled. But many were far from what you’d expect.
The Mapping Museum Project set out to uncover & document this boom, revealing a world of collectors and community.
Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/46WC7Rs
In 1914, 230 guests enjoyed a “very pleasant evening” at Bishopsgate - despite a strict ban on Tango, as found in @thebritishnewspaperarchive.
Today? Queer Salsa, K-pop, Ballroom & more. Get your freak on. https://bit.ly/3Ihr9xs
#BishopsgateInstitute
In 1914, 230 guests enjoyed a “very pleasant evening” at Bishopsgate - despite a strict ban on Tango, as found in @thebritishnewspaperarchive.
Today? Queer Salsa, K-pop, Ballroom & more. Get your freak on. https://bit.ly/3Ihr9xs
#BishopsgateInstitute
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
Whether you’ve got a deadline looming, are polishing off a chapter on your lunch break, or hunting for a calm spot to do some work, our new Reading Room is open to you.
👋 https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/activity/reading-room/
From hidden histories & the liberation era to the AIDS crisis & contemporary voices, discover the texts that shaped, and were shaped by, the queer community.
🗓️ 2 Oct - 6 Nov
💻 Book: https://bit.ly/42gQgaA
From hidden histories & the liberation era to the AIDS crisis & contemporary voices, discover the texts that shaped, and were shaped by, the queer community.
🗓️ 2 Oct - 6 Nov
💻 Book: https://bit.ly/42gQgaA
Join us at Bishopsgate Institute to relive the grandeur that was Gay News, with photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes. Discover the stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s.
📅 24 Sep at 19:00
🎟️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD
Join us at Bishopsgate Institute to relive the grandeur that was Gay News, with photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes. Discover the stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s.
📅 24 Sep at 19:00
🎟️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD
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Now's your chance...
Limited edition tees - printed to order, 30 days only.
📦 Don’t make us beg. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/archives/uk-fetish-archive-merch/
Wearing history has never felt quite like this. 🖤
Now's your chance...
Limited edition tees - printed to order, 30 days only.
📦 Don’t make us beg. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/archives/uk-fetish-archive-merch/
Wearing history has never felt quite like this. 🖤
Join us for the launch of Under the Counter – a new archive uncovering Britain’s hidden 8mm film economy (1960–80). With live projection, original materials & a pop-up Soho backroom.
🗓️ 1 Oct, 7-9pm
Buy tickets 👉 https://bit.ly/4m6Ruw9
Join us for the launch of Under the Counter – a new archive uncovering Britain’s hidden 8mm film economy (1960–80). With live projection, original materials & a pop-up Soho backroom.
🗓️ 1 Oct, 7-9pm
Buy tickets 👉 https://bit.ly/4m6Ruw9
Whether you’re here to explore hidden histories or pick up a new skill, this month’s line-up has something to spark your curiosity.
Browse the full programme and book your place. https://bit.ly/3Ihr9xs
#WhatsOnLondon #LondonEvents
Whether you’re here to explore hidden histories or pick up a new skill, this month’s line-up has something to spark your curiosity.
Browse the full programme and book your place. https://bit.ly/3Ihr9xs
#WhatsOnLondon #LondonEvents
Photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes return, for one night only, with stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s.
📅 24 Sep
📍Bishopsgate Institute
🎟️ Book below
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD
Photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes return, for one night only, with stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s.
📅 24 Sep
📍Bishopsgate Institute
🎟️ Book below
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD
Explore the life and legacy of Rudi Inhelder in our new free exhibition - now open at Bishopsgate Institute.
Read more: www.bishopsgate.org.uk/stories/the-...
#TattooHistory #QueerArchives
Explore the life and legacy of Rudi Inhelder in our new free exhibition - now open at Bishopsgate Institute.
Read more: www.bishopsgate.org.uk/stories/the-...
#TattooHistory #QueerArchives
Red Gold (BBC Radio 4) reveals the story behind the infected blood scandal, a billion-dollar industry built on contaminated trust.
Proud our archives supported Anita Sullivan's research
🎧 29 July, 14:15 or after on BBC Sounds.
Red Gold (BBC Radio 4) reveals the story behind the infected blood scandal, a billion-dollar industry built on contaminated trust.
Proud our archives supported Anita Sullivan's research
🎧 29 July, 14:15 or after on BBC Sounds.
Yeliz Zaifoglu visits our archives & chats to
@stef-dickers.bsky.social about the quirks and power of what we keep.
Read the piece: bit.ly/4jU5l8a
#BishopsgateInstitute
Yeliz Zaifoglu visits our archives & chats to
@stef-dickers.bsky.social about the quirks and power of what we keep.
Read the piece: bit.ly/4jU5l8a
#BishopsgateInstitute
📅 23 July: Discover how gay men shaped modern tattooing through Rudi Inhelder's collection. bit.ly/4ntrgpx
📅 26 July: Dive into rare flash, fetish materials & slides with tattoo legends. bit.ly/4ntrb5d
#TattooHistory
📅 23 July: Discover how gay men shaped modern tattooing through Rudi Inhelder's collection. bit.ly/4ntrgpx
📅 26 July: Dive into rare flash, fetish materials & slides with tattoo legends. bit.ly/4ntrb5d
#TattooHistory
@bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
@bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
📚 Who gets to tell the story?
Join us 9 July for the launch of Desi Queers, a new book exploring queer South Asian life in Britain.
🎤 With DJ Ritu, Manju Patel-Nair, Charan Singh, profsunnysingh.bsky.social & @rkdasgupta.bsky.social.
🎟 Book: bit.ly/3I9RCN9
📚 Who gets to tell the story?
Join us 9 July for the launch of Desi Queers, a new book exploring queer South Asian life in Britain.
🎤 With DJ Ritu, Manju Patel-Nair, Charan Singh, profsunnysingh.bsky.social & @rkdasgupta.bsky.social.
🎟 Book: bit.ly/3I9RCN9