Simon Jones
@simonjones.bsky.social
Writes about the First World War. FRHistS. Late museum curator. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Yes, interesting project. As you well know, commercially-funded digitisation of archives is entirely skewed towards the family history market and consequently the indexing reflects that.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yes, interesting project. As you well know, commercially-funded digitisation of archives is entirely skewed towards the family history market and consequently the indexing reflects that.
I forgot the image source: onlinecollection.hughlane.ie/objects/910/...
Men of the West
Keating attended Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, and was taught by Sir William Orpen, sharing with him an interest in visual explorations of Irish culture. Keating …
onlinecollection.hughlane.ie
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I forgot the image source: onlinecollection.hughlane.ie/objects/910/...
Most of my Radio 3 listening is now Through the Night on Sounds because, at present, there are no trailers and minimum presenter chat. Also, it isn't the soporific 'Radio 3 Unwind', they just play whole pieces of actual classical music. But I know that, sooner or later, it will be enshittified.
Through the Night - The CBSO and Kian Soltani: Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto - BBC Sounds
Kazuki Yamada leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a French programme.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Most of my Radio 3 listening is now Through the Night on Sounds because, at present, there are no trailers and minimum presenter chat. Also, it isn't the soporific 'Radio 3 Unwind', they just play whole pieces of actual classical music. But I know that, sooner or later, it will be enshittified.
I want to go back. It's a bit of a hike but worth it.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I want to go back. It's a bit of a hike but worth it.
I went to the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin some years ago and I wish I had photographed the letters and documents relating to her son's war service and death in 1914.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I went to the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin some years ago and I wish I had photographed the letters and documents relating to her son's war service and death in 1914.
Definitely auto-correct!
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Definitely auto-correct!