Gary Brannan
@gbrannanarchive.bsky.social
Keeper of Archives and Research Collections @uoyborthwick; also Deputy Director of Library, Archives, and Learning Services @uniofyork.
'Makes archives sexy.'
'International Man of History'
'A weird bird, in a good way'
All views my own.
'Makes archives sexy.'
'International Man of History'
'A weird bird, in a good way'
All views my own.
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Not to get ahead of ourselves but we are just putting the finishing touches to a VERY exciting announcement for Doctor Who Day on Sunday. Watch this space... (pun absolutely intended).
a man with curly hair and a scarf around his neck
ALT: a man with curly hair and a scarf around his neck
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Not to get ahead of ourselves but we are just putting the finishing touches to a VERY exciting announcement for Doctor Who Day on Sunday. Watch this space... (pun absolutely intended).
On the tube and someone has just gone ‘Holborn? What’s that mean IN ENGLISH’ and like, oh mate, you’re gonna kick yourself when you realise it probably comes from the Old English words "hol" (hollow) and "burne" (stream).
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
On the tube and someone has just gone ‘Holborn? What’s that mean IN ENGLISH’ and like, oh mate, you’re gonna kick yourself when you realise it probably comes from the Old English words "hol" (hollow) and "burne" (stream).
Nurse! Nurse! He’s out on the trains again!
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Nurse! Nurse! He’s out on the trains again!
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New podcast alert! An EXCELLENT look at girls education in the late 19th / early 20th century. It's an hour long and in chapters like a proper book, so you can enjoy it on your commute / over your weekend / in the bath, as appropriate
open.spotify.com/episode/0S8P...
open.spotify.com/episode/0S8P...
Changing Conceptions of Childhood 1870-1914: The York Mount School by Ruby Hogan
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October 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New podcast alert! An EXCELLENT look at girls education in the late 19th / early 20th century. It's an hour long and in chapters like a proper book, so you can enjoy it on your commute / over your weekend / in the bath, as appropriate
open.spotify.com/episode/0S8P...
open.spotify.com/episode/0S8P...
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Second bullet point on CV- 'created plan to solve legacy issues'
Third bullet point on CV- 'multiplied legacy issues to an unprecedented magnitiude'
Third bullet point on CV- 'multiplied legacy issues to an unprecedented magnitiude'
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Second bullet point on CV- 'created plan to solve legacy issues'
Third bullet point on CV- 'multiplied legacy issues to an unprecedented magnitiude'
Third bullet point on CV- 'multiplied legacy issues to an unprecedented magnitiude'
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Ah, the euphamistically termed 'legacy issues'
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Ah, the euphamistically termed 'legacy issues'
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"Let's incorporate the numeral 1s, capital Is and lowercase Ls into the reference numbering system. Surely nobody will ever confuse those three almost-identical vertical lines, especially once san-serif fonts are introduced!"
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Let's incorporate the numeral 1s, capital Is and lowercase Ls into the reference numbering system. Surely nobody will ever confuse those three almost-identical vertical lines, especially once san-serif fonts are introduced!"
Edit: unless you’re an archives professional, when leaving behind whacking great known, wide-scale problems for one of your successors to deal with sometime in the next 100 years is basically your job
Picard responsibility tip: Don't leave known, wide-scale problems behind for the next generation to solve.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Edit: unless you’re an archives professional, when leaving behind whacking great known, wide-scale problems for one of your successors to deal with sometime in the next 100 years is basically your job
‘Archival Success Stories’ and ‘Expert’ it says here, room enough for the obscene publications act to be invoked, for sure @tonyhancock.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
‘Archival Success Stories’ and ‘Expert’ it says here, room enough for the obscene publications act to be invoked, for sure @tonyhancock.bsky.social
‘May 15th’ is the answer for all of you thundering to your keyboards to ask ‘BUT WHEN IS @uoyborthwick.bsky.social DAY?!?!?’
A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
‘May 15th’ is the answer for all of you thundering to your keyboards to ask ‘BUT WHEN IS @uoyborthwick.bsky.social DAY?!?!?’
The question we’ve all been asking!
How did medieval people treat an anal abscess?
🌹 John Arderne, a 15th-century English surgeon, relieved the pain with a suppository of oil of roses and raw egg yolk.
This manuscript (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social , MS O.2.49) is on display at our Curious Cures exhibition.
Tickets: loom.ly/kVqsPRY
🌹 John Arderne, a 15th-century English surgeon, relieved the pain with a suppository of oil of roses and raw egg yolk.
This manuscript (@trincolllibcam.bsky.social , MS O.2.49) is on display at our Curious Cures exhibition.
Tickets: loom.ly/kVqsPRY
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The question we’ve all been asking!
They’re just the ones I can admit to!
Just one junket after another eh Branners?
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
They’re just the ones I can admit to!
Look at this! This is just ONE MONTH of work! This is what we do and why we are bloody awesome!
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Borthwick Newsletter - November 2025
Welcome to the Borthwick's November newsletter.
www.york.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Look at this! This is just ONE MONTH of work! This is what we do and why we are bloody awesome!
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Yes
Hope you are having all of the below
1 - A good time
2 - A informative and engaging conference
3 - Good Food/Drink
1 - A good time
2 - A informative and engaging conference
3 - Good Food/Drink
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Yes
WHEEEEEY
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
WHEEEEEY
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And the view from the crowd. Promise not to heckle too badly
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
And the view from the crowd. Promise not to heckle too badly
The usual speaker’s dilemma. You want people to come, but also, not come.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The usual speaker’s dilemma. You want people to come, but also, not come.
The view from the stage. Eeep.
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The view from the stage. Eeep.
Going in the bio
International Man of History!
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Going in the bio
Correct! Hello from Plac de la Catalunya!
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Correct! Hello from Plac de la Catalunya!
Put it this way - I’m on a plane!
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Put it this way - I’m on a plane!