Adrian Steel
@heritageadrian.bsky.social
The sun has made an appearance for this Autumnal view of Mr Gladstone’s Library @gladlib.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The sun has made an appearance for this Autumnal view of Mr Gladstone’s Library @gladlib.bsky.social
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Archivists Assemble @gladlib.bsky.social! Great to see @heritageadrian.bsky.social here by sheer coincidence
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Archivists Assemble @gladlib.bsky.social! Great to see @heritageadrian.bsky.social here by sheer coincidence
What’s that Lassie?
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
What’s that Lassie?
Some beautiful scenery from the Inverness to Euston sleeper train at Kingussie
June 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Some beautiful scenery from the Inverness to Euston sleeper train at Kingussie
Parkrun this morning just a couple of minutes round the corner from @orkneylibrary.bsky.social so I had to drop by afterwards
June 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Parkrun this morning just a couple of minutes round the corner from @orkneylibrary.bsky.social so I had to drop by afterwards
A great experience at Showtown, Blackpool last week. Congratulations on winning Permanent Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage Awards last week. Can see why you won!
May 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A great experience at Showtown, Blackpool last week. Congratulations on winning Permanent Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage Awards last week. Can see why you won!
Some blue plaques from a walk around Mayfair yesterday. Jack Buchanan. Bert Ambrose. Sam Browne. Harry Selfridge. Benjamin Disraeli (this one not actually blue)
May 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Some blue plaques from a walk around Mayfair yesterday. Jack Buchanan. Bert Ambrose. Sam Browne. Harry Selfridge. Benjamin Disraeli (this one not actually blue)
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Hello! We're The London Archives, a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. We look after over 100km of manuscripts, books, drawings, engravings, photos and films spanning 1000 years of London's history!
Give us a follow.
#archives #history #LondonHistory
Give us a follow.
#archives #history #LondonHistory
April 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hello! We're The London Archives, a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. We look after over 100km of manuscripts, books, drawings, engravings, photos and films spanning 1000 years of London's history!
Give us a follow.
#archives #history #LondonHistory
Give us a follow.
#archives #history #LondonHistory
Final day of service today for the RIBA Library at 66 Portland Place as we are closing prior to our building’s refurbishment. Temporary services will be provided from later this year until we are back! Last minute researchers in today for a final fix of the 1930s splendour of our home.
April 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Final day of service today for the RIBA Library at 66 Portland Place as we are closing prior to our building’s refurbishment. Temporary services will be provided from later this year until we are back! Last minute researchers in today for a final fix of the 1930s splendour of our home.
Five years ago today we fixed this notice to the door of the RIBA Library at 66 Portland Place, and began to head for home
March 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Five years ago today we fixed this notice to the door of the RIBA Library at 66 Portland Place, and began to head for home
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Thank you @heritageadrian.bsky.social for supplying this topical introductory reading for my first London Book Fair. Mystery now solved until next year #whodunnit #lbf2025
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thank you @heritageadrian.bsky.social for supplying this topical introductory reading for my first London Book Fair. Mystery now solved until next year #whodunnit #lbf2025
Daffodils in the garden today, for St David’s Day
March 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Daffodils in the garden today, for St David’s Day
Quick bit of TV this week .. I’m at 27 mins in on this link if you would like to watch www.londonlive.co.uk/news/watch-a...
December 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Quick bit of TV this week .. I’m at 27 mins in on this link if you would like to watch www.londonlive.co.uk/news/watch-a...
Nice and warm in the crime fiction section in the bookshop today
December 7, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Nice and warm in the crime fiction section in the bookshop today
Quick bit of Handel (sung by @satisfactory20.bsky.social & friends) before Christmas
November 27, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Quick bit of Handel (sung by @satisfactory20.bsky.social & friends) before Christmas
Cannington Viaduct nr Uplyme, Devon, seen in wintry surroundings today. 3rd arch from left in the photo had to be reinforced, apparently during its construction.. the viaduct was in use on the Axminster-Lyme Regis railway line, 1903-1965
November 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Cannington Viaduct nr Uplyme, Devon, seen in wintry surroundings today. 3rd arch from left in the photo had to be reinforced, apparently during its construction.. the viaduct was in use on the Axminster-Lyme Regis railway line, 1903-1965
The Bookshop window, Lyme Regis
November 19, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The Bookshop window, Lyme Regis
Fossils on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis this afternoon
November 17, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Fossils on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis this afternoon
Yesterday my RIBA colleague Valeria made this excellent Mimosa cake to share, very nice
January 30, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Yesterday my RIBA colleague Valeria made this excellent Mimosa cake to share, very nice
For #JacobinDay today, the hellebore is back in my garden - despite doing its best to hide
January 30, 2024 at 9:04 AM
For #JacobinDay today, the hellebore is back in my garden - despite doing its best to hide
Whodunit bookshelf has had a good clean and tidy today, acquisitions from the last two years have been put in their places and surplus set aside for the charity shop
December 30, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Whodunit bookshelf has had a good clean and tidy today, acquisitions from the last two years have been put in their places and surplus set aside for the charity shop
Christmas cactus is actually flowering at Christmas this year
December 29, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Christmas cactus is actually flowering at Christmas this year
The local Christmas raffle was drawn on Sunday, I won this excellent cake (inc 6 tablespoons of Brandy)
December 19, 2023 at 10:43 AM
The local Christmas raffle was drawn on Sunday, I won this excellent cake (inc 6 tablespoons of Brandy)
Very grey weather today .. the sort of day that when you open the curtains in the morning, the house gets darker inside. However .. in the garden I have managed to find a few winter flowers
December 16, 2023 at 3:18 PM
Very grey weather today .. the sort of day that when you open the curtains in the morning, the house gets darker inside. However .. in the garden I have managed to find a few winter flowers
Great view from outside today’s office
December 14, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Great view from outside today’s office