Oliver House
@oliverhouse.bsky.social
Roving Archivist @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Formerly Superintendent, Special Collections Reading Rooms @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Opinions mine
Formerly Superintendent, Special Collections Reading Rooms @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Opinions mine
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it’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
it’s better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one
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This week in Misfits, we head the Bklyn Public Library's Info Commons to discuss "wayward classification" (the politics of organization, alternative / speculative classification schemes, etc) + meet w/ Kameelah Janan Rasheed, who'll share her work + lead us through a "scoring the stacks" exercise 🤗
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This week in Misfits, we head the Bklyn Public Library's Info Commons to discuss "wayward classification" (the politics of organization, alternative / speculative classification schemes, etc) + meet w/ Kameelah Janan Rasheed, who'll share her work + lead us through a "scoring the stacks" exercise 🤗
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📚✨ Senate House Unbound: A Poetics Research Centre Takeover
Tomorrow, explore Senate House Library like never before!
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an evening of live poetry, art, and sound inspired by the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
Tomorrow, explore Senate House Library like never before!
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an evening of live poetry, art, and sound inspired by the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📚✨ Senate House Unbound: A Poetics Research Centre Takeover
Tomorrow, explore Senate House Library like never before!
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an evening of live poetry, art, and sound inspired by the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
Tomorrow, explore Senate House Library like never before!
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an evening of live poetry, art, and sound inspired by the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
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They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
Come along to @senatehouselib.bsky.social tomorrow for an interactive evening of #poetry celebrating the Spineless Wonders exhibition with the Poetics Research Centre @royalholloway.bsky.social. Further details and how to register are here👇
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
Senate House Unbound: A Poetics Research Centre Takeover
Join the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre for an interactive evening of poetry celebrating the Spineless Wonders exhibition.
www.london.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Come along to @senatehouselib.bsky.social tomorrow for an interactive evening of #poetry celebrating the Spineless Wonders exhibition with the Poetics Research Centre @royalholloway.bsky.social. Further details and how to register are here👇
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
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On a rather wet & miserable #MondayMorning I thought that I might try to lift the mood by posting something that might remind us of summer days gone by. This is "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper from 1934. #JohnCooper #LymeRegis #Dorset
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On a rather wet & miserable #MondayMorning I thought that I might try to lift the mood by posting something that might remind us of summer days gone by. This is "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper from 1934. #JohnCooper #LymeRegis #Dorset
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🎉 Enrolments Open for OUSSA 2026!
Make your summer unforgettable. The Oxford University Summer School for Adults offers more than 60 week-long accredited courses, tailored for adult learners of all backgrounds and interests.
🔗 Spaces are limited—secure your place today: bit.ly/3X4WeZ3
Make your summer unforgettable. The Oxford University Summer School for Adults offers more than 60 week-long accredited courses, tailored for adult learners of all backgrounds and interests.
🔗 Spaces are limited—secure your place today: bit.ly/3X4WeZ3
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉 Enrolments Open for OUSSA 2026!
Make your summer unforgettable. The Oxford University Summer School for Adults offers more than 60 week-long accredited courses, tailored for adult learners of all backgrounds and interests.
🔗 Spaces are limited—secure your place today: bit.ly/3X4WeZ3
Make your summer unforgettable. The Oxford University Summer School for Adults offers more than 60 week-long accredited courses, tailored for adult learners of all backgrounds and interests.
🔗 Spaces are limited—secure your place today: bit.ly/3X4WeZ3
Tomorrow! @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
📣 There's one day left to apply!
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
We are looking for a permanent full-time archivist to join our friendly team!
Closing date: 11 November 2025
For full details and to apply ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#ArchiveJobs #LibraryJobs #Heritage #ExeterJobs #Exeter #Archives #RareBooks
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Tomorrow! @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
‘…there always comes a time in history when the person who dares to say that two and two make four is punished by death. The schoolmaster knows this quite well. And the question is not what reward or punishment awaits the demonstration; it is knowing whether or not two and two do make four…
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
‘…there always comes a time in history when the person who dares to say that two and two make four is punished by death. The schoolmaster knows this quite well. And the question is not what reward or punishment awaits the demonstration; it is knowing whether or not two and two do make four…
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Now out! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath the Giant.
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
NEW EPISODE! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant | TIME TEAM (Dorset) 2025
YouTube video by Time Team Official
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November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Now out! Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath the Giant.
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
A @timeteam.bsky.social special on @hugh-willmott.bsky.social's excavations. It's been a joy to work with Hugh, at Cerne, to do some digging, and to get to know the people and the landscape of so special a place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY68...
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Delighted that Witney Library will be reopen on Sat 6th December after an extensive refurbishment.
I'm privileged to work with a fantastic library team at @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social who have done a brilliant job.
Thanks to the Fire Service for helping out.
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/witney-libra...
I'm privileged to work with a fantastic library team at @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social who have done a brilliant job.
Thanks to the Fire Service for helping out.
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/witney-libra...
Witney library set to reopen following major redevelopment
A new and improved Witney Library is set to reopen to residents later this year, 6 December, following a comprehensive programme of modernisation.Improvements to the Oxfordshire County Council library...
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Delighted that Witney Library will be reopen on Sat 6th December after an extensive refurbishment.
I'm privileged to work with a fantastic library team at @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social who have done a brilliant job.
Thanks to the Fire Service for helping out.
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/witney-libra...
I'm privileged to work with a fantastic library team at @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social who have done a brilliant job.
Thanks to the Fire Service for helping out.
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/witney-libra...
Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
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Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
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We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Master's study in the Department of Government at LSE - Virtual Graduate Open Events
Attend our LSE Virtual Graduate Open Events to find out more about graduate study at LSE.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We're holding a Graduate Open Day for all MSc degrees in the @lsegovernment.bsky.social , including political theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social . Please join us to hear about the programme and ask any questions you might have. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
This is good news! The (Partial) Return of the Bodleian Broadside Ballads @bodleian.ox.ac.uk now available through SOLO. #libraries #archives #ballads
@bibsoc.bsky.social
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
@bibsoc.bsky.social
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
Council’s Choice for November 2025 - Bibliographical Society
The (Partial) Return of the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Something about broadside ballads has recommended them as subjects for digital resources. As popular, ephemeral publications they have always pro...
bibsoc.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is good news! The (Partial) Return of the Bodleian Broadside Ballads @bodleian.ox.ac.uk now available through SOLO. #libraries #archives #ballads
@bibsoc.bsky.social
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
@bibsoc.bsky.social
bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...
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Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex is now open at Poole Museum until 18 January 2026.
This is a Wessex Museums touring exhibition, co-created with our partner museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
Visit the exhibition at Poole Museum: www.poolemuseum.org.uk/discover/unc...
This is a Wessex Museums touring exhibition, co-created with our partner museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
Visit the exhibition at Poole Museum: www.poolemuseum.org.uk/discover/unc...
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex is now open at Poole Museum until 18 January 2026.
This is a Wessex Museums touring exhibition, co-created with our partner museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
Visit the exhibition at Poole Museum: www.poolemuseum.org.uk/discover/unc...
This is a Wessex Museums touring exhibition, co-created with our partner museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
Visit the exhibition at Poole Museum: www.poolemuseum.org.uk/discover/unc...
Today! @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 24 hours to go to my Photo Oxford talk at the Weston Library or online, exploring the life of Constance Talbot. Join me to hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and her lifelong love of art. Wednesday 1-2pm Weston Library, Oxford:
photooxford.org/events/const...
photooxford.org/events/const...
Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November
photooxford.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today! @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
An autumnal sunrise this morning.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An autumnal sunrise this morning.
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Poet Wilfred Owen died #OTD in 1918, a week short of the Armistice: this is the statue of him in his home town, Oswestry. Britten used Owen's poetry in his 1962 War Requiem and the following year Owen's brother Harold sent him a manuscript of Wilfred's "Anthem For Doomed Youth" in appreciation.
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Poet Wilfred Owen died #OTD in 1918, a week short of the Armistice: this is the statue of him in his home town, Oswestry. Britten used Owen's poetry in his 1962 War Requiem and the following year Owen's brother Harold sent him a manuscript of Wilfred's "Anthem For Doomed Youth" in appreciation.
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Call for papers, Leeds IMC 2026 - Big data and medieval manuscripts. Please consider submitting a proposal!
August 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Call for papers, Leeds IMC 2026 - Big data and medieval manuscripts. Please consider submitting a proposal!
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Fabulous to be at @senatehouselib.bsky.social for History Day! ✨
The #ArchivesHub team spoke to over 100 researchers and caught up with many of our contributors throughout the day today 😊
@jsronson.bsky.social
@archivesportal.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social
#HistDay25 #HistoryDay #HistoryDay2025
The #ArchivesHub team spoke to over 100 researchers and caught up with many of our contributors throughout the day today 😊
@jsronson.bsky.social
@archivesportal.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social
#HistDay25 #HistoryDay #HistoryDay2025
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fabulous to be at @senatehouselib.bsky.social for History Day! ✨
The #ArchivesHub team spoke to over 100 researchers and caught up with many of our contributors throughout the day today 😊
@jsronson.bsky.social
@archivesportal.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social
#HistDay25 #HistoryDay #HistoryDay2025
The #ArchivesHub team spoke to over 100 researchers and caught up with many of our contributors throughout the day today 😊
@jsronson.bsky.social
@archivesportal.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social
#HistDay25 #HistoryDay #HistoryDay2025
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Selected History Day swag! What an incredible buzz and an amazing opportunity to explore archives and collections from across the UK, right here in Senate House. Thank you @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and @senatehouselib.bsky.social! #HistDay25
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Selected History Day swag! What an incredible buzz and an amazing opportunity to explore archives and collections from across the UK, right here in Senate House. Thank you @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and @senatehouselib.bsky.social! #HistDay25
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IHR Director Professor Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social has written about today’s History Day #histday25 here at Senate House, and how it reflects the crucial work of @ihr.bsky.social in supporting historical research in all its forms. Read more here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Making History Together
History Day
www.history.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
IHR Director Professor Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social has written about today’s History Day #histday25 here at Senate House, and how it reflects the crucial work of @ihr.bsky.social in supporting historical research in all its forms. Read more here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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History Day 2025 is well underway and there’s almost too much to take in!
(Fans of Bruce Springsteen have have just the thing for you 👀)
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November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
History Day 2025 is well underway and there’s almost too much to take in!
(Fans of Bruce Springsteen have have just the thing for you 👀)
(Fans of Bruce Springsteen have have just the thing for you 👀)