Susan Reed
@susanreed.bsky.social
British Library German collections curator. Tiny translation sideline. Reader, bellringer, Wagner & Archers fan. Comprehensive educated & proud. Views my own.
Well, this is a bit of an anticlimax isn’t it? #TheArchers
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Well, this is a bit of an anticlimax isn’t it? #TheArchers
Reposted by Susan Reed
I'm co-supervising a PhD placement on 'War Poetry in the Manuscript Collections: Cataloguing, Discovery and Outreach'. Please have a look at the project profiles and share this with any PhD students who may be interested in applying (by 27 February).
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.
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Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I'm co-supervising a PhD placement on 'War Poetry in the Manuscript Collections: Cataloguing, Discovery and Outreach'. Please have a look at the project profiles and share this with any PhD students who may be interested in applying (by 27 February).
I scrolled through hoping someone hadn’t beaten me to it too!
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I scrolled through hoping someone hadn’t beaten me to it too!
“It must be AI, the postures are strange and the hands are all wrong” said Gertrude with an astonishing lack of self-awareness #GirlsOwnCC
February 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“It must be AI, the postures are strange and the hands are all wrong” said Gertrude with an astonishing lack of self-awareness #GirlsOwnCC
The Diet of Worms (every schoolchild's favourite name for a historical event)
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The Diet of Worms (every schoolchild's favourite name for a historical event)
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Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
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January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Find the lost bunting and add it.
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Find the lost bunting and add it.
He’s also clearly bad at maths because when asked to define himself in 3 words he uses 6 🤷♀️
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
He’s also clearly bad at maths because when asked to define himself in 3 words he uses 6 🤷♀️
What infuriates me is that he stands up in front of world leaders, and he lies and lies and lies, and none of them seem to publicly call him out (unless I’ve missed something). Also he confused Greenland & Iceland more than once, & if Biden had done that once, Republicans would’ve been all over it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
What infuriates me is that he stands up in front of world leaders, and he lies and lies and lies, and none of them seem to publicly call him out (unless I’ve missed something). Also he confused Greenland & Iceland more than once, & if Biden had done that once, Republicans would’ve been all over it.
Saw the name Pip here and thought for a moment it was a new storyline on #TheArchers that I'd missed.
“Wisdom revealed his hoarded heaps; and among the joyous, heartless, ever-juvenile eternities, Pip saw the multitudinous God-omnipresent, coral insects, that out of the firmament of waters heaved the colossal orbs.” Poor Pip, but what a vision of creation! 🐋
January 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Saw the name Pip here and thought for a moment it was a new storyline on #TheArchers that I'd missed.
Reposted by Susan Reed
Suzy Corrigan explores the provenance of Oscar Wilde’s manuscripts in the Eccles Bequest and describes the outputs of a PhD placement at the British Library www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Researching manuscripts in the Lady Eccles Oscar Wilde Collection
The Eccles Bequest elevates the British Library as a premier site for Wilde scholarship.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Suzy Corrigan explores the provenance of Oscar Wilde’s manuscripts in the Eccles Bequest and describes the outputs of a PhD placement at the British Library www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Does he not realise that the Nobel Foundation is based in Sweden, and has nothing to do with the national government of Sweden, let alone the national government of Norway.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Does he not realise that the Nobel Foundation is based in Sweden, and has nothing to do with the national government of Sweden, let alone the national government of Norway.
Ah, but you’ve got much better at big brothering over the years ❤️
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Ah, but you’ve got much better at big brothering over the years ❤️
And going back further the man all my history teachers called Cardinal Richloo.
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
And going back further the man all my history teachers called Cardinal Richloo.
At least we did the Frondes.
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
At least we did the Frondes.
Louis XIV was covered in my A-level history course and I never even realised he had a brother! Course might have been more fun with more Monsieur.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Louis XIV was covered in my A-level history course and I never even realised he had a brother! Course might have been more fun with more Monsieur.
Well, I've finally & belatedly deleted my X account. I've not posted for a while, but hung on because there were still accounts/people I was following who I can't find elsewhere, & I have fond memories of better days and of lovely interactions that will now be lost. But it was time to go. So I went.
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Well, I've finally & belatedly deleted my X account. I've not posted for a while, but hung on because there were still accounts/people I was following who I can't find elsewhere, & I have fond memories of better days and of lovely interactions that will now be lost. But it was time to go. So I went.
@nickinmasham.bsky.social, thought you might appreciate this one.
#TheArchers “Lillian, can I tell you about the specials?”
“Don’t tell me, they were formed in Coventry in 1977.”
“Don’t tell me, they were formed in Coventry in 1977.”
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
@nickinmasham.bsky.social, thought you might appreciate this one.
You’ll need to pull harder than that, Edith, and use both hands if you are to extricate me from this chaise-longue that is attempting to swallow me #GirlsOwnCC
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
You’ll need to pull harder than that, Edith, and use both hands if you are to extricate me from this chaise-longue that is attempting to swallow me #GirlsOwnCC
I also see a resemblance to young Barron there…
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I also see a resemblance to young Barron there…
Here’s a rather lovely piece from the Radio Times about the man who wrote the music for Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green. Something to cleanse your timeline in these grim days.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Here’s a rather lovely piece from the Radio Times about the man who wrote the music for Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green. Something to cleanse your timeline in these grim days.
I thought this was the most profound song ever in 1982. In my defence I was 15.
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I thought this was the most profound song ever in 1982. In my defence I was 15.
Or a previously unknown descendant of Nelson Gabriel (that dates me!)
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Or a previously unknown descendant of Nelson Gabriel (that dates me!)
Reposted by Susan Reed
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We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Want to level up your library career this year?
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026