30 mins of quiet ensued and he’d tracked down timetables on the library catalogue. “Off site storage too”, he exclaimed, cos he knows I love visiting our book & collections storage facility.

The idea of turkeys as pests is very confusing to the UK resident! Sign spotted in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

I can turn anything numismatic - so happy Maundy Thursday everyone! A day when the monarch traditionally hands out coins and washes the feet of those in need (the foot washing bit stopped a few hundred years ago). Maundy coins are some of my faves. These Charles II coins from Royal Mint Museum:

A swift visit to the British Museum yesterday whilst at a conference at Senste House & a chance to visit some old faves - testaments to the power of international trade, travel and the flow of ideas in early medieval Europe

Excited to be able to dust off my Tower of London Poppies dataset to speak at this conference

Flashback to my dog’s summer resting sadface

Love this church. Here’s the same beastie from the front

Oh god, museums are making digital content for Gen A now (and Gen A really into 90s culture and ABBA - same tbh) #MuseTech

2. Tanks! Tanks! Tanks! Specifically the Tank Museum leaning into their niche audience. Look at this lovely niche audience diagram #MuseTech

Narnia comes to the library