Guy Baxter
@archivesgb.bsky.social
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My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out on Friday.
Pre-save or get a limited signed copy: ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR
Pre-save or get a limited signed copy: ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR
October 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My new album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) is out on Friday.
Pre-save or get a limited signed copy: ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR
Pre-save or get a limited signed copy: ttikaram.lnk.to/LIAR
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For #NationalLibraryWeek, take a look inside our main library (normally staff only)! 📖
This wing of the Herbarium was built in 1969. It houses just a fraction of the library collections which include books, maps & artworks, & spans a whopping 9 km of shelving! #KewLA
👉 https://ow.ly/PVRv50X6WEk
This wing of the Herbarium was built in 1969. It houses just a fraction of the library collections which include books, maps & artworks, & spans a whopping 9 km of shelving! #KewLA
👉 https://ow.ly/PVRv50X6WEk
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
For #NationalLibraryWeek, take a look inside our main library (normally staff only)! 📖
This wing of the Herbarium was built in 1969. It houses just a fraction of the library collections which include books, maps & artworks, & spans a whopping 9 km of shelving! #KewLA
👉 https://ow.ly/PVRv50X6WEk
This wing of the Herbarium was built in 1969. It houses just a fraction of the library collections which include books, maps & artworks, & spans a whopping 9 km of shelving! #KewLA
👉 https://ow.ly/PVRv50X6WEk
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hello if you're interested in what our learning team has been up to in the last year, boy do we have the blogpost for you
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
Our school year - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about the highlights of our schools and learning programmes from the 2024/25 academic year.
merl.reading.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
hello if you're interested in what our learning team has been up to in the last year, boy do we have the blogpost for you
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
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At 78cm tall, this 1770 edition of Giovanni Piranesi’s ‘Colonna di Trajano e di Antonio Pio’ is one of the largest books in our collection. It is full of beautiful engravings, as well as a fold out illustration of Trajan’s column that’s over 2m long!
[Overstone L 1H/01]
[Overstone L 1H/01]
March 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
At 78cm tall, this 1770 edition of Giovanni Piranesi’s ‘Colonna di Trajano e di Antonio Pio’ is one of the largest books in our collection. It is full of beautiful engravings, as well as a fold out illustration of Trajan’s column that’s over 2m long!
[Overstone L 1H/01]
[Overstone L 1H/01]
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Not all big stories are in big books. This children’s book from 1740 may be about giants, but it’s only 7cm tall!
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[CC 942 BOR]
March 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Not all big stories are in big books. This children’s book from 1740 may be about giants, but it’s only 7cm tall!
[CC 942 BOR]
[CC 942 BOR]
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Part 3 #History students working with the #Hiroshima collection @ University of Reading Special Collections 💚 big thank you to @archivesgb.bsky.social 🙏
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Part 3 #History students working with the #Hiroshima collection @ University of Reading Special Collections 💚 big thank you to @archivesgb.bsky.social 🙏
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*taps mic* we're launching a podcast!
Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
February 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
*taps mic* we're launching a podcast!
Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...
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To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
February 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
To keep fragile or small items protected, some of our material is stored in boxes like these. This tiny ‘Book of Nouns’ from 1800 may seem normal size on the shelf, but in reality it’s only 6cm tall!
[C.C. 423 BOO]
[C.C. 423 BOO]
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Hi Bluesky! We're the University of Reading's Special Collections, based at the MERL.
Follow us for stories and highlights from our collections, including the world's largest collection of Samuel Beckett, the Archive of British Printing and Publishing, plus over 80,000 volumes of rare books.
Follow us for stories and highlights from our collections, including the world's largest collection of Samuel Beckett, the Archive of British Printing and Publishing, plus over 80,000 volumes of rare books.
February 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hi Bluesky! We're the University of Reading's Special Collections, based at the MERL.
Follow us for stories and highlights from our collections, including the world's largest collection of Samuel Beckett, the Archive of British Printing and Publishing, plus over 80,000 volumes of rare books.
Follow us for stories and highlights from our collections, including the world's largest collection of Samuel Beckett, the Archive of British Printing and Publishing, plus over 80,000 volumes of rare books.
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January 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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'Tourist Information, Isle of Harris ' Photo John Maher ❤
#photooftheday #scotland #colourphotography
#photooftheday #scotland #colourphotography
January 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
'Tourist Information, Isle of Harris ' Photo John Maher ❤
#photooftheday #scotland #colourphotography
#photooftheday #scotland #colourphotography
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A key point here about libraries. One of the investment cases for libraries/archives/museums is that forms of knowledge are changing - the special collections we should be collecting now for humanities & social science research are digital: web/social media/personal digital collns, highly ephemeral.
The study of humanities, and all of science, is a space in which to learn how to learn.
Blog 4: Why research-led teaching is essential in arts and humanities and why we need to recognise the costs of our laboratory, the library.
@rluk.bsky.social
anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/b...
Blog 4: Why research-led teaching is essential in arts and humanities and why we need to recognise the costs of our laboratory, the library.
@rluk.bsky.social
anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/b...
Building a space in which to learn how to learn.
How do we learn in the humanities? It’s certainly not the case that a degree in humanities will make you humane; it may not even incline you to think positively about the humanities. But it ought…
anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A key point here about libraries. One of the investment cases for libraries/archives/museums is that forms of knowledge are changing - the special collections we should be collecting now for humanities & social science research are digital: web/social media/personal digital collns, highly ephemeral.
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today is the final day of the year for many of us at MERL. we'll keep the museum open on weekends throughout the festive period and reopen fully on 6 Jan 2025
merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
Opening Times - The Museum of English Rural Life
Find out when The Museum of English Rural Life galleries, shop, cafe, garden and reading room are open and closed to the public.
merl.reading.ac.uk
December 20, 2024 at 9:15 AM
today is the final day of the year for many of us at MERL. we'll keep the museum open on weekends throughout the festive period and reopen fully on 6 Jan 2025
merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
merl.reading.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
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Participating in cultural activites has a significant impact on people's quality of life, major new research suggests. Public #Libraries offer a huge range of free cultural activities. This new study is further evidence of the need to fund them adequately. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Participating in cultural activites has a significant impact on people's quality of life, major new research suggests. Public #Libraries offer a huge range of free cultural activities. This new study is further evidence of the need to fund them adequately. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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!!!!
It's here! I have spent ten minutes trying to take a photo where I don't look insane.
Möisturised, in my lane, flourishing!
All thanks to @themerl.bsky.social and the massive hog.
Möisturised, in my lane, flourishing!
All thanks to @themerl.bsky.social and the massive hog.
December 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
!!!!
100%
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
December 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
100%
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Here's the WaPo today: "Celebrate a very British Christmas with prime rib, pudding and more!We’re taking inspiration from across the pond with a big roast, Brussels sprouts, steamed pudding and sausage rolls for the holiday."
Here's @themerl.bsky.social last week: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2022/12...
Here's @themerl.bsky.social last week: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2022/12...
Why do we eat turkey at Christmas?
Learn why we eat turkey for Christmas dinner, and the story behind its growth in popularity over the last 500 years.
merl.reading.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Here's the WaPo today: "Celebrate a very British Christmas with prime rib, pudding and more!We’re taking inspiration from across the pond with a big roast, Brussels sprouts, steamed pudding and sausage rolls for the holiday."
Here's @themerl.bsky.social last week: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2022/12...
Here's @themerl.bsky.social last week: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2022/12...
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Glasgow, 1975.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
December 17, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Glasgow, 1975.
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
Photo Chris Steele-Perkins
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Spotted a few Good Hogs on the weekend that @themerl.bsky.social will appreciate.
December 17, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Spotted a few Good Hogs on the weekend that @themerl.bsky.social will appreciate.
Widening Participation Project Officer:London Road Reading, UK
jobs.reading.ac.uk
December 16, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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I wrote a thing (and the brilliant @joevaughan.net tidied it up and made it web-worthy!).
This week and last month, farmers drove their tractors into central London, protesting changes to agricultural policy.
Though they came from across the UK, their journeys reflect a long history in which farming has become ever-more marginalised and precarious.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...
Though they came from across the UK, their journeys reflect a long history in which farming has become ever-more marginalised and precarious.
merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...
'The final straw': our reflections on the 2024 farmer protests
MERL curator Dr Ollie Douglas reflects on the 2024 London farmer protests, and how they speak to his family's farming history.
merl.reading.ac.uk
December 13, 2024 at 7:14 PM
I wrote a thing (and the brilliant @joevaughan.net tidied it up and made it web-worthy!).
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Nine Stones Close, Derbyshire.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
December 15, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Nine Stones Close, Derbyshire.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday