David Luck
@dluckarchivist.bsky.social
Archivist at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, London, UK. Memory boy. All poorly thought out views his own. Contact at 'archives' on https://tinyurl.com/58tkxrb7
He/him.
He/him.
Really interesting meeting about healthcare records hosted by the DPC today. Going to take a while to digest all of it, but it seems that there's a totally different conception of how record keeping should work in relation to health out there.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really interesting meeting about healthcare records hosted by the DPC today. Going to take a while to digest all of it, but it seems that there's a totally different conception of how record keeping should work in relation to health out there.
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social @dannybkelly.bsky.social I think you guys will enjoy this...
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@dannyheifetz.bsky.social @dannybkelly.bsky.social I think you guys will enjoy this...
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Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
‘Conversion Therapy’ and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983 - University of Birmingham
Between c.1966 and 1983, the University of Birmingham employed researchers who orchestrated so-called 'conversion therapy' for same-sex love
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
Begs the question of whether the Blues Brothers was actually a real-life story.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Begs the question of whether the Blues Brothers was actually a real-life story.
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Not-dude readers of 1990s Amiga magazines.
Did anyone primarily read a magazine that *wasn't* Amiga Power?
Did anyone primarily read a magazine that *wasn't* Amiga Power?
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Not-dude readers of 1990s Amiga magazines.
Did anyone primarily read a magazine that *wasn't* Amiga Power?
Did anyone primarily read a magazine that *wasn't* Amiga Power?
[Bond walks into casino]
Villain: *gasp* But Meester Bond, I thought you were dead!?!
Bond [picks up martini]: Sorry to disappoint you, Le Chiffre. You must be thinking of the other chap [winks at camera]
INTRO SEQUENCE ROLLS
Villain: *gasp* But Meester Bond, I thought you were dead!?!
Bond [picks up martini]: Sorry to disappoint you, Le Chiffre. You must be thinking of the other chap [winks at camera]
INTRO SEQUENCE ROLLS
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
[Bond walks into casino]
Villain: *gasp* But Meester Bond, I thought you were dead!?!
Bond [picks up martini]: Sorry to disappoint you, Le Chiffre. You must be thinking of the other chap [winks at camera]
INTRO SEQUENCE ROLLS
Villain: *gasp* But Meester Bond, I thought you were dead!?!
Bond [picks up martini]: Sorry to disappoint you, Le Chiffre. You must be thinking of the other chap [winks at camera]
INTRO SEQUENCE ROLLS
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social media feeling truly dead these days, but a call out to the void: we want to play fests in 2026, message us if you can help !
(anticipating no response/no likes lol)
(anticipating no response/no likes lol)
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
social media feeling truly dead these days, but a call out to the void: we want to play fests in 2026, message us if you can help !
(anticipating no response/no likes lol)
(anticipating no response/no likes lol)
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#RemembranceSunday
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
Wounded Soldiers' Day, 1916
A summer garden party for wounded soldiers filmed for Bethlem Hospital by Mr Pearce of the Essenay Company (ref. WSD-01).
Read more about the first World War and the Maudsley on our blog here:…
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#RemembranceSunday
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
In the summer of 1916, Bethlem Royal Hospital hosted a garden party for wounded WWI soldiers. Guests were treated to "good tea, a famous band, and a variety concert of the richest and best". Watch the full 12 minute silent film of the day here 📽️ youtu.be/1OneTOeunhY
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Does anyone on here work with race and medicine in the southern US in the early 20th century?
Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest.
Feel free to share.
Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest.
Feel free to share.
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Does anyone on here work with race and medicine in the southern US in the early 20th century?
Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest.
Feel free to share.
Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest.
Feel free to share.
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I didn’t know that Bluesky has automatic moderation that hides stuff you might not want/need hidden
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I didn’t know that Bluesky has automatic moderation that hides stuff you might not want/need hidden
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
Go To Settings, Moderation, then click this purple Advanced button to make your own choices — some of this might be very welcome, but some of my settings were too prudish
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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1 week to go until History Day - don't forget to sign up! Read about why History Day is such a fantastic event in this blog by Claire Langhamer: buff.ly/ySfBuWR
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1 week to go until History Day - don't forget to sign up! Read about why History Day is such a fantastic event in this blog by Claire Langhamer: buff.ly/ySfBuWR
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
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Archives hive mind! Any ideas for remote online transcribing projects which would appeal to a retired archivist who loves palaeography and is coming to an end of their present project? Could be anything C16th-C20th, but I lean towards the earlier material unless it’s a topic I’m interested in.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Archives hive mind! Any ideas for remote online transcribing projects which would appeal to a retired archivist who loves palaeography and is coming to an end of their present project? Could be anything C16th-C20th, but I lean towards the earlier material unless it’s a topic I’m interested in.
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What can you expect to find at #HistDay25 our celebration of history collections with @senatehouselib.bsky.social? Come along and find out on 4 Nov. Book your free space here www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What can you expect to find at #HistDay25 our celebration of history collections with @senatehouselib.bsky.social? Come along and find out on 4 Nov. Book your free space here www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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A reminder that this is happening THIS Wednesday! #DisHist
We’re excited to announce that we will be joined by @annasusanf.bsky.social for our October monthly event! Join us at 5pm on the 29th October for a discussion on “Disability History Potentials in the Andes: Archives, Archaeology and Indigenous Knowledge” #DisHist
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A reminder that this is happening THIS Wednesday! #DisHist
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Consider this your sign to vote in our Annual General Meeting!
Make a difference by letting us know what’s important to you. You have until midnight on 31 October: buff.ly/GGr65eT
Make a difference by letting us know what’s important to you. You have until midnight on 31 October: buff.ly/GGr65eT
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Consider this your sign to vote in our Annual General Meeting!
Make a difference by letting us know what’s important to you. You have until midnight on 31 October: buff.ly/GGr65eT
Make a difference by letting us know what’s important to you. You have until midnight on 31 October: buff.ly/GGr65eT
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Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
Inconvenient People: Madness, Misdiagnosis & the 19th Century
Join Sarah Wise for a talk on Victorian 'madness', misdiagnosis and John Clare - supporting the Clare Cottage thatch appeal.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
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Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation
Cofiwn: World remembers Aberfan disaster
Stephen Price Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history – the 1966 Aberfan disaster – which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation. On ...
nation.cymru
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation
Barbican all-dayer for One Battle After Another and now the Divine Comedy. We did have time to pop out for a quick drink at sunset though...
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Barbican all-dayer for One Battle After Another and now the Divine Comedy. We did have time to pop out for a quick drink at sunset though...
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#FreeEvent on Tues 14 Oct, 2pm: "Plague Houses and Pandemics" talk by Alison Wall, Health Visitor & Researcher.
Please book via:
plaguehousestalk.eventbrite.co.uk
(online & in-person event)
Please book via:
plaguehousestalk.eventbrite.co.uk
(online & in-person event)
Plague Houses and Pandemics
The Great Plague struck Stuart England in 1665.
plaguehousestalk.eventbrite.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#FreeEvent on Tues 14 Oct, 2pm: "Plague Houses and Pandemics" talk by Alison Wall, Health Visitor & Researcher.
Please book via:
plaguehousestalk.eventbrite.co.uk
(online & in-person event)
Please book via:
plaguehousestalk.eventbrite.co.uk
(online & in-person event)
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
The only place of worship I regularly attend.
Today I also introduce the students to Meades Shrine
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The only place of worship I regularly attend.
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The Grade 1 listed North Wing of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London reopens after £9.5 million restoration with 2 William Hogarth masterpiece murals available for the public to see for the first time. 👇
BBC News - Hospital's Hogarth opens to public for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Hospital's Hogarth opens to public for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hogarth masterpieces restored at Barts Hospital open to public
The restoration of the north wing has 'recaptured its beauty and dignity', the project teams says.
www.bbc.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Grade 1 listed North Wing of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London reopens after £9.5 million restoration with 2 William Hogarth masterpiece murals available for the public to see for the first time. 👇
BBC News - Hospital's Hogarth opens to public for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Hospital's Hogarth opens to public for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Fantastic #openaccess article 📄 by @dralanagharris.bsky.social & Laura Mitchison in Transactions @royalhistsoc.org on disability, ethics, public history, photography & oral history: Essential read for any of us doing public engagement work on sensitive histories. 🌟
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
Us and Them: Disability Ethics, Oral History and Inclusive Praxis in the Reuse of Asylum Photography
www.cambridge.org
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Fantastic #openaccess article 📄 by @dralanagharris.bsky.social & Laura Mitchison in Transactions @royalhistsoc.org on disability, ethics, public history, photography & oral history: Essential read for any of us doing public engagement work on sensitive histories. 🌟
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo
Statement on recent press discussion about the digitisation of adoption records — Campaign for Records
The Chief Archivists in Local Government Group of the Archives and Records Association have put out this statement in response to press discussion on digitisation of adoption records and propose an al...
www.campaignforrecords.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo