Karen Brookfield
@karenbrookfield.bsky.social
London lady of leisure, culture, travel. Things Ancient 🏛️ Deutsch 🇩🇪 Nordisk 🇫🇮🇸🇪 Not forgetting 🍰📚 & First World War
Once upon a time @ British Library @National Lottery Heritage Fund
Once upon a time @ British Library @National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Any Catholics or historians able to help. My Irish relatives had their details entered in The Golden Book at Liverpool Cathedral. I’m not aware they had links with the Cathedral and we seem to be the only Irish immigrants not to end up in Liverpool! Why might they have done this?
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Any Catholics or historians able to help. My Irish relatives had their details entered in The Golden Book at Liverpool Cathedral. I’m not aware they had links with the Cathedral and we seem to be the only Irish immigrants not to end up in Liverpool! Why might they have done this?
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After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
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WIN a set of #Christmas cards
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Yes this is awful. The BBC News has, however, become the live action version of the Daily Mail. Crime stories are guaranteed coverage if the culprit is an asylum seeker. Viewers may not realise attention to these specific offenders is disproportionate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yes this is awful. The BBC News has, however, become the live action version of the Daily Mail. Crime stories are guaranteed coverage if the culprit is an asylum seeker. Viewers may not realise attention to these specific offenders is disproportionate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Turns out this news was in the public domain yesterday but no one has covered it as far as I can tell. Does no one care about our national library anymore? It was much the same with the cyberattack. If this was a bit of 'science' infrastructure can you imagine?
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
British Library chief executive quits midway through PCS strike
The British Library has been thrown into further turmoil midway through a two-week PCS strike with the resignation of its chief executive Rebecca Lawrence.
www.pcs.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Turns out this news was in the public domain yesterday but no one has covered it as far as I can tell. Does no one care about our national library anymore? It was much the same with the cyberattack. If this was a bit of 'science' infrastructure can you imagine?
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
Fabulous photo @girtoncollege.bsky.social
#OnThisDay 1915 the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals set sail from Liverpool to Serbia to set up a hospital unit in Salonika. This photo, taken 2 days before they departed, is from the album of Nurse Annie Allan heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Fabulous photo @girtoncollege.bsky.social
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Made in Stoke ⚱️
Read about six artists who started their career painting pottery 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/made-in-stoke-six-artists-who-started-their-career-painting-pottery
'Maquette for 'Hagar'' by Albert Toft (1862–1949) 📷 Leeds Museums and Galleries
Read about six artists who started their career painting pottery 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/made-in-stoke-six-artists-who-started-their-career-painting-pottery
'Maquette for 'Hagar'' by Albert Toft (1862–1949) 📷 Leeds Museums and Galleries
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Made in Stoke ⚱️
Read about six artists who started their career painting pottery 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/made-in-stoke-six-artists-who-started-their-career-painting-pottery
'Maquette for 'Hagar'' by Albert Toft (1862–1949) 📷 Leeds Museums and Galleries
Read about six artists who started their career painting pottery 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/made-in-stoke-six-artists-who-started-their-career-painting-pottery
'Maquette for 'Hagar'' by Albert Toft (1862–1949) 📷 Leeds Museums and Galleries
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You know what must be REALLY good? The news media in Finland. Source: buff.ly/rNvsdc4
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
You know what must be REALLY good? The news media in Finland. Source: buff.ly/rNvsdc4
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“I never understood the idea that you’re supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn’t something I relate to at all. — I’ve done all kinds of things I said I wouldn’t do and, of course, now I’m glad. Thrilled.”
R.I.P. Diane Keaton, what a legend. 🕊️💫
R.I.P. Diane Keaton, what a legend. 🕊️💫
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“I never understood the idea that you’re supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn’t something I relate to at all. — I’ve done all kinds of things I said I wouldn’t do and, of course, now I’m glad. Thrilled.”
R.I.P. Diane Keaton, what a legend. 🕊️💫
R.I.P. Diane Keaton, what a legend. 🕊️💫
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‘175 years ago this year, Queen Victoria gave her assent to “an Act for enabling town councils to establish public libraries & museums”, that enabled local authorities… to levy a ha’penny on the rates to establish a free public library.’ @richove.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need...
The spirit of public improvement that led to the legislation that created free public libraries 175 years go needs to be rekindled
observer.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
‘175 years ago this year, Queen Victoria gave her assent to “an Act for enabling town councils to establish public libraries & museums”, that enabled local authorities… to levy a ha’penny on the rates to establish a free public library.’ @richove.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Thanks @pressgazette for this report on @thenerve.news first week.
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thanks @pressgazette for this report on @thenerve.news first week.
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
Glorious 5th Century CE mosaics in the Great Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis, Bitola, North Macedonia 🇲🇰 A lovely site you can walk to from the town.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Glorious 5th Century CE mosaics in the Great Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis, Bitola, North Macedonia 🇲🇰 A lovely site you can walk to from the town.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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#OnThisDay in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens to supply drinking water to London. Public works funded by private money – the earliest Private Finance Initiative? The River was run for profit for centuries…
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Today in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens – the earliest PFI?
Water, Moral Economy and the New River North London’s New River was built between 1609 and 1613, in an attempt to alleviate, but also to cash in on, the shortage of water in the City of Londo…
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September 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#OnThisDay in London financial history, 1613: North London’s New River opens to supply drinking water to London. Public works funded by private money – the earliest Private Finance Initiative? The River was run for profit for centuries…
wp.me/p74yfw-Ti
wp.me/p74yfw-Ti
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'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation now open bit.ly/4pITZrs
HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation now open bit.ly/4pITZrs
HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
HAP26 takes place @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social
on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy
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Today marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway 🚂
In June 'Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious topped the @railway200.bsky.social vote for the UK’s favourite railway artwork!
Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social #Railway200
In June 'Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious topped the @railway200.bsky.social vote for the UK’s favourite railway artwork!
Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social #Railway200
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway 🚂
In June 'Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious topped the @railway200.bsky.social vote for the UK’s favourite railway artwork!
Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social #Railway200
In June 'Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious topped the @railway200.bsky.social vote for the UK’s favourite railway artwork!
Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
📷 @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social #Railway200
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Surely the most glorious building in Stoke-On-Trent, and I could say beyond, for some distance?
The design; the story of the city through symbolism and the technical skills to achieve it put this city on the World map!
If the city can't find a use for it what does that say?
An absolute tragedy.
The design; the story of the city through symbolism and the technical skills to achieve it put this city on the World map!
If the city can't find a use for it what does that say?
An absolute tragedy.
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Surely the most glorious building in Stoke-On-Trent, and I could say beyond, for some distance?
The design; the story of the city through symbolism and the technical skills to achieve it put this city on the World map!
If the city can't find a use for it what does that say?
An absolute tragedy.
The design; the story of the city through symbolism and the technical skills to achieve it put this city on the World map!
If the city can't find a use for it what does that say?
An absolute tragedy.
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If you have a VERY large room, Lambeth Palace Library is selling off its old bookshelves.
www.lassco.co.uk/product/the-...
www.lassco.co.uk/product/the-...
The vast Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase - LASSCO - England's prime resource for Architectural Antiques, Salvage Curiosities
The vast Lambeth Palace Library Bookcase originally by Edward Blore c.1830, later reformatted c.1945
www.lassco.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If you have a VERY large room, Lambeth Palace Library is selling off its old bookshelves.
www.lassco.co.uk/product/the-...
www.lassco.co.uk/product/the-...
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Green grew the pavements, oh!
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
September 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Green grew the pavements, oh!
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
For older pedestrians, a zone of continuous peril. Thanks a bunch. One very near death experience in these days, enough.,
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Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Museum of Cambridge are looking for a #Disability Heritage Research Volunteer, to work remotely, creating histories of people with disabilities in Cambridgeshire. www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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1/ It's #LiteracyDay. Libraries have offered shelter and succour to so many - a haven and a portal. Here's a random collection of images to remind ourselves how once they were valued (Gainsborough, Gloucester, Hendon and Barrow) ...
September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
1/ It's #LiteracyDay. Libraries have offered shelter and succour to so many - a haven and a portal. Here's a random collection of images to remind ourselves how once they were valued (Gainsborough, Gloucester, Hendon and Barrow) ...
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EVENT: 🇫🇮 Aalto and Finmar - Furnishing London Lecture
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
Before WW2, 70% of Alvar Aalto furniture production was sold in London through Finmar. This lecture explores their clientele, popularity and legacy.
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
Before WW2, 70% of Alvar Aalto furniture production was sold in London through Finmar. This lecture explores their clientele, popularity and legacy.
September 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
EVENT: 🇫🇮 Aalto and Finmar - Furnishing London Lecture
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
Before WW2, 70% of Alvar Aalto furniture production was sold in London through Finmar. This lecture explores their clientele, popularity and legacy.
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
🎟️ c20society.org.uk/events
Before WW2, 70% of Alvar Aalto furniture production was sold in London through Finmar. This lecture explores their clientele, popularity and legacy.
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If parks become music venues then locals deserve more input, and a fairer share of the rewards.
Parks are public spaces – but private event organisers are muscling in
If parks become music venues then locals deserve more input, and a fairer share of the rewards.
tcnv.link
September 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If parks become music venues then locals deserve more input, and a fairer share of the rewards.
We all need more joy in our lives - find it in no lesser place than the Great Hall at Lambeth Palace on 25 September 🎶
The Arundel Choirbook in Concert!🎶
Two very exciting concerts are happening in September
in conjunction with our exhibition 'Sing Joyfully:
Exploring Music in Lambeth Palace Library'!
For more information, visit the link in our bio ✨
#LambethPalaceLibrary #Concert #Arundel
Two very exciting concerts are happening in September
in conjunction with our exhibition 'Sing Joyfully:
Exploring Music in Lambeth Palace Library'!
For more information, visit the link in our bio ✨
#LambethPalaceLibrary #Concert #Arundel
August 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We all need more joy in our lives - find it in no lesser place than the Great Hall at Lambeth Palace on 25 September 🎶
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Hello, old friend, U Fv1992;157 Arlanda, Måby ägor. #Arlanda the only airport with its own #runestone.
August 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hello, old friend, U Fv1992;157 Arlanda, Måby ägor. #Arlanda the only airport with its own #runestone.