Kasia Tee
@kasiatee.bsky.social
Historian.
Museums, design, war, space, time, etc.
Co-host, Cursed Objects podcast
Director, https://bsky.app/profile/museumsbirkbeck.bsky.social
Museums, design, war, space, time, etc.
Co-host, Cursed Objects podcast
Director, https://bsky.app/profile/museumsbirkbeck.bsky.social
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The @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social auto transcription is generally very good but it has transliterated Keir Starmer as “Cursed Armour”
September 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social auto transcription is generally very good but it has transliterated Keir Starmer as “Cursed Armour”
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10 days until the #CFP deadline for the online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*.
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900 - University of Birmingham
x9artsandlaw-event,x9history-event,x9historycultures-event,x9clemt-event
www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
10 days until the #CFP deadline for the online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine 1700-1900*.
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
We invite proposals for 15-minute talks on a single object related to health or medicine during the 18th & 19th centuries #histmed #histpsych #medhums
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
New episode on Baby on BOARD! badges, and the unintended meanings of objects for the public good 🤰
The newest episode of @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social is out and it’s ME talking about BABY ON BOARD badges
Baby on Board! Ft. Charlotte Lydia Riley
Podcast Episode · Cursed Objects · 25/09/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New episode on Baby on BOARD! badges, and the unintended meanings of objects for the public good 🤰
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This is a very common scenario: a private museum closing because its owner wants to retire, with the collection going to auction.
Doctor Who and Red Dwarf props to be auctioned via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bromyard sci-fi museum to auction Doctor Who and Red Dwarf props
A science fiction museum in Herefordshire, is selling its collection after its owner retired.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is a very common scenario: a private museum closing because its owner wants to retire, with the collection going to auction.
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Our first exhibition, Cursed Objects in Museum Shops, runs until 26 June, so get down to Bloomsbury while you can! It's FREE, 10am-8pm, Mon-Fri, at the Peltz Gallery. All details here: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mp1jq...
Cursed Objects in Museum Shops exhibition — Cursed Objects
General admission: 2 May – 26 June 2025. Mon-Fri, 10am - 8pm. Free entry
Location: Peltz Gallery , Birkbeck, University of London. 43-46 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PD Just this once, we’re asking y...
www.cursedobjects.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our first exhibition, Cursed Objects in Museum Shops, runs until 26 June, so get down to Bloomsbury while you can! It's FREE, 10am-8pm, Mon-Fri, at the Peltz Gallery. All details here: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mp1jq...
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Periodic reminder there is an entire range of daft shit available from my shop:
spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
June 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Periodic reminder there is an entire range of daft shit available from my shop:
spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
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...then on 11 June, joining the good people of the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social Podcast to discuss WAR TAT and our cultural memory of 1939 to 1949 with @lottelydia.bsky.social and Kate Clements. Key object for me – the Tank Museum's soft toy Panzerfaust here. Tickets:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
June 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
...then on 11 June, joining the good people of the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social Podcast to discuss WAR TAT and our cultural memory of 1939 to 1949 with @lottelydia.bsky.social and Kate Clements. Key object for me – the Tank Museum's soft toy Panzerfaust here. Tickets:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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No, employers need to do their own training. It’s not educators’ job to make sure that school-leavers — or graduates — have the specific skills that each company needs. Employers need to invest in their workforce.
We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world
To ensure that young people embarking on a career have the skills and mindset employers are looking for, education must be linked more closely to the workplace, writes David Blunkett.
To ensure that young people embarking on a career have the skills and mindset employers are looking for, education must be linked more closely to the workplace, writes David Blunkett.
‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in t...
To ensure that young people embarking on a career have the skills and mindset employers are looking for, education must be linked more closely to the wor...
bit.ly
June 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
No, employers need to do their own training. It’s not educators’ job to make sure that school-leavers — or graduates — have the specific skills that each company needs. Employers need to invest in their workforce.
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Do you know of a museum, library, or archive that offers images from their collection for publication or presenting, for free?
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
May 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Do you know of a museum, library, or archive that offers images from their collection for publication or presenting, for free?
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
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Very rare to discover Magna Carta trending for non-insane reasons.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Harvard cut-price Magna Carta 'copy' now believed genuine - BBC News
Harvard Law School paid just $27 for the document, which UK academics now think is the real thing.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Very rare to discover Magna Carta trending for non-insane reasons.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For those interested in a more in-depth dissection of Jamie Oliver & New Labour, here’s @jonathandnunn.bsky.social and I on the fabulous @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social with @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
May 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For those interested in a more in-depth dissection of Jamie Oliver & New Labour, here’s @jonathandnunn.bsky.social and I on the fabulous @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social with @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
open.spotify.com/episode/0WuB...
Jamie’s ‘Fish Stew’ song must be heard by all!
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yo yo yo yo yo Museums +Tech CfP is open museumscomputergroup.org.uk/mcg-museumst...
MCG Museums+Tech 2025: Seize the Tech! - Museums Computer Group
Friday 5th December 2025, Think Tank Birmingham
museumscomputergroup.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
yo yo yo yo yo Museums +Tech CfP is open museumscomputergroup.org.uk/mcg-museumst...
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Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck, but the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social only brought in a scaled model of the Thames historical dockyards that he has made! Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!
May 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thames through Time is back in Birkbeck, but the MA Archaeology & Heritage student Christopher Snary @bbkhistorical.bsky.social only brought in a scaled model of the Thames historical dockyards that he has made! Archaeology and model-making, it’s important!!
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Looking forward to joining @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social for a live event this June, discussing WAR TAT w @lottelydia.bsky.social & Kate Clements. Endless branded gin, of course, but also more sinister tat such as the soft toy Panzerfaust – thread here: (1/4)
www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/war-m...
www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/war-m...
War, Memory and Tat — Cursed Objects
Join three expert guests – historian Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley, author Luke Turner and curator Kate Clements – as they explore the presence of war in the museum shop. This event explores two kin...
www.cursedobjects.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Looking forward to joining @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social for a live event this June, discussing WAR TAT w @lottelydia.bsky.social & Kate Clements. Endless branded gin, of course, but also more sinister tat such as the soft toy Panzerfaust – thread here: (1/4)
www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/war-m...
www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/war-m...
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I'm going to be one of the guests on the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social podcast live show in London, 28th May.
Tickets are free but you have to book: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mille...
Tickets are free but you have to book: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mille...
May 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm going to be one of the guests on the @cursedobjectsuk.bsky.social podcast live show in London, 28th May.
Tickets are free but you have to book: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mille...
Tickets are free but you have to book: www.cursedobjects.co.uk/events/mille...
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New Substack from me, about why the most annoying cyclists on the road are actually helping make everyone safer open.substack.com/pub/danhanco...
Forwards! To the Lime-bike critical mass singularity
In defence of the most annoying cyclists in London
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New Substack from me, about why the most annoying cyclists on the road are actually helping make everyone safer open.substack.com/pub/danhanco...
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⌛ Final Week ⌛
Time is running out to visit our current exhibition:
'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' – closing 15 May. 🕰️
🔗Opening times + digital highlights:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/unfolding-time
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #BookHistory 📜
Time is running out to visit our current exhibition:
'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' – closing 15 May. 🕰️
🔗Opening times + digital highlights:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/unfolding-time
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #BookHistory 📜
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
⌛ Final Week ⌛
Time is running out to visit our current exhibition:
'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' – closing 15 May. 🕰️
🔗Opening times + digital highlights:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/unfolding-time
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #BookHistory 📜
Time is running out to visit our current exhibition:
'Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar' – closing 15 May. 🕰️
🔗Opening times + digital highlights:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/unfolding-time
#UnfoldingTime #MedievalSky #BookHistory 📜
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⏰ Awaiting #StartYourWeek? In the meantime why not dip into the world of #CursedObjects in museum shops with @kasiatee.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social?
🦀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
🦀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
May 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
⏰ Awaiting #StartYourWeek? In the meantime why not dip into the world of #CursedObjects in museum shops with @kasiatee.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social?
🦀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
🦀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Brilliant new exhibition on the tat found in museum shops
2 May - 26 June 2025. Weekdays 10am - 8pm.
Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
2 May - 26 June 2025. Weekdays 10am - 8pm.
Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
We put on an exhibition!! Cursed Objects in Museum Shops is on at the Peltz Gallery, 2 May - 26 June - go see it ✨
May 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Brilliant new exhibition on the tat found in museum shops
2 May - 26 June 2025. Weekdays 10am - 8pm.
Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
2 May - 26 June 2025. Weekdays 10am - 8pm.
Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
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As a lifelong lover of tat I loved this @bunkerpod.bsky.social edition about #cursedobjects in Museum shops. Here's some of mine. Is the Atomium a wonderful evocative structure yes! Did I visit because they also sell snowstorms YES!
May 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Best exhibition title of all history
We put on an exhibition!! Cursed Objects in Museum Shops is on at the Peltz Gallery, 2 May - 26 June - go see it ✨
May 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Best exhibition title of all history
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Well done to the BBC for quoting Tory headbanger Susan Hall on Notting Hill Carnival here, with absolutely zero clue / context about how she despises carnival and everything it stands for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Met Police fear 'mass casualty event at Notting Hill Carnival
The London Assembly wants a review of safety at the Notting Hill Carnival amid concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Well done to the BBC for quoting Tory headbanger Susan Hall on Notting Hill Carnival here, with absolutely zero clue / context about how she despises carnival and everything it stands for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🧸 ENTER THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 🐼 What explains the world better? The relics that fill museums – or the simple snowglobes, plushies and other #CursedObjects in the shop at the end?
🐸 Podmasters alumnus @kasiatee.bsky.social returns to explain all to @nndroid.bsky.social
🪀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
🐸 Podmasters alumnus @kasiatee.bsky.social returns to explain all to @nndroid.bsky.social
🪀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
May 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🧸 ENTER THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 🐼 What explains the world better? The relics that fill museums – or the simple snowglobes, plushies and other #CursedObjects in the shop at the end?
🐸 Podmasters alumnus @kasiatee.bsky.social returns to explain all to @nndroid.bsky.social
🪀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
🐸 Podmasters alumnus @kasiatee.bsky.social returns to explain all to @nndroid.bsky.social
🪀 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
We put on an exhibition!! Cursed Objects in Museum Shops is on at the Peltz Gallery, 2 May - 26 June - go see it ✨
May 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We put on an exhibition!! Cursed Objects in Museum Shops is on at the Peltz Gallery, 2 May - 26 June - go see it ✨
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Do go to the @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social organised exhibition of Cursed Objects sold (& often bought) in museum shops. At Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck, London. Free, central, on for ages, no excuses.
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Do go to the @danhancox.bsky.social & @kasiatee.bsky.social organised exhibition of Cursed Objects sold (& often bought) in museum shops. At Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck, London. Free, central, on for ages, no excuses.