Mike Baldwin
@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social
Historian, Dr of organology, PhD supervisor, SEN teacher, harp maker, and author of Mizen: Rescued Folklore, Skibbereen: Rescued Folklore, Béara: Rescued Folklore, and Harp Making in Late-Georgian London. Escapee from that dark place... and always tired
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Mike Baldwin
@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social
· Mar 23
My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore
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A chat with Dr Philip Blood about 18C politics and my research on loneliness and leadership philipwblood.substack.com/p/in-convers... #skystorians 🗃️
In Conversation with Prof. Elaine Chalus
18th Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture, and the loneliness of command among Royal Navy captains.
philipwblood.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A chat with Dr Philip Blood about 18C politics and my research on loneliness and leadership philipwblood.substack.com/p/in-convers... #skystorians 🗃️
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Join me & director Natacha Horn this Sunday November 9th at 6PM at BFI for the premiere of my documentary, at the closing night of @docnrollfilms.bsky.social.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join me & director Natacha Horn this Sunday November 9th at 6PM at BFI for the premiere of my documentary, at the closing night of @docnrollfilms.bsky.social.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
There will also be a Q&A hosted by Nikki Bedi, and you can get your tickets at the link in my bio or on the BFI website! See you there.
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"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
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Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.
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Here's Ireland's attempt to recruit researchers from abroad.
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Here's Ireland's attempt to recruit researchers from abroad.
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
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The fairy tales illustrated by artist Eric Winter (all first published between 1964 - 1972)
July 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Eric Winter (all first published between 1964 - 1972)
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Fun new @chaski85.bsky.social project! We’re working on a flute/lever harp transcription of Madame Dussek’s Cm harp sonata. Totally works & is So Much Fun!
It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎
It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Fun new @chaski85.bsky.social project! We’re working on a flute/lever harp transcription of Madame Dussek’s Cm harp sonata. Totally works & is So Much Fun!
It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎
It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎
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May 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore
March 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore
Really glad I asked for extra-long legs for my Pilgrim Skylark harp. So much easier to play standing up with a dodgy back.
March 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Really glad I asked for extra-long legs for my Pilgrim Skylark harp. So much easier to play standing up with a dodgy back.
February 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The hills of West Cork are as stunning in a late-night rainstorm as on a sunny day.
February 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The hills of West Cork are as stunning in a late-night rainstorm as on a sunny day.
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Great to see one of Craxton's shepherds here. One of last year's highlights was the Craxton exhibition at Pallant House, to which we lent two items from Britten and Pears' collection (more details on the Pallant House blog at pallant.org.uk/perspectives...).
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Great to see one of Craxton's shepherds here. One of last year's highlights was the Craxton exhibition at Pallant House, to which we lent two items from Britten and Pears' collection (more details on the Pallant House blog at pallant.org.uk/perspectives...).
Dunbeacon stone circle and nearby Coolcoulaghta standing stones near Durrus, West Cork, Ireland. #standingstonesunday
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Dunbeacon stone circle and nearby Coolcoulaghta standing stones near Durrus, West Cork, Ireland. #standingstonesunday
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advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹
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This is such a wonderful book, I loved reading it, and you can soon hear @moudhy.bsky.social on an upcoming episode of You’re Dead To Me 👇📚😁
@moudhy.bsky.social’s beautiful new book, gleaming in the light of the low wattage English sun.
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is such a wonderful book, I loved reading it, and you can soon hear @moudhy.bsky.social on an upcoming episode of You’re Dead To Me 👇📚😁
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This autumn/winter I'm going to be doing some solo ghost story shows. Just me, a single light and the darkness - a celebration of 10 years of @tbodal.bsky.social. I want to come to bookshops, libraries, chapels, halls, wherever. If that's your venue or space, please drop me a line and let's chat? 👻
January 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This autumn/winter I'm going to be doing some solo ghost story shows. Just me, a single light and the darkness - a celebration of 10 years of @tbodal.bsky.social. I want to come to bookshops, libraries, chapels, halls, wherever. If that's your venue or space, please drop me a line and let's chat? 👻
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All I want is a manor in the Scottish countryside, the ominous rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, a kettle on the stove, a vintage armchair, an emotional support owl, and a basket of freshly-baked pastries.
December 17, 2024 at 9:28 PM
All I want is a manor in the Scottish countryside, the ominous rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, a kettle on the stove, a vintage armchair, an emotional support owl, and a basket of freshly-baked pastries.
Instrumental podcast fundraiser 71% reached #podcast #musicalinstruments #musicology #organology #ethnomusicology #orchestra #musicalinstrumentmakers #history #culturalhistory
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Donate to Support ‘Instrumental,’ a new Podcast on musical instruments, organized by Mike Baldwin
Hi, My name is Dr Mike Baldwin and I am an organologist. I am… Mike Baldwin needs your support for Support ‘Instrumental,’ a new Podcast on musical instruments
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December 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Instrumental podcast fundraiser 71% reached #podcast #musicalinstruments #musicology #organology #ethnomusicology #orchestra #musicalinstrumentmakers #history #culturalhistory
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40 South Street, Dorchester, a listed building where Thomas Hardy apprenticed as an architect, has been lost to fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thomas Hardy building lost in Dorchester fire - BBC News
The building, which was "important" in the novelist's history, has been gutted by fire and fallen.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
40 South Street, Dorchester, a listed building where Thomas Hardy apprenticed as an architect, has been lost to fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"The Dance of Death," German oil painting, 18th century. It depicts living people from all walks of life encountering skeletal figures who force them to engage in a deathly dance.
I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 10, 2024 at 6:26 PM
"The Dance of Death," German oil painting, 18th century. It depicts living people from all walks of life encountering skeletal figures who force them to engage in a deathly dance.
I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #ClassicalLive
Tara Viscardi & Tara Viscardi:
🎵 Midnight over Glanmore Lake
#BBCRadio3 #TaraViscardi
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Midnight over Glanmore Lake
Tara Viscardi, Robert Harvey · Song · 2024
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July 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
🔊 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #ClassicalLive
Tara Viscardi & Tara Viscardi:
🎵 Midnight over Glanmore Lake
#BBCRadio3 #TaraViscardi
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
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Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd.
I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo.
THREAD.
1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.
I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo.
THREAD.
1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd.
I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo.
THREAD.
1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.
I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo.
THREAD.
1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.
Order now in time for Christmas. My favourite story? On 27 November 1888 the Bull Rock lighthouse was destroyed in a storm with 5 men inside. Family and friends waked the men assuming all died. Spoilers: everyone survived. Rescue took weeks. #Folklore #Books #Irishbooks #Irishfolklore #christmasgift
December 8, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Order now in time for Christmas. My favourite story? On 27 November 1888 the Bull Rock lighthouse was destroyed in a storm with 5 men inside. Family and friends waked the men assuming all died. Spoilers: everyone survived. Rescue took weeks. #Folklore #Books #Irishbooks #Irishfolklore #christmasgift