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Robyn C
@robynlc.bsky.social
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Teacher of History, Trustee of a heritage site. Interested in material culture & heritage sites in education, Museums, Engagement with objects, Letters, Journals,✨ MCCT working on #CTeach
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Had a great time at #SouthwarkCathedral History Festival on Saturday, heard amazing talks from some of my favourite Historians including @alfredrjhawkins.bsky.social and @drowenemmerson.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Amazing discussion on the importance of heritage & navigating how we access the past, digital engagement, reaching audiences & sharing stories & research - wonderful talk!
GreatBritishArchitecture, Jack Chesher (LondonLivingHistory) @alfredrjhawkins.bsky.social @historywithjackson.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Chalke History Festival
July 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Loving 'Women and Museums' by Kate Hill
Front cover of the book 'Women and Museums, 1850 - 1914' by Kate Hill
June 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Visited the Marilyn Monroe exhibition, some beautiful objects on display, parts of it felt uncomfortably intimate & almost mundane, display cases of kitchen utensils & receipts - demonstrates how humans imbue ordinary objects with a magic & mystique, in this case, bc a certain insividual owned them
February 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Reading 'That Noble Cabinet' by Edward Miller - telling a sad ending for Robert Bruce Cotton but some cool and determined last words from him- a devoted collector
February 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Craving a visit to the Ashmolean
February 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Have not read anything by Henry James in about ten years - although did see a production of Turn of the Screw a few years ago - cool walking past his house in Rye
February 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The Parish Church of St Mary, Rye
The exterior of St Marys Church, including the 18th century clockface Interior of St Marys church, including stained glass windows Exterior of the Bell Tower and nave with a few of the gravestones of the cemetery in the foreground
February 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The Mermaid Inn, Rye - 15thC
The front of the Mermaid Inn with a sign 'rebuilt 1420' Fireplace inside the Mermaid Inn
February 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Recent book purchase, The British Museum: Historical And Descriptive (1850)
January 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Gifted a very beautiful edition of Dante's Divine Comedy last month which I have been slowly reading
January 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
10/20
The front cover of The Heritage Crusades and the Spoils of History, by David Lowenthal
January 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge

9/20
The front cover of Bel-Ami by Guy De Maupassant
January 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Aesthetically pleasing snacks
Coffee cup and pastry on a tray from the British Museum
January 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Starting 2025 right with my @museumbums.bsky.social calendar
Photo of the cover of the Museum Bums calendar
January 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Misty day at Battle Abbey
Vaulted ceilings of a Medieval Cloister Part of Battle Abbey in the mist
December 29, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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This has freaked me out just posting the front cover 😅

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
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The front cover of the novel, The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill
December 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

7/20
The front cover of The New Museology, edited by Peter Vergo
December 16, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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St Albans Cathedral
Red, yellow, and black tiles of the Cathedral floor Romanesque arches and painted ceiling panels of St Albans Cathedral
December 15, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
6/20
The front cover of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Choderlos de Laclos
December 15, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge

5/20
The front cover of the book Octavia, by Jilly Cooper
December 13, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
4/20
The front cover of the book Madame du Barry, by Jean Plaidy
December 11, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
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#BookChallenge
3/20
The front cover of the book Dracula, by Bram Stoker
December 9, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Incredible seeing the Chew Valley hoard today at the British Museum, coins from the reign of Edward the Confessor, Harold II, and William I - beautiful
Selection of Medieval silver coins in a museum glass display case
December 8, 2024 at 11:28 AM