BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Birth of Television: A Forgotten History Samira Ahmed and guests discuss the forgotten history of the early days of television.

A reminder of tonight's Front Row about early television, on BBC Radio 4 at 19.15.
With me, curator Lisa Kerrigan; novelist Francis Spufford, and pioneer Joy Whitby.
Many thanks to @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and producer Tim Bano for such an enjoyable experience.

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I thought I would make a cyanotype on an egg. Coated it with photochemicals. Exposed an image of a fern leaf. Tried to develop it by rinsing with water ……

Did not go as planned 🤦‍♀️

Exciting job opening @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social Library and Archives Manager. Details here careers.nms.ac.uk/job/827960 #museumjobs #libraryjobs 📜

Greenland’s Inuit have spent decades fighting for self-determination Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few people now mostly govern themselves.

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The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...

They're clearly missing a trick!

Not sure whether I'm more surprised to see hot cross buns at Christmas, or to see hot cross buns that aren't cranberry or mince pie flavoured

Printed in a gradient of dark blue-green at the bottom through dark blue to light blue at the top, this is my 9.25” x 12.5” portrait of Japanese geochemist in the lab adjusting a round bottomed flask with other posts and an array of chemical glassware in the foreground. In the background are carved ocean waves so the top looks like sky over wavy ocean

Day 3 of #artAdventCalendar: another new portrait - geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci A 🧵

We're SO pleased to have achieved Archive Service Accreditation for the first time - and huge congratulations to all of our fellow newly accredited organisations! 💗

The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍

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THE AGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS. 50 YEARS OF IMAGE PRESERVATION
Call for papers
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Glad you could drop in! I should probably have done a better job of telling people more than 10 mins in advance...

Oh look, @antarcticheritage.bsky.social are here too! Should have tagged them in the first place. They've done all the hard work organising us!

Starting in 10mins... I'll be talking about the history of Antarctic photography with the excellent Naomi Boneham from @scottpolar.bsky.social

A small boy next to several large lava bombs on display stands.

All your photos are making me nostalgic - we had an excellent (though sweltering) family visit last year. The lava bombs were our fave

Ah, too bad - maybe another time

Ooh, so close, but I don't think I'll be able to make it. If you happen to be around the day before and fancy a tour of our new galleries at the @mediamuseum.bsky.social, drop me a line!

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

Woohoo! Great #DigiPres story @makethecatwise
www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-...

I can! I'm really pleased for you that you had the opportunity. It looks absolutely awesome - in every sense of the word

Looks amazing!

Collecting COVID-19 | Science Museum Group In response to the COVID-19 pandemic our curators are actively, and sensitively, researching stories and identifying objects to collect on the nation’s behalf.

There was this from the @sciencemuseum.org.uk too

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Reassured to know it's not just me!

Did the new and improved footage give you more / different feelings? My main feeling is that I'm glad all the sea life is having a lovely time living there

For anyone having Terra Nova feelings today ...

Maybe, but I think it would help with daily rhythm if you had a landmark you knew was due east, say, and noticed where the sun was relative to it throughout the day. Or if walking in a consistent direction I think you'd notice the sun / shadows shifting?

Really interesting, thanks for sharing. In the diaries / reports you've read is there much about the phases of the moon or the sun moving around the horizon? I guess sven without sunrise/set there are good informal indications of time of day / date when you get into the rhythm of it

I think you're on to something there, thanks for the article

Huh! I had no idea (to be fair was probably oblivious to Brian Eno in 1995)

Witness History - The launch of Windows 95 - BBC Sounds In 1995 Microsoft released a new operating system after a $300 million marketing campaign

Having a nostalgic listen to this. The sound of Windows 95 launching was more evocative than I would have predicted

I finally saw this exhibition today - two days before it closes. I wish I'd gone sooner! It's a lovely calming exhibition, yet gently provocative about the materials we use and consume.

I think I'll go back again tomorrow, and I heartily recommend it to anybody else who's in the Bradford area.