I've been feeding a stray cat and he's made it v clear that he doesn't appreciate the veg in the gourmet cat food I've been giving him...!🙀😹

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Feeling powerless, wronged? Furious at something you can’t fix? Well, Ireland has an ancient solution for that and it doesn’t involve a petition or a strongly-worded letter. Nah, I’m talking deadly curses >

Happy World Theatre Day 🎭
The moments you can only experience in a room together.
This is what theatre is all about.

Dydd Gŵyl y Theatr y Byd Hapus 🎭
Yr eiliadau allwch chi ddim ond eu profi gyda’ch gilydd mewn un ystafell.
Dyna beth mae theatr yn ei olygu.

A photograph of Professor Orietta Da Rold standing in a corridor at Cambridge University Library.

Congratulations to Professor Orietta Da Rold, Academic Director of the University Library Research Institute, who has been awarded the University's Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching. 👏

🔎Find out more: https://loom.ly/qz3otVA

This is so true!

Cambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities

Fully funded PhD studentship: ‘Recording nature and writing the self: time, entomology and the archive in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’. Closes 3 May.

With Ruth Abbott, Staffan Müller-Wille, Ed Turner & me. @theul.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social

www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

It's Mothering Sunday in a week's time! If your mother's no longer around it can be hard. I will as usual be reading out the names of our Remembered Mums/Mams/Moms from halfway up this beauty - the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster. If you'd like me to read out your Mum's name, reply with #Mums26 ❤️ 👑

For the "everything is online" crowd in the back:

Important to consider that "everything" cultural heritage related that is accessible online represents only 1% (one percent) of archives, libraries, and museum collections worldwide.

Llun yn dangos tudalen o Gofnodion Medi 1875-1876 Coleg Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan, yn cynnwys hanes dydd i ddydd bywyd yn y coleg. Mae cofnod ar gyfer 7 Chwefror 1876, yn nodi “Cytunwyd i ddathlu Dydd Gŵyl Dewi ar Ddydd Mawrth Ynyd, Chw. 29, gan fod Mawrth 1 ar ddydd Mercher y Lludw eleni, a chynnal Gwasanaeth yng Nghapel y Coleg gyda Phregeth ac yna cinio yn Neuadd y Coleg”. Mae’r gyfrol hon yn eiddo i Lyfrgell ac Archifau Roderic Bowen, Prifysgol Cymry Y Drindod Dewi Sant, ac mae wedi ei digideiddio gan Brifysgol Caerdydd fel rhan o’r prosiect gwirfoddoli digidol, Crowd Cymru. Mae’r dudalen hon wedi ei haddurno â chenhinen Pedr.

Trefniadau #DyddGŵylDewi yn llyfr cofnodion @uwtsd.bsky.social ar gyfer 1876 [Coleg Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Steffan] 💛Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr wrthi ar hyn o bryd yn trawsgrifio’r Cofnodion yma o 1875-1886 #DyddGŵylDewiHapus 💛

We're delighted @uwtsdlib.bsky.social to be a part of this amazing pan-Wales partnership, working with volunteers from all over the world! Hopefully those from outside Wales are getting a hint of Welsh culture and heritage! 😍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🌼

St David's most famous words were 'Gwnewch y pethau bychain' - 'Do the little things'.

Why not do a small thing for yourself and discover more about the history of Wales, including the life and legacy of St David, in the books below? 📚

Image showing a paper from UWTSD special collections. It is an invitation.

A paper from UWTSD special collections showing a St David's Day menu

St David’s Day was always celebrated by the students on the Lampeter campus. The archives has a wonderful collection of St David’s Day menus, including this one which was celebrated in Valparaiso in Chile in 1913!

#UWTSDlib #StDavidsDay

Metal detectorists find 2,000-year-old treasure in field The find - the first of its kind in west Wales - is incredibly rare and has been described as one of 'historical significance'

Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales.

Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs

Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales 😮

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Online Book Club | Beowulf

Online Book Club | #Beowulf

📅 Fri, 27 Feb at 1pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin...

Join us for a discussion on 'Beowulf', the definitive translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic, translated by Heaney in 1999. All welcome - no prior knowledge or expertise is required!

... And last but not least, a happy little cat!
cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DAR-...
#DarwinDay (10/10)
Why not have a rummage yourself and let us know what you find??

Collage o bedair delwedd, dau lythyr a ysgrifennwyd at Edward Thomas gan ei blant [wedi'u haddurno â blodau], un ffotograff du a gwyn o Edward Thomas a ffotograff sepia o'i ferch, Myfanwy mewn esgidiau balerina, dyddiedig 1919.

Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr bellach wedi trawsgrifio tri chasgliad o ddeunydd sy'n gysylltiedig ag #EdwardThomas – maen nhw’n cael eu cadw yng Nghasgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau Prifysgol Caerdydd a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. #CrowdCymru yn cysylltu archifau Cymru ers 2022! #CysylltiadauAEA

Collage quartet of four images, two letters written to Edward Thomas by his children [decorated with flowers], one black and white photograph of Edward Thomas and a sepia photograph of his daughter, Myfanwy in ballerina shoes, dated 1919.

Our volunteers have now transcribed THREE collections of #EdwardThomas related material – they’re held at Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives and National Library Wales. #CrowdCymru connecting the archives of Wales since 2022! #EYAConnections @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Yfory (Dydd Mawrth) / Tomorrow (Tuesday)

Dr Marian Gwyn: Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

Am ddim i fynychu neu ymunwch ar-lein.
Free to attend or join online.

Hoping for a world where more people try to be a Kermit…

#LifeGoals😌

Close-up photograph of Snowdrops against a white-painted wall.

Snowdrops in Cambridge.
📷 #photography

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For those of us who need our faith in human nature restored today! 😸
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Our volunteers are currently working through a collection of letters from Edward Thomas to his friend and fellow poet, Gordon Bottomley. They have also transcribed his letters and diaries from Cardiff University Special Collections & Archives and National Library Wales. They love his words ❤️

Pembrokeshire World War One autograph book intrigues historians In 1915,Gwladys Jones started an autograph book capturing the feelings of people in her hometown.

Fabulous story about a poignant and intriguing item from Pembrokeshire Archives.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reason to be a Special Collections librarian no. 43…

Our Campaign for Records once again calls for police records in England and Wales to be brough under public record legislation as West Midlands Police are criticised for poor recordkeeping re handling of Aston Villa / Maccabe match. more here: www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/

‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here comes the snow! It was raining when I looked out less than half an hour ago...❄️🌨️