David Underdown
@davidunderdown.bsky.social
Data Engineer at The National Archives. Digital Preservation/Digital Archiving. Also cycling, bellringing, photography, choral singing, promming and much more
I have membership but it’s a stupidly long time since I’ve been
January 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I have membership but it’s a stupidly long time since I’ve been
#UnconfinedWalks now onto the V&A for some lunch and a look around
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
#UnconfinedWalks now onto the V&A for some lunch and a look around
#UnconfinedWalks full view of the church and in the ringing chamber
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#UnconfinedWalks full view of the church and in the ringing chamber
#UnconfinedWalks Across south London to Camberwell for a The Surrey Association of Church Bell Ringers Northern District practice. In the churchyard a memorial to 1st Surrey Rifles
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#UnconfinedWalks Across south London to Camberwell for a The Surrey Association of Church Bell Ringers Northern District practice. In the churchyard a memorial to 1st Surrey Rifles
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One man's homemade map of safe cycling routes in London has racked up more than one million views online road.cc/content/news...
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM
One man's homemade map of safe cycling routes in London has racked up more than one million views online road.cc/content/news...
#UnconfinedWalks A little breezy and roads still rather damp overall, but otherwise a beautiful lunchtime ride
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#UnconfinedWalks A little breezy and roads still rather damp overall, but otherwise a beautiful lunchtime ride
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Hello #digipres! Can anyone help with this question we received from a DPC member? "What power supply cable would be compatible with an old Tableau Forensic USB Bridge T8-R2? The specs for this old model give 'TP7 and TP2', but I cannot find either product online."
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Hello #digipres! Can anyone help with this question we received from a DPC member? "What power supply cable would be compatible with an old Tableau Forensic USB Bridge T8-R2? The specs for this old model give 'TP7 and TP2', but I cannot find either product online."
#UnconfinedWalks lovely misty morning
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
#UnconfinedWalks lovely misty morning
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I am not sure if anyone apart from @vandawilcox.bsky.social shares the intersection of love for Liberty fabrics and the First World War with me, but you need to know about this special edition shop.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
January 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I am not sure if anyone apart from @vandawilcox.bsky.social shares the intersection of love for Liberty fabrics and the First World War with me, but you need to know about this special edition shop.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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📖 January 14th 1805⚓
✍🏻 New entry from Lord Nelson’s Dispatches & Letters today.
📜 Follow Nelson’s words and the daily rhythm of the Navy as events unfolded in real time.
👇🏻Get caught up at the link below.
🔗https://dockyardtalk.com/january-1805/january-14th-1805
#Nelson #NavalHistory #DockYardTalk
✍🏻 New entry from Lord Nelson’s Dispatches & Letters today.
📜 Follow Nelson’s words and the daily rhythm of the Navy as events unfolded in real time.
👇🏻Get caught up at the link below.
🔗https://dockyardtalk.com/january-1805/january-14th-1805
#Nelson #NavalHistory #DockYardTalk
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
📖 January 14th 1805⚓
✍🏻 New entry from Lord Nelson’s Dispatches & Letters today.
📜 Follow Nelson’s words and the daily rhythm of the Navy as events unfolded in real time.
👇🏻Get caught up at the link below.
🔗https://dockyardtalk.com/january-1805/january-14th-1805
#Nelson #NavalHistory #DockYardTalk
✍🏻 New entry from Lord Nelson’s Dispatches & Letters today.
📜 Follow Nelson’s words and the daily rhythm of the Navy as events unfolded in real time.
👇🏻Get caught up at the link below.
🔗https://dockyardtalk.com/january-1805/january-14th-1805
#Nelson #NavalHistory #DockYardTalk
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Apply for @atbw.bsky.social's Web Archiving School www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/
Apply – ATBW
www.archivingtheblackweb.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’
Web archive research in an age of Smart Data | British Library
The web represents the largest unstructured data collection, with a huge variety of data types, creators and sources, distributed across the world. The arc
events.bl.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’
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Red Arrows get first woman leader
Wing Cdr Sasha Nash says it is the
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
#UnconfinedWalks Didn’t get round to posting yesterday lunchtime’s photos. A few hints of brighter skies. Definitely none of that today, though the ride in wasn’t quite as wet as the forecast suggested it might be
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
#UnconfinedWalks Didn’t get round to posting yesterday lunchtime’s photos. A few hints of brighter skies. Definitely none of that today, though the ride in wasn’t quite as wet as the forecast suggested it might be
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🚨 Shocking Stats on Speeding Near Edinburgh Schools! 🚨
I’ve been exploring this fascinating tool: speeding.hasp.ac.uk
It uses GPS data to show how often goods vehicles are speeding in Edinburgh (and beyond). The results? Honestly worrying.
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I’ve been exploring this fascinating tool: speeding.hasp.ac.uk
It uses GPS data to show how often goods vehicles are speeding in Edinburgh (and beyond). The results? Honestly worrying.
More>>
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
🚨 Shocking Stats on Speeding Near Edinburgh Schools! 🚨
I’ve been exploring this fascinating tool: speeding.hasp.ac.uk
It uses GPS data to show how often goods vehicles are speeding in Edinburgh (and beyond). The results? Honestly worrying.
More>>
I’ve been exploring this fascinating tool: speeding.hasp.ac.uk
It uses GPS data to show how often goods vehicles are speeding in Edinburgh (and beyond). The results? Honestly worrying.
More>>
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How can locating women, children and diversity in the #archives be used in the present? Incl. @jessamycarlson.bsky.social from The National Archives and @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social from @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
#Genealogy #genealogists #familyhistory #archivists #museums #divorce #marriage
#Genealogy #genealogists #familyhistory #archivists #museums #divorce #marriage
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
How can locating women, children and diversity in the #archives be used in the present? Incl. @jessamycarlson.bsky.social from The National Archives and @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social from @northeastmuseums.bsky.social
#Genealogy #genealogists #familyhistory #archivists #museums #divorce #marriage
#Genealogy #genealogists #familyhistory #archivists #museums #divorce #marriage
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🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.
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We’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a full time post doctoral researcher to work on an international collaboration to develop AI-based solutions for research on archival materials as part of the Humanities
www.cam.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
We’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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The Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 August 1916.
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe William Herschel who had a brief connection with Yorkshire and his sister Caroline were a 1/5
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The Enlightenment or the great ‘Age of Reason’ was a time in the 17th and 18th centuries when a new philosophical movement dominated the world of ideas throughout Europe William Herschel who had a brief connection with Yorkshire and his sister Caroline were a 1/5
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Thanks to all who joined us for today's EDIB self-assessment toolkit workshop. We were fully booked today but I think there are spaces on the remaining workshops in this series - the next one's on Monday pm if that's a better time for you www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/edib-self...
EDIB Self-Assessment Toolkit workshop series
This series introduces the Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) Self-Assessment Toolkit (SAT), developed by Archives West Midlands, embedded as part of the Archive Service Accreditation...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Thanks to all who joined us for today's EDIB self-assessment toolkit workshop. We were fully booked today but I think there are spaces on the remaining workshops in this series - the next one's on Monday pm if that's a better time for you www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/edib-self...
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Very please to share this BFI press release about Tina Gharavi's archive coming to the BFI National Archive. I am currently working on this collection - which is fascinating.
www.bfi.org.uk/news/bafta-n...
www.bfi.org.uk/news/bafta-n...
BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Tina Gharavi donates personal collection to the BFI National Archive
Gharavi was BAFTA-nominated for I Am Nasrine and her work focuses on the migrant experience, representation and storytelling.
www.bfi.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Very please to share this BFI press release about Tina Gharavi's archive coming to the BFI National Archive. I am currently working on this collection - which is fascinating.
www.bfi.org.uk/news/bafta-n...
www.bfi.org.uk/news/bafta-n...
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Fascinating little document here. By their nature these were temporary, and the vast majority will have been carried about until they were worn to shreds, so its survival to this day is very much against the odds; but this would have been a key part of someone's scrabble for a livelihood.
Door to door, day after day: in 1886, this bit of paper decided whether you were trading legally or risking trouble. This is pedlar James Lidman’s official certificate under The Pedlars Act. At 43, he was licensed to sell goods around Colchester for a year.
January 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Fascinating little document here. By their nature these were temporary, and the vast majority will have been carried about until they were worn to shreds, so its survival to this day is very much against the odds; but this would have been a key part of someone's scrabble for a livelihood.
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London has one of the lowest murder and violent crime rates for major cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
London has one of the lowest murder and violent crime rates for major cities in the western world
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...