Geraint Franklin
@geraintfranklin.bsky.social
Architectural historian with Historic England (opinions own). British architecture after 1945. Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, HKPA, John Outram. Forthcoming: High-Tech Britain. Co-peep of barky terrier
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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The Construction Historian is always keen to hear from anyone anywhere in the world about whatever construction history topic they are working on. Our peer-reviewed International Journal of Construction History is always looking for articles. Get in touch.
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Construction Historian is always keen to hear from anyone anywhere in the world about whatever construction history topic they are working on. Our peer-reviewed International Journal of Construction History is always looking for articles. Get in touch.
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Frank Gehry RIP. Bad couple of weeks to be an architect.
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Frank Gehry RIP. Bad couple of weeks to be an architect.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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CNN are reporting on the horrific treatment of dead Palestinian bodies by the Israeli military and describe actions, like using bulldozers to create mass graves, turning the dead into the missing, that can be interpreted as war crimes.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
CNN are reporting on the horrific treatment of dead Palestinian bodies by the Israeli military and describe actions, like using bulldozers to create mass graves, turning the dead into the missing, that can be interpreted as war crimes.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
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This Thursday, 04 December, merry evening to watch the documentary Prospettiva Olivetti about the firms 1960-80s architectural legacy
Plus mince pies & Scottish architectural intro
Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, 7-9pm
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
#docomomo #edinburgh #Schottland
Plus mince pies & Scottish architectural intro
Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, 7-9pm
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
#docomomo #edinburgh #Schottland
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This Thursday, 04 December, merry evening to watch the documentary Prospettiva Olivetti about the firms 1960-80s architectural legacy
Plus mince pies & Scottish architectural intro
Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, 7-9pm
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
#docomomo #edinburgh #Schottland
Plus mince pies & Scottish architectural intro
Quaker Meeting House in Edinburgh, 7-9pm
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
#docomomo #edinburgh #Schottland
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NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
thesecretbarrister.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
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‘For much of the 1980s, it was seen by critics as a white elephant. It connected the declining city of Hull with the empty expanses of North Lincolnshire: nowhere with nowhere.’
@tom--white.bsky.social on how the Humber Bridge was built.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tom--white.bsky.social on how the Humber Bridge was built.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom White · Short Cuts: A Bridge across the Humber
In 1966, as election day approached, Labour dispatched MPs and ministers to Hull, including Tony Benn, Tony Crosland,...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘For much of the 1980s, it was seen by critics as a white elephant. It connected the declining city of Hull with the empty expanses of North Lincolnshire: nowhere with nowhere.’
@tom--white.bsky.social on how the Humber Bridge was built.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tom--white.bsky.social on how the Humber Bridge was built.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tomorrow 4pm GMT
Digital Humanities Research Hub
Online
"The seminar offers a wide variety of reflections on the precarious data, focussing on digital preservation, technical obsolescence, social media sunsetting and the relation between project-culture and data loss."
Digital Humanities Research Hub
Online
"The seminar offers a wide variety of reflections on the precarious data, focussing on digital preservation, technical obsolescence, social media sunsetting and the relation between project-culture and data loss."
Join us online on 2 Dec for ‘Old, New, Precarious Data’, the 1st event of 2025-6 @dh-researchhub.bsky.social seminar series on incompleteness & loss in digital heritage collections w @beatricecannelli.bsky.social, @heatherfro.bsky.social, Leontien Talboom &Amelia Acker www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Old, New, Precarious Data
Old, New, Precarious Data is the first event of the 2025-2026 DHRH flagship seminar series on incompleteness and loss in digital cultural heritage collections.
www.sas.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tomorrow 4pm GMT
Digital Humanities Research Hub
Online
"The seminar offers a wide variety of reflections on the precarious data, focussing on digital preservation, technical obsolescence, social media sunsetting and the relation between project-culture and data loss."
Digital Humanities Research Hub
Online
"The seminar offers a wide variety of reflections on the precarious data, focussing on digital preservation, technical obsolescence, social media sunsetting and the relation between project-culture and data loss."
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Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
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The stunning goldcrest is so tiny it weighs just five grams – about the same as a 20p coin!
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The stunning goldcrest is so tiny it weighs just five grams – about the same as a 20p coin!
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
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Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annumClosing Date: 09/12/25Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Community Engagement and Social Value Project Manager
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
Oxford Archaeology
Salary: £42,846 - £54,713 per annum
Closing Date: December 9, 2025
Location: Oxford, Cambridge, Lancaster
www.bajr.org/job-ad/commu...
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Join us for a merry evening on 04 December in Edinburgh with the film Prospettiva Olivetti, mince pies and a Scottish architectural intro.
This 2022 film examines the architectural legacy of the Olivetti company following the death of its founder in 1960.
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
This 2022 film examines the architectural legacy of the Olivetti company following the death of its founder in 1960.
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Join us for a merry evening on 04 December in Edinburgh with the film Prospettiva Olivetti, mince pies and a Scottish architectural intro.
This 2022 film examines the architectural legacy of the Olivetti company following the death of its founder in 1960.
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
This 2022 film examines the architectural legacy of the Olivetti company following the death of its founder in 1960.
tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland
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Inverness's type 1/A CWGC Cross of Sacrifice, found in Tomnahurich Cemetery, looking a little blurry in this Geograph image.
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Inverness's type 1/A CWGC Cross of Sacrifice, found in Tomnahurich Cemetery, looking a little blurry in this Geograph image.
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Check out the new bathing water results here: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Check out the new bathing water results here: watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
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Parviz Tanavoli, The Poet and the Beloved of the King, 1964
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134426
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134426
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Parviz Tanavoli, The Poet and the Beloved of the King, 1964
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134426
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134426
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EVENTS: This Thursday we’ll be joined by Emily Gee IHBC FSA for a seminar exploring campaigns to house a new generation of working Victorian and Edwardian women, the specialised design of their buildings, and the lives transformed by this architectural movement.
Register Now:
sahgb.org.uk/whatson
Register Now:
sahgb.org.uk/whatson
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
EVENTS: This Thursday we’ll be joined by Emily Gee IHBC FSA for a seminar exploring campaigns to house a new generation of working Victorian and Edwardian women, the specialised design of their buildings, and the lives transformed by this architectural movement.
Register Now:
sahgb.org.uk/whatson
Register Now:
sahgb.org.uk/whatson
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Stahl house is for sale in case you are in need of an architecturally significant property in the Hollywood Hills:
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
Iconic Stahl House, a Midcentury Modern stunner, up for sale
The Stahl House is selling for $25 million. The current owners say its tour program will continue for now.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Stahl house is for sale in case you are in need of an architecturally significant property in the Hollywood Hills:
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
www.latimes.com/travel/story...
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NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
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New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
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EVENT: Join C20 President @SamiraAhmedUK
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
EVENT: Join C20 President @SamiraAhmedUK
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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Interested in a free place at the VAG Winter Conference? The topic is 'Vernacular buildings in urban contexts: the study of urban building types and integration with urban studies', 10-11 Jan 2026 in Nottingham. Bursaries are available - more info at www.vag.org.uk/conferences.....
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Interested in a free place at the VAG Winter Conference? The topic is 'Vernacular buildings in urban contexts: the study of urban building types and integration with urban studies', 10-11 Jan 2026 in Nottingham. Bursaries are available - more info at www.vag.org.uk/conferences.....
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Two fascinating 1918 aerial photo albums, and lots of crashed planes. Hackpen White Horse, Wiltshire. kresenkernow.org/SOAP/search/...
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Two fascinating 1918 aerial photo albums, and lots of crashed planes. Hackpen White Horse, Wiltshire. kresenkernow.org/SOAP/search/...
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Launch event for the Modern British City at
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Launch event for the Modern British City at
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.