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Mike Baldwin

@mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social

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Historian, Dr of organology, PhD supervisor, SEN teacher, harp maker, and author of Mizen: Rescued Folklore, Skibbereen: Rescued Folklore, Béara: Rescued Folklore, and Harp Making in Late-Georgian London. Escapee from that dark place... and always tired

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Mar 23

My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · Aug 29

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · Jul 25

Holy shit, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell corrected the orange felon’s lies on live television without hesitation. This is how you do it.

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El Espectro 👻 🎃 @telescoper.bsky.social · Jul 18

Here's Ireland's attempt to recruit researchers from abroad.

Improved funding opportunities for researchers already here doesn't seem to have occurred to them...

www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

www.researchireland.ie

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · Jul 5

The fairy tales illustrated by artist Eric Winter (all first published between 1964 - 1972)

Front covers of the 13 books, including Cinderella, Princess and the Pea, and sleeping beauty.
Winter‘s co-artist in the series was Robert Lumley who illustrated another 13 books, not shown here

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Shana The Harpy! @shanahipharpy.bsky.social · Jun 19

Fun new @chaski85.bsky.social project! We’re working on a flute/lever harp transcription of Madame Dussek’s Cm harp sonata. Totally works & is So Much Fun!

It’s for a concert that’s especially dear to our hearts. Once the date is finalized I won’t stop talking about it.😎

A screen shot of the cover of a musical score. The text reads: Three Sonatas for the Harp, with Scots Airs and Reels for the Adagios & Rondos, by Madame Dussek.
There is more text, but much of it is too faded and flowery to be readable by me.
There are ornate drawings top and bottom. They are mostly flowers and foliage, but the top one also includes a dove, a garden hoe, and a shepherd’s crook. The bottom drawing includes a small harp and pages of music manuscript.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · May 22

Wise. As more harps have arrived I’ve had to part with a sofa and an armchair.

Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · May 22

Lots of interesting old instruments, most awaiting restoration.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · May 11

Please sign to support the future training of musical instrument makers chng.it/zgM4brHjcw

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Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts!

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Apr 21

Only if he was well embalmed.

Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Mar 23

Hi Peter, you should be able to order them via your normal book store. Alternatively, they’re all available from Amazon. Best wishes, Mike

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Mar 23

My new book, Béara: Rescued Folklore - 4th in the Rescued Folklore series - is available from 31 March 2025. More here: www.mike-baldwin.net/folklore

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Mar 12

Really glad I asked for extra-long legs for my Pilgrim Skylark harp. So much easier to play standing up with a dodgy back.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Feb 21

Car park with a view. #Schull #Cork

Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Feb 18

The hills of West Cork are as stunning in a late-night rainstorm as on a sunny day.

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · Feb 9

Great to see one of Craxton's shepherds here. One of last year's highlights was the Craxton exhibition at Pallant House, to which we lent two items from Britten and Pears' collection (more details on the Pallant House blog at pallant.org.uk/perspectives...).

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Feb 9

Dunbeacon stone circle and nearby Coolcoulaghta standing stones near Durrus, West Cork, Ireland. #standingstonesunday

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Feb 3

advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹

Selfie of a smiling woman holding a shiny book entitled Between Two Rivers. The bottom half of the book cover is slightly obscured by her hand. She wears a dark grey sweatshirt

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is such a wonderful book, I loved reading it, and you can soon hear @moudhy.bsky.social on an upcoming episode of You’re Dead To Me 👇📚😁

James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · Jan 30

@moudhy.bsky.social’s beautiful new book, gleaming in the light of the low wattage English sun.

Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al Rashid: has a beautiful sinuous cover design in dark blue and a burnished bronzy gold. Very nice indeed.

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Adam Z. Robinson @adamzed.bsky.social · Jan 6

This autumn/winter I'm going to be doing some solo ghost story shows. Just me, a single light and the darkness - a celebration of 10 years of @tbodal.bsky.social. I want to come to bookshops, libraries, chapels, halls, wherever. If that's your venue or space, please drop me a line and let's chat? 👻

A poster with a man sitting in darkness with a single bulb lighting him. The words 'Darkness & Light' bold at the top as a title.

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Mike Kegil @mikekegil.bsky.social · Jan 4

I stand by this.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Dec 24

Bonce is an underused word.

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · Dec 17

All I want is a manor in the Scottish countryside, the ominous rumble of thunder in the distance, an Agatha Christie novel, a kettle on the stove, a vintage armchair, an emotional support owl, and a basket of freshly-baked pastries.

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Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social · Dec 12

Instrumental podcast fundraiser 71% reached #podcast #musicalinstruments #musicology #organology #ethnomusicology #orchestra #musicalinstrumentmakers #history #culturalhistory

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Donate to Support ‘Instrumental,’ a new Podcast on musical instruments, organized by Mike Baldwin

Hi, My name is Dr Mike Baldwin and I am an organologist. I am… Mike Baldwin needs your support for Support ‘Instrumental,’ a new Podcast on musical instruments

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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · Dec 10

40 South Street, Dorchester, a listed building where Thomas Hardy apprenticed as an architect, has been lost to fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thomas Hardy building lost in Dorchester fire - BBC News

The building, which was "important" in the novelist's history, has been gutted by fire and fallen.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Dec 10

"The Dance of Death," German oil painting, 18th century. It depicts living people from all walks of life encountering skeletal figures who force them to engage in a deathly dance.

I talk about funerary customs from "ye olden days" on R4's BEST MEDICINE. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

An ornate image showing people from all walks of life being danced to their graves by skeletons.

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