Caroline Sampson
@sampscaroline.bsky.social
Chair of Trustees: Archives West Midlands. Coventry City supporter. Interested in the natural world, astronomy, butterflies and moths. Trying to work out what I can do about climate emergency.
A day late but I'm quaffing a huge redcurrant gin while watching Downton Abbey for #ConfinedCocktails
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A day late but I'm quaffing a huge redcurrant gin while watching Downton Abbey for #ConfinedCocktails
Pavement #UnconfinedWalks in bright sunshine. No photo because inexplicably (to me) my new Android phone no longer displays all my images when I try to attach from an app. Suggestions gratefully received!
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pavement #UnconfinedWalks in bright sunshine. No photo because inexplicably (to me) my new Android phone no longer displays all my images when I try to attach from an app. Suggestions gratefully received!
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You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas!
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas!
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
#UnconfinedWalks to collect my glasses. Ice and frost.
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#UnconfinedWalks to collect my glasses. Ice and frost.
No prizes for guessing that today's #UnconfinedWalks was in chilly, beautiful Stratford.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No prizes for guessing that today's #UnconfinedWalks was in chilly, beautiful Stratford.
#UnconfinedWalks happened. This was the best bit, in a canal boat window.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#UnconfinedWalks happened. This was the best bit, in a canal boat window.
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Although this article focuses on US libraries and universities specifically, the line that really sticks with me strikes me as the universal danger of genAI: "AI is a direct attack on the way we verify information: AI both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources.”
Can't stop thinking about this quote, from @maggietokudahall.bsky.social.
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Although this article focuses on US libraries and universities specifically, the line that really sticks with me strikes me as the universal danger of genAI: "AI is a direct attack on the way we verify information: AI both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources.”
#UnconfinedWalks to check out the flooding. Yep. Avon IS flooded as per. My route was impassable so had to do a longer detour. Virtuous, if not particularly pleasant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#UnconfinedWalks to check out the flooding. Yep. Avon IS flooded as per. My route was impassable so had to do a longer detour. Virtuous, if not particularly pleasant.
#UnconfinedWalks with company round the quarry and back along the canal. Home in time to hear the Last Post next door at St. Botolph's.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#UnconfinedWalks with company round the quarry and back along the canal. Home in time to hear the Last Post next door at St. Botolph's.
#UnconfinedWalks to the retail park via the canal.
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#UnconfinedWalks to the retail park via the canal.
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Thankyou *so* much for your orders & reposts of my etsy shop👇🏼. In just under 2 weeks I’ll be closing my calendar, jewellery & art print order book so I can make & dispatch everything in time for🌲:
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Thankyou *so* much for your orders & reposts of my etsy shop👇🏼. In just under 2 weeks I’ll be closing my calendar, jewellery & art print order book so I can make & dispatch everything in time for🌲:
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✨Job opportunity ✨
Wolverhampton City Archives are seeking a part-time permanent Archive Assistant
Closing date for applications is 16 November
#archives #ArchivesWM
Wolverhampton City Archives are seeking a part-time permanent Archive Assistant
Closing date for applications is 16 November
#archives #ArchivesWM
Archive Assistant - Wolverhampton job with City of Wolverhampton Council | 246586
Please note, this vacancy is currently open to redeployees of City of Wolverhampton Council onlyArchive AssistantSalary - £26403 - £28142 (Grade 4), p
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November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
✨Job opportunity ✨
Wolverhampton City Archives are seeking a part-time permanent Archive Assistant
Closing date for applications is 16 November
#archives #ArchivesWM
Wolverhampton City Archives are seeking a part-time permanent Archive Assistant
Closing date for applications is 16 November
#archives #ArchivesWM
I'm a bit giddy today. Terrible night's sleep so running on fumes. Massive match with a win, The Enemy, #WLADITT #PUSB, WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE! And I've just collected my Advent Book Calendar from www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop/details...! + done Kenilworth #UnconfinedWalks and had a hot choc!
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm a bit giddy today. Terrible night's sleep so running on fumes. Massive match with a win, The Enemy, #WLADITT #PUSB, WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE! And I've just collected my Advent Book Calendar from www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop/details...! + done Kenilworth #UnconfinedWalks and had a hot choc!
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I'm looking to speak to you about your memories of Highfield Road for my next Cov book - particularly our last season there & the final game against Derby County.
Feel free to message me and share this post, too! Routines you had going to HR, people you used to see, weird stories, all sorts... #PUSB
Feel free to message me and share this post, too! Routines you had going to HR, people you used to see, weird stories, all sorts... #PUSB
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I'm looking to speak to you about your memories of Highfield Road for my next Cov book - particularly our last season there & the final game against Derby County.
Feel free to message me and share this post, too! Routines you had going to HR, people you used to see, weird stories, all sorts... #PUSB
Feel free to message me and share this post, too! Routines you had going to HR, people you used to see, weird stories, all sorts... #PUSB
Exciting #UnconfinedWalks news ( well it is if you've been mostly confined to barracks by an energy sapping cold). The new automated postbox is up and running, complete with solar panel.
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Exciting #UnconfinedWalks news ( well it is if you've been mostly confined to barracks by an energy sapping cold). The new automated postbox is up and running, complete with solar panel.
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#ArchivesWM member Dudley Archives is hosting 'Working Life', a pop-up exhibition by the Dudley Caribbean & Friends Ass. as part of their Culture and Heritage Community Project.
Further information on can be found at:
Black Country Roots: Windrush Voices
#archives @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social
Further information on can be found at:
Black Country Roots: Windrush Voices
#archives @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social
Black Country Roots: Windrush Voices
Stories of Industry and Manufacturing 1950-1970 from Dudley’s Windrush generation. Celebrating Black British heritage through real voices and lived histories.
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#ArchivesWM member Dudley Archives is hosting 'Working Life', a pop-up exhibition by the Dudley Caribbean & Friends Ass. as part of their Culture and Heritage Community Project.
Further information on can be found at:
Black Country Roots: Windrush Voices
#archives @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social
Further information on can be found at:
Black Country Roots: Windrush Voices
#archives @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social
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An online impact seminar organised by The National Archives to hear how Croydon Archives, Somerset Archives and Local Studies, and TNA are finding creative and inclusive approaches to engaging young people.
🗓️ Wednesday 12 November (10–11.30am)
Online via Zoom
#archives #ArchivesWM
🗓️ Wednesday 12 November (10–11.30am)
Online via Zoom
#archives #ArchivesWM
Impact seminar - connecting with young audiences
Join us to hear how archives are finding creative and inclusive approaches to engaging young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
An online impact seminar organised by The National Archives to hear how Croydon Archives, Somerset Archives and Local Studies, and TNA are finding creative and inclusive approaches to engaging young people.
🗓️ Wednesday 12 November (10–11.30am)
Online via Zoom
#archives #ArchivesWM
🗓️ Wednesday 12 November (10–11.30am)
Online via Zoom
#archives #ArchivesWM
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Archives hive mind! Any ideas for remote online transcribing projects which would appeal to a retired archivist who loves palaeography and is coming to an end of their present project? Could be anything C16th-C20th, but I lean towards the earlier material unless it’s a topic I’m interested in.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Archives hive mind! Any ideas for remote online transcribing projects which would appeal to a retired archivist who loves palaeography and is coming to an end of their present project? Could be anything C16th-C20th, but I lean towards the earlier material unless it’s a topic I’m interested in.
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One of @araen.bsky.social case studies of work in relation to record keeping and climate change includes #ArchivesWM member Shropshire #Archives 👇
We are busy collecting new case studies for our website: archives.org.uk/environment-...
If you have any examples of work you are doing in relation to record keeping and climate change, we would love to hear from you!
Email us at [email protected]
@araukie.bsky.social
If you have any examples of work you are doing in relation to record keeping and climate change, we would love to hear from you!
Email us at [email protected]
@araukie.bsky.social
Environmental Case Studies — Archives & Records Association
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archives.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
One of @araen.bsky.social case studies of work in relation to record keeping and climate change includes #ArchivesWM member Shropshire #Archives 👇
#UnconfinedWalks in Coventry, visiting the site of the former CCFC stadium, Highfield Road, and the lovely Coventry Music Museum where we were honoured to be the 50000th visitor! #PUSB
October 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#UnconfinedWalks in Coventry, visiting the site of the former CCFC stadium, Highfield Road, and the lovely Coventry Music Museum where we were honoured to be the 50000th visitor! #PUSB
Shared #UnconfinedWalks with 30000 other people 😁😁😁
October 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Shared #UnconfinedWalks with 30000 other people 😁😁😁
#UnconfinedWalks at Bradgate Park, Leics. Went looking for colour and found it. Bonus peacocks!
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#UnconfinedWalks at Bradgate Park, Leics. Went looking for colour and found it. Bonus peacocks!
Grumpy today and it's grey and dismal so #UnconfinedWalks along the cycle route because it's good for autumn colour. The textures and rich colour have brightened me up a bit.
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Grumpy today and it's grey and dismal so #UnconfinedWalks along the cycle route because it's good for autumn colour. The textures and rich colour have brightened me up a bit.
#UnconfinedWalks was the 6.5k canal loop which is lovely at this time of the year.
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#UnconfinedWalks was the 6.5k canal loop which is lovely at this time of the year.