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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you !

Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 5d

Couldn’t see @thesahgb.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 6d

Well it’s with the publisher! My manuscript & its many marvellous illustrations is now at the beginning of the production process. Look out for a new history of #BBC Broadcasting
House early next summer.

Contents list for a book on BBC Broadcasting House

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 9d

Important new update on RIBA collections move on @thesahgb.bsky.social website. www.sahgb.org.uk/features/the...

The RIBA Collections Move: An Update - Sep 2025 - SAHGB

The Society has sought some further information about access to archival material during the interim closure period of the RIBA Study Room.

www.sahgb.org.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 12d

Some good #20s30s stuff on radio 4 at the mo.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 13d

In town yesterday for the launch of @ejngee.bsky.social excellent new book. Beautifully researched & with great illustrations. An important contribution to our understanding of how working women occupied the late Victorian and Edwardian city.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 16d

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And paging all those involved in practising architectural history in the U.K. and indeed elsewhere! Whether that be in an academic context, in practice or in the museums and archives sector.

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · 18d

Calling All Students!

Join the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and enjoy a reduced student membership rate of just £23 per year.

Membership is ideal for students who want to support their studies and demonstrate their commitment to the discipline.

sahgb.org.uk/join-renew

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · 18d

Enjoying the 90th birthday celebrations at Embassy Court today.

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you to @theobserveruk.bsky.social for giving attention today to the campaign for independent access to the BBC Written Archives. The Corporation is still yet to engage with our argument and properly defend the policy shift. That is because it is indefensible. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 20

I just signed the open letter & joined the campaign. Access to the written archives was vital to the book I’m completing about BBC Broadcasting House.

Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

tinyurl.com

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 18

And money when he died. It interests me how rarely exhibs/art histories talk about artists’ income - but it can explain a lot I think.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Vanessa Bell show at Charleston in Lewes is worth a visit. The pre-1914 work is for me most interesting & convincing. Would like to know what her income was in these early years - how much came from private income (she can’t have sold enough work to live on those sales).

Two early canvases by Bell - one an abstract one showing a group at a street corner

Still life if tray with coffee pot and cup and jug

View of a display of Omega Workshop products.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 17

RIP Terence Stamp.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

Terence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema and star of The Limey and Superman, dies at 87

Family says actor who worked with William Wyler, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Steven Soderbergh, ‘leaves behind an extraordinary body of work’

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hoping what I wrote on Wednesday makes sense …

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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · Aug 6

With less than two weeks to go, now is the time to nominate work for SAHGB - IHBC Heritage Research Award.

The award celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced by colleagues in heritage and conservation practice.

Deadline: 18 August 2025

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · May 27

SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2025

We are delighted to announce the opening of the 2025 joint Heritage Research Award with The Institute Of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC).

sahgb.org.uk/heritage-research-award

SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award - SAHGB

Celebrating the quality of architectural-historical research produced by colleagues in heritage and conservation practice, as private consultants or on behalf of Non-Governmental Organisations, public...

www.sahgb.org.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Aug 1

Hurrah for housing activist Elizabeth Denby on #YorkshireDay - Born 1894 in Bradford to a doctor father and mother who was a former nurse. Educated at Bradford Girls Grammar before heading to LSE & then a career in housing.

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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · Jul 28

Nominations Now Open: Hawksmoor Essay Medal

We welcome submissions that demonstrate critical and innovative approaches to architectural history.

The competition is open to current postgraduate students, and to early career researchers.

sahgb.org.uk/hawksmoor-essay-medal

Hawksmoor Essay Medal - SAHGB

To encourage new and unpublished entrants to the field of architectural history, the Society's Essay Medal (popularly known as 'the Hawksmoor') is awarded annually to the author of the best essay subm...

sahgb.org.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Jul 19

Super Paule Vézelay show at Towner Gallery. Recommend.

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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · Jul 16

The shortlists for two of the most important prizes in architectural history – the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion and the Colvin Prize – have been revealed for 2025.

sahgb.org.uk/features/2025-shortlists

Shortlists revealed for the 2025 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion and the Colvin Prize — SAHGB

The shortlists for two of the most important prizes in architectural history – the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion and the Colvin Prize – have been revealed.

www.sahgb.org.uk

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The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social · Jul 14

The SAHGB is pleased to announce that we are now an Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) accredited CPD provider. IHBC members now have the opportunity to attend our paid events at a preferential rate.

@ihbc.bsky.social

sahgb.org.uk/whats-on

Architectural History Events - SAHGB

Throughout the year, the society hosts numerous hybrid seminars, face-to-face visits and study days.

sahgb.org.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Bloomsbury Global Encylopedia of Women in Architecture 1960-2020 is now online! A huge achievement by Karen Burns & Lori Brown. Pleased to have had the chance to write some of the entries. preview31.sspbloomsbury.co.uk/bloomsbury-g...

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

preview31.sspbloomsbury.co.uk

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Jun 14

Super pleased to be here in Leith to hear about the #VoicesofExperience
Project.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Jun 14

Just published in the ODNB my entry on Jane Priestman.

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Elizabeth Darling @archhistdarling.bsky.social · Jun 13

Also shout out to the red flock wallpaper and strange plaque interior of the Adam House lecture theatre!