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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 9h

#UnconfinedWalks riding into the twilight again

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 1d

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 19h

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library goes #OpenAccess

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

#History 🗃️

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 23h

'"The factory is 9 years young & we've continued to grow. We've got the skill & the competency here to produce this fantastic product."
Mr Sykes praised the "pioneering spirit" of the team in Hull. "This is just another thing we can be incredibly proud of"'
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #FUCP #UnlockRenewables

Why we're turning North Sea wind turbines into luggage

Revolutionary recyclable blades at Dogger Bank offshore wind farm are a UK first.

www.bbc.com

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa 📚 🏴‍☠️ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 1d

#UnconfinedWalks back on the bike today

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 1d

When I was doing some research before moving to my current flat I found various articles bemoaning the original introduction of the 30 mph speed limit with many of the same arguments used about 20 mph limits today (eg means driving with eyes on speedo not road).

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting! Congrats @musicheritageplace.bsky.social #earlymodern 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Sophie Dennis @sophiedennis.bsky.social · 2d

I quite like:

Services: the mountains, the big promises an organisation makes.

Experiences: the paths people walk to access those services.

Capabilities: the tools, processes, and functions that make it possible.

Foundations: the bedrock: IT, data, infrastructure, governance.

Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 2d

This is really good: "Most of What We Call a ‘Service’ Isn’t One (and Why That Matters for Product People)" productinservice.substack.com/p/most-of-wh... by Scott Colfer (who I can't find on here)

Most of What We Call a ‘Service’ Isn’t One

Product in Service October 2025

productinservice.substack.com

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William Kilbride @williamkilbride.bsky.social · 1d

Paging #digitalpreservation and #databases. #digipres

Angela Puggioni @angelafromdpc.bsky.social · 1d

👋🏾 #DPC members! You are invited to join our next Databases Special Interest Group meeting on Tuesday 14 October, 10:00-11:00 UTC. Read more and sign up here: buff.ly/FOjAO2d

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 1d

gold-plated FOMO in action

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 1d

🚴John Betjeman said that it was worth cycling 40 miles in a headwind to see them.
🪽The early C16th Angel Roof at St Wendreda in Cambs is adorned with over 100 oaken angels.

View along the nave of St. Wendreda’s Church, March, showing the magnificent medieval angel roof with carved wooden angels soaring above the slender stone arcades.

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 2d

He was a big lad and there were several young pretenders around to deter

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 2d

#UnconfinedWalks also the rut in progress

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 2d

#UnconfinedWalks an actual walk as I wasn’t feeling 100%. The sugar maples commemorating the Canadian use of Richmond Park during the Second World War (first two photos) and then sunset

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Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social · 9d

If you are looking for easy to understand digital preservation training resources then look no further than our next #DPClinic. The resources produced by this project are second to none and of particular relevance to community groups.
www.dpconline.org/events/event...

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 3d

#UnconfinedWalks coming home through Richmond Park a little while ago

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15d

'Documents detailing the affairs of 19th-century families linked to Sandbach, Tinne and Company, a business that dealt in enslaved people, cotton, sugar and coffee, were being traded online by collectors of rare stamps and postmarks.' 1/2

Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery

Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive

www.theguardian.com

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 4d

#UnconfinedWalks to @lampallib.bsky.social for the “Sing Joyfully” exhibition marking the (probable) 500th anniversary of the Arundel Choirbook, plus other music from the library collection

Anthony L'Abbé, The Princess Anna: a new dance for his Majestys birth day 1716 (London, 1716)
These diagrams record dance steps in a specialised eighteenth century notation ('Beauchamp-Feuillet') which translated steps and turns into symbols and patterns on the page. The two dances shown here are taken from a set called the 'Princess Anna', composed in 1716 by Anthony L'Abbé for Anne, Princess Royal, the second child and eldest daughter of George II. L'Abbé had been appointed as the royal dancing master in 1715. Anne was a musician herself, and was taught singing, harpsichord, and composition by George Friedrich Handel.
Sion G84.3/L11 02, pp. 1-2 (facsim.)

View (through window) of the pond just outside Lambeth Palace Library. It’s lined with reeds and has lily pads in it

On the left a Lutheran hymn book with wood cuts and hymns with music. On the right one of only two known surviving copies of John Wesley’s second published collection of hymns (words only)

The Arundel Choirbook, open at the Sanctus of a Mass by Thomas Fayrfax. Illuminated Ss (3 on the left leaf and 2 on the right) mark the start of each line of the 5 part polyphony

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 4d

Other reports suggest the two hit by police bullets were inside the synagogue holding the doors against the attacker

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 5d

#UnconfinedWalks somehow a dry one at the time I needed to cross town

A wet road and gravel track meet in the middle of the foreground, diverging to left and right. Grass and bracken, along with trees further back, below a cloudy sky with small blue patches

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

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David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social · 6d

#UnconfinedWalks a foggy one this morning

A few trees (and a couple of other cyclists) hazily visible

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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 6d

The British Transport Police won't investigate bike thefts if the bike was left for more than two hours.

road.cc/content/news...

"Effectively decriminalising bike thefts": Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police

CCTV footage will not be looked at outside a two-hour timeframe

road.cc

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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