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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · Sep 8

I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.

Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · Sep 2

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.

It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.

Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

A selection of illustrations and commissions including an album cover design of a vintage radio, a book cover design with an illustration of George Harrison, architecture illustrations, a Listening Party turntable design, a music pattern design and a photo of me wearing glasses.

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ah, in our day...! 😃

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Jul 11

Happened to be in #Birmingham today ahead of my #VPFAExtremes visit: Victorian culture fans, make time to visit the fabulous Museum & Art Gallery just off Victoria Square. Plus, what a great venue in the B&M Institute! Can't wait for Monday @vpfa.bsky.social

Notebooks and stationery with Victorian Radicals on the front

The Birmingham and Midland Institute building

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · May 24

Me too (confused that is). I do like the sea front. Haven't seen all the sculptures though of course have posed with Eric.

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · May 24

Went once between Christmas and New Year and the owner was giving sherry and mince pies out. He's a 🌟

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · May 24

The Pier! I love it. Proper old school.

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · May 14

Saw Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Factory International / Aviva Studios today and was really impressed. Great version, streamlined with brilliant staging and compelling darkness & energy. Go and see it if you can. Still some tickets coming up on Twickets. #HamletHailtotheThief

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · May 8

For #WorldDonkeyDay here's a hard-working donkey enjoying kindness from children, in an image from one of the 19th century periodicals held in LJMU Special Collections @ljmu-sca.bsky.social #archives

A black and white drawing of a donkey pulling a cart and being offered some hay by children

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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · May 6

labour party (uk) looking at the c.240k people who work for universities, “nah we will never need those votes”

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Jan 26

It's also got a special mention in my latest (also blue, sigh) passport, having not been worthy of note before. Maybe we're now regarded as potentially dangerous 🤔

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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · Jan 18

So here's what's cool about my job:

Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Jan 18

Time to get everyone out to the park and running around! You can observe 😎

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Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social · Dec 12

We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️

1) PDRA-Archives
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Jan 9

As an entertainer, Truss is the gift that keeps on giving 🤣

John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jan 9

Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Jan 9

Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · Jan 9

Some good news: the stupid idea of destroying historic wills has been entirely rejected.

#Archives #History 🗃️

Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · Jan 9

imho Grimshaw has done a really good job & I’m v pleased Laverne, a superb broadcaster, will remain

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · Jan 9

Blimey - Nick Grimshaw is taking over the 6Music Breakfast reins and Lauren Laverne is moving to mid-morning

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Jan 9

But not leaving BBC6music. Excellent news. Relieved & happy that Lauren Laverne is returning (on mid mornings).Have enjoyed Nick Grimshaw on breakfast & pleased he's continuing. Any space for some more Deb Grant too? #6music

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 9

Lauren Laverne to leave BBC 6 Music breakfast show

The radio host is stepping down after six years to return to mid-morning broadcasting BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has announced that she will be stepping down as host of BBC Radio 6 Music. After six years of helming the morning show, she will be…

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · Jan 8

Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️

On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe eBook : Pennock, Caroline Dodds: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · Jan 8

Oh would you look at that? So the Tories didn’t want to pay the compensation, so continued to kick the can down the road and are now expressing moral indignation on the same issue to have a political swipe at a new government. Beneath contempt.

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Jan 8

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in case you’re wondering why the Tories didn’t implement the Alexis Jay report into child sex abuse

we reveal tonight that her proposal for a compensation scheme for victims would cost £5-10bn according to preliminary Whitehall estimates

www.ft.com/content/cef1...

Whitehall estimates child sexual abuse compensation could hit £10bn

Starmer has criticised previous Conservative government for not implementing recommendations of 2022 Jay review

www.ft.com

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jan 1

The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan

From 2006 to 2009, Bob Dylan hosted the Theme Time Radio Hour on Sirius Satellite Radio.

www.openculture.com

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Dec 26

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:

⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!

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Singin' in the Public Domain event tile, featuring the Lockette, expressing open content.

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · Nov 26

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Joanne Knowles @joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social · Dec 25

Knew they wouldn't let us down