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Liz Rees
@lizarees.bsky.social
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Retired archivist & museums professional, based in Newcastle upon Tyne but still Welsh. Luxury views my own
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 12h
No idea who Nick is but he's being useful
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 14h
Meanwhile Kemi Badenoch's degree in computer systems engineering gained more than 20 years ago with little subsequent work experience is worth precisely nothing
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 1d
That's sad news that I hadn't heard. I remember Marie well from my time working in Wolverhampton though I hadn't seen her for many years
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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 1d
Explore curated insights across our unique and distinctive collections — from a 17th century recipe book to a WWI surgical logbook.

Discover our new Digital Showcase and uncover the stories behind the collections: digitalshowcase.ncl.ac.uk #DigitalShowcase
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d
You can access it at home through Newcastle Libraries at least libraries.newcastle.gov.uk/WebBuilder/W...
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d
Worth knowing that some public library memberships offer free online access to the OED too
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d
He wasn't there when we set off at 10, but he was by the time we got back. I was half tempted but it wasn't *that* warm
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 3d
✊🚲 Socialism on two wheels.

The Fred Mawson Collection shows Clarion Cycling Club meets of the 1920s and postcards in Esperanto, linking Newcastle’s Cowgate with comrades across Europe.

Read our latest in focus blog by MD Laura Laffler: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/the-...
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 2d
#UnconfinedWalks leaves on the line 😅. I think this is part of the old Bowes Railway in Gateshead. Nice, warm morning for a walk starting from the Angel of the North
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 3d
Strong showing for the Diageo archive & archivist in this piece on Port Ellen distillery, Islay observer.co.uk/style/drink/...
Still in the game: restoring the Port Ellen distillery
New life has been breathed into the celebrated whisky-making firm nearly 40 years after it shut
observer.co.uk
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 4d
I look forward to Badenough screaming "don't you know who I am??" as masked agents scoop her off a Westminster street for the crime of being Black in a public place
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 4d
Hope you feel better later. I'm having my jab this week, so fingers crossed
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 5d
📢 After the End of History is now open at Ffotogallery, Cardiff.

A powerful look at working-class life from 1989–2024, including Richard Grassick prints loaned from the AmberSide Collection.

🗓 3 Oct–13 Dec
More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 4d
To be honest I don't mind how he's styled. The important point is he's been fired for being professional in whatever his profession is
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 5d
The storm's not supposed to hit until tomorrow but it's pretty wild out today. Stay safe everyone!
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ChronicleLive - The Chronicle @chroniclelive.co.uk · 5d
A host of attractions all over the North East have announced closures on Saturday due to Storm Amy
North East attractions that will be closed as Storm Amy batters region
North East attractions that will be closed as Storm Amy batters region
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 5d
Those would be a challenge for your efficient box packing guidelines!
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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 6d
More #Burningthebooks as the arbitrary use of power being exercisd againt the Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower’s sword to King Charles – reports
The Trump administration ultimately gave the King a replica sword on the president’s recent state visit
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 5d
I think it was actually my favourite of the puppet Watch with Mothers, though I preferred Picture Book on Mondays. The one I really didn't like was Tales from the Riverbank
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 6d
La patria = the country, not the patriotic (which obviously derives from it in Latin). cf the Newcastle war memorial (from memory) Non sibi sed patria - not for self but for country
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 6d
I thought I'd read this more recently but it's obvs stuck in my mind www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul | Adrian Chiles
Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7d
Here the local (volunteer) library has a bin outside for small electricals (including vapes). More councils should arrange local collection points (where they don't already)
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7d
What a coincidence that Medpro seems to have gone into administration yesterday.....They should of course be made personally liable
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 7d
Today, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone was told it must repay the government £122m for breaching a contract for medical gowns during the Covid pandemic.

Read our special report online on some of the other fat cats who made a mint during covid.

➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/spe...
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Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 7d
You'd think....
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 8d
To celebrate UK Black History Month we’re sharing portraits from a lost North Shields studio (1940s–60s), revealing the town’s often forgotten diversity.

👉 See more from this local collection: sidegallery.co.uk/collectio...
✉️ Recognise a face? Email [email protected]
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