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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 11d

Home from an exceptional week with Oxford Cultural Leaders #OCLResidential2025. Could not have asked for a more perfect set of trainers, activities, locations and colleagues. Now for the reflection, absorption and change to begin!

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 18d

“Barrett’s cultural studies approach to the longitude question is well-managed and multifaceted, encompassing cartography, scientific and pseudoscientific writing, popular periodicals and popular engravings, satire, poetry, and dictionaries. In short, the book is as good as its word”

Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 18d

What a nice surprise to receive a review for ‘Looking for Longitude’ in The Scriblerians and the Kit-Kats, with thanks to Manushag Powell scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/scrible...

Barrett, Katy. Looking for Longitude: A Cultural History

In 1714, the British government joined a number of European powers in passing an act to encourage the study of the longitude question—literally: how do we reliably calculate longitude at sea?—in the i...

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · 22d

This is a great PhD opportunity for someone! I was lucky to do some work on Sarah Sophia’s coin collection in early days www.bl.uk/services/res...

Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships research theme 3

Research theme 3 for the CDP 2026/27 cohort is Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks

www.bl.uk

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Aug 15

… how we dwell in buildings and bodies, how materials and movements hold memory.

I found it exciting, calming, energising, reflective. 2/2

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Aug 15

#DoHoSuh at #tate is as visually beguiling as I expected from visitor’s posts but it’s also deeply compelling.

Working with ‘fabric architecture’ he measures, rubs and records his domestic spaces, making you reflect on the fabric of space, place and memory … 1/2

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Aug 8

Excited and humbled to have got a place on #OCLResidential2025 later this year.
Looking forward to everything I can learn from my cohort and the Oxford Cultural Leaders team

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 27

Although confusion also apt!

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 27

‘Antiquities are helpfully ambiguous’. I hadn’t realised this context was why I’m enjoying #Andor so much!

Andor and the antiquities trade | Apollo Magazine

In the <i>Star Wars</i> series about the creation of the rebellion, Stellan Skarsgård’s art dealer/spymaster is perfectly placed to understand the inner workings of empire, writes Will Wiles

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 19

What’s it really like curating a working collection? Watch my brilliant colleague Eloise Donnelly discussing historic furniture and decorative arts in the Lords Chamber

A look inside the House of Lords chamber

YouTube video by House of Lords

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 12

Lots of really useful things to ponder in this report on how GenZ engage with historic houses

www.historichouses.org

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sorry not to see you! But looks like you have exciting places to be

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 9

A day at the Science Museum celebrating the life and legacy of Jim Bennett. A real joy to connect with history of science research for the day

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Jun 6

Come and see what I and the team have been working on!

UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk · Jun 6

A new display in Westminster Hall explores how Parliament and its people met the challenges of wartime Britain.

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · May 25

This looks so powerful already 💪🏻

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · May 11

Had a rare moment of energy and clarity so finally pulled some career reflections into a blog that I shared with @bbkhistorical.bsky.social students recently

On networking: some career reflections — Spoons on Trays | Katy Barrett

It’s funny how you remember some small events for years. I vividly recall early in my career being overawed at a conference by how confidently a senior colleague met and talked to people. How would I ...

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · May 3

#OftheTree by #marshmallowlaserfeast newly installed at @rbgkew.bsky.social. A beautiful day, so many people pausing, being drawn in. Left me thinking how far technology can make us look differently at nature

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · May 2

We’re looking for new trustees at @oldoptheatre.bsky.social! Particularly if you can bring expertise in medical, commercial, fundraising or social inclusion, get in touch!

oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · May 1

Well this is exciting post! Congratulations @atinybitwaring.bsky.social @rhiggitt.bsky.social Richard Dunn, Simon Schaffer, Alexi Baker.

The #BoardofLongitude mark 2!

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Mar 23

Gorgeous marbled papers by #TirzahGarwood at #DulwichPictureGallery. Really want to do a marbling course now!

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Mar 6

The project offers incredible images, ideas and collaborators!

More details here. Deadline for the first stage is 17/03/25
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Image: Human lung tissue. Credit Nathan Richoz University of Cambridge

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Mar 6

The commission is to be a centrepiece of the gallery, responding to themes raised by the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) project: a global consortium of scientists striving to map every cell in the human body to transform our understanding of health and find new ways of diagnosing and treating disease.

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Mar 6

Artist commission now open for proposals at Science Museum Group! I was excited to consult on this project for an artist to contribute to the new 'Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery', which will explore how today's scientific discoveries are shaping our future.

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Feb 26

#LuxMuralis at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social Spectacle threaded with history, art and ideas. An inspiring way to spend an evening

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Dr Katy Barrett @spoonsontrays.bsky.social · Feb 19

Great job for somebody at Clockworks

Curator - London (Greater) job with THE CLOCKWORKS CIO | 9460739

We’re seeking an experienced curator to run a unique London museum, with world-class objects, wonderful premises, stable funding & great people.

jobs.theguardian.com

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