Lovely visit to the new The Story Durham on my bike this morning. Lots of links to Redhills Durham and Beamish Museum and lots of local facts to tell my Mam

Brilliant article on museum freelancing by Margaret Middleton Museums Association

👏"The past we inherit, the future we build"👏

“I want young people here to be able to grow up to be publishers, writers and creatives without presuming that they need to leave the North East to achieve their ambition.” (Pic: this year's crowd of Northern Writers' Awards)

Sylvia Plath on the academic job market

I'm very excited to take part in the Clore Leadership Fellowship programme this year! It's an amazing privilege and opportunity. Can't wait to meet the rest of the cohort in September

Whenever I hear the phrase "legitimate concerns" I always think of the Terry Pratchett quote about concerned citizens. #GNUTerryPratchett

Call for Papers for a strand IMC_Leeds 2025 focusing on Cultural Memory, History, and Heritage. Any queries please just get in touch! Proposals from cultural heritage and GLAM professionals or students working in these fields are very much encouraged.

A message from Bishop of Newcastle to Newcastle Diocese (CofE) and our city following despicable violence and disorder on the UK's streets: “Let our Toon be love, and let our song be hope” #HopeNotHate newcastle.anglican.org/news/a-message…

A message from our Chair Chris Loughran and CEO Rhiannon Hiles: We want to acknowledge what has happened in our region over the weekend and in recent days. It shows how much we all have to do, and work on together and we stand by all of the communities affected. (1/2)

We want to assure everyone that Beamish will always continue to be a welcoming place for anyone who is willing to share it with everyone else. (2/2)

In the UK: women weren't allowed to buy a coffee alone at night in the 1970s legal to rape women in marriage until 1991 Section 28 race riots in the 1950s, 80s & 90s Miners Strikes etc etc etc This rose-tinted Just Williamesque nostalgia is just wilfully dumb.

We’ll be hosting a tea dance, flag-making activity and parade on Wednesday, 21st August, as we welcome delegates from Mr Gay World. The participants from Mr Gay World will be competing in a sport challenge in The 1950s Town and will also enjoy a 1950s-style quiz. 1/4

Men tend to choose higher paying careers like doctor, engineer, lawyer, or CEO. While women tend to choose lower paying careers like female doctor, female engineer, female lawyer, or female CEO.

A great day with European Open Air museums & back in the UK I’m so proud that ⁦Beamish Museum⁩ is global once again hosting Mr Gay World today, good luck to all the contestants! ⁦Chris Loughran⁩

Hello from Hungary #AEOM2024 conference with open air museum colleagues & wishing luck to all the contestants in todays Mr Gay World 😊👏⁦Beamish Museum⁩ ⁦Chris Loughran⁩ ⁦ALVA⁩ ⁦AIM⁩ ⁦Museums Association⁩ ⁦The Alnwick Garden⁩

"However, people in England averaged just 47 miles by bike annually, a 17% drop from 2022, and just over half the distance recorded in 2020" This Louise Haigh is why we need high quality safe cycling networks across the country. Make it safe and they'll cycle theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Our new #WomanOfTheNorth report lays bare the unequal challenges faced by women living in the North of England - who live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay and are more likely to be an unpaid carer than women in other regions of England 1/13 healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequalit…

The The National Archives are hosting their first Pride Family Day - info and tickets here 👇🏼please share in your networks Queer Heritage and Collections Network eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-pl…..

Our own brilliant Head of Health & Wellbeing Michelle Kindleyside contributed to this excellent book👇 on world wide sale 👏👏 ⁦Beamish Museum⁩ ⁦AIM⁩ ⁦Museums Association⁩ ⁦International Council of Museums (ICOM)⁩ ⁦ICOM UK⁩