We’ve lost 300+ followers now (and counting) which is so sad because Twitter as it was helped make our little indie bookshop and also saved it on many occasions. The truth is that about 80% of our sales came through this platform, but with #BookTwitter diminishing as people

#WorldPhotographyDay is a good time to invite proposals for our 24 hour conference-athon celebrating women in photography for International Women’s Day, 8th March 2025. Speakers are welcome from all corners of the world in this unique event. Details here: britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs…

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Museum Peeps - want to give something back, get training and development and get a free place at the Museums Association's one day online conferences per year of mentoring? Look no further! museumsassociation.org/careers/opport…

Out now. Our anthology of commissioned creative writing & short historical commentaries from the #ColonialCountryside project about National Trust houses published by Peepal Tree Press. With a photo essay by Ingrid Pollard

Do you look after an historical collection of photography or a photographic archive? Are you working with historical and alternative processes? We're looking for online talks for our 2025 programme. Email [email protected]

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We’re recruiting for a parental leave cover Curator of Exhibitions role (22 hours a week) to deliver the exhibition programme Leeds City Museum within Leeds Museums & Galleries 👉🏻 jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/curator-e…

My article on touch, comfort & the eighteenth-century private madhouse is now published open access in The Senses and Society, part of the "Senses and Health/Care Environments" Special Issue. Many thanks to Victoria Bates & the wonderful editorial team... tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I'll be talking about the history of Kodak Ltd's cameras at Headstone Manor & Museum on 12 November as part of their Lights Camera Kodak exhibition which is on until 30 November. Details of talk (live only) here here: headstonemanor.org/events/tuesday… #Kodak #cameras #Harrow

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

It’s giveaway time! RT for a chance to win a gorgeous A3 print of your choice by the fabulous Gail Myerscough and I’ll pick a winner on Monday. Visit gailmyerscough.co.uk for more lovely goodies at affordable prices. Good luck!

Very sad news this morning of the passing of one of Britain's great postwar photographers, John Blakemore (1936-2025) on British Photographic History. Fuller obituary to follow. britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs… Image: © Paul Hill

#InternationalWomensDay is 8th March. Please join me & Kris Belden-Adams in a unique 24hour online conference celebrating women of #photography. Speakers from 17 countries from New Zealand to West coast USA including 2 keynote talks. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…

Checking out "Job: Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology / 1 year FTC" on British Photographic History: britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs… National Science and Media Museum

One of the many women who works at the Museum is Dr Jo Cooper, a Senior Curator who looks after 40,000 bird skeletons and pickled birds. Jo explains 'I started my first fossil collection aged about 4 & only a few years later I was collecting bird skulls. #InternationalWomensDay

You are always supposed to be positive on social media but I don't mind admitting that I'm worried at the moment. I love what I do but it's getting more and more difficult to make a living. Please have a look and my website and retweet. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks.

News | ​Increasing pay costs prompt National Trust to cut workforce by 6% Charity says it needs to find savings of £26m due to national insurance and living wage hikes. Read: ow.ly/Ex5I50WpkJv