As of today I am the Librarian of the Oxfordshire Beekeepers Association. Real librarians who understand cataloguing will be laughing heartily at the folly of my taking on such a role. But even a conservator knows that a box labelled “foreign and obsolete” is A Bad Thing… 🦧 🐝

📢New #BodJob alert📢Applications are now open to join team #BodCons as the next T. A. Barron Fellow in Conservation Bodleian Libraries Icon - The Institute of Conservation Icon Book and Paper Group VirginiaLladóBuisán #conservationjobs Closing date 16th June, more info here: tinyurl.com/58ddz9xv

Thinking of my old school St Thomas à Becket at this morning’s scholars coffee Bodleian Libraries where we learned “Tuesday night is Becket night”, and sang an office in his honour from a manuscript being studied by our Albi Rosenthal fellow Henry Parkes

Bodleian hobby horse ❤️

Jobs jobs jobs…

PSA: I will now only be attending meetings when accompanied by my companion alpaca 🦙 Also Bodleian Libraries are the #bestemployerofalltime

I can’t decide between Dykes Alexander, Humble Thatcher and Reuben Rawbone…

Ok, any archivist who doesn’t think this is the #BestJob? With free tea and cake to boot ❤️ ☕️

Wonderful symposium on the beautiful Trigge Chained Library in Grantham, with my ChurchCare colleagues. And a groupie copy of the guidebook too 😎Pic credit to Dr Jessica G. Purdy

Much deserved award for Sarah Burrows and her tireless work to support an invisible group of vulnerable children and families

This Wednesday at the Weston Library, artist Paul Johnson will be working on a brilliant, intricate & surprising new pop-up book.  Drop in 10-12pm to meet him and make a pop-up to take away! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/may23/me…

Whether you were at #GreenhamCommon or you know very little about what happened there, the free Embrace the Base! game is a brilliant window onto the memories of women who were there buff.ly/3Dy5I2R 🙌 💚 🎲

Someone in BodleianConservation would like this

Applications are OPEN for our Directing opportunity!🎭 If you’re an aspiring director or want to work in theatre, this is the perfect chance for you.☀️ DM us for more details. #wakefield #yorkshire #playwriting #playwrights #director #theatre

Volunteer cataloguing opportunity @SandalCastle bit.ly/CataloguingVol

This looks like a real treat - feeling the #WomenMystics love after a fantastic #ScholarsCoffee on yesterday and just having finished two wonderful novels on Julian of Norwich and Marjory Kempe… oxfordsong.org/events/hildega…

Disclaimer: I’ve not read it yet I’m on my way to order a copy. However, based on previous performance plus Sally’s regaling me with stories from her deck while I tread water and try not to drown laughing, it’ll be a cracker ❤️

We were lucky enough to win tickets to this: my small person has an intense special interest in Nightingale and sat through the whole thing rapt: this in itself was astonishing ❤️ See it if you can

The most powerful resource offered to me by Carers Oxfordshire has been a series of storytelling workshops by the incredible Georgie Steele. I’ve just booked my tickets to her show at Old Fire Station, Oxford “I’ll Blow Your House Down”. Join me! oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/and-i…

Pink hair optional but encouraged…