Historian. Investigator on AHRC-funded 'Small Performances'. Books: Pen+Print; John Baskerville; James Watt; Paris Underground; Tart Cards; Kynoch Press.

Birmingham, Truro, Cote d'Azur
Joined June 2008
Baskerville Punch, a digital revival of Baskerville's typeface, has been launched. Developed in collaboration with academics, heritage specialists, craftspeople and typeface designers, it's the most historically accurate interpretation of Baskerville's 18-century type.
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Baskerville, as its creator intended: New Typeface Launches Following Groundbreaking Research Project. Free to download. baskervillepunches.org
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The next CPHC/Print Networks Conference is at the University of Stirling, 13-14 July 2027. Call for papers is now open. cphc.org.uk/updates/2026/8/2…
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for all Brummie and Baskerville aficionados, take a look at this lovely, and very tiny little book of which I have been cited four copies by the printer. heavydutypress.com/baskervil…
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From Julia Montes Landa and the Small Performances team. 'The manufacture of the Baskerville typographic punches: the versatile chaîne opératoire of an 18th-century printing workshop'. Read the full piece for free here. nature.com/articles/s40494-0…
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Dr Caroline Archer–Parre explores eighteenth-century typeface punches and how a three-year funded project by BCU and Cambridge scholars is reshaping our understanding: theironroom.wordpress.com/20… Ref: WK/B11/1140 @LibraryofBham @TypeTweets @Baskerville1707 @PrintHistory
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Wow, in less than 24 hours, we reached over 10,000 signatures - thank you ❤️ We need 100,000 for the matter to be considered for debate in Parliament. This could make a huge difference for the UK ceramics industry. Please help by signing & sharing: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Day 1 of Print, Printing & Industrial Heritage has southwest slant: Ian Maxted Printing & publishing of science and industry in the Southwest 1600-1800; Kathryn Conder Henry Rogers and the Siege of Skewis; Charlotte Mackenzie Printing in Georgian Cornwall cphc.org.uk/events/2026/6/9/…
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I just signed a petition to help save the Friends Institute in Birmingham. It’s been an amazing community hub since 1897, but the council plans to close it down. We need to protect this space for the local groups . Please add your name! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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There's a petition to help keep the Moseley Road Friends Institute open for the community in Birmingham. The Institute opened in 1897 commissioned by Richard Cadbury. Please sign and share: bit.ly/41jk1GW Photos: Tony Hisgett cc by SA 2.0
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#MoseleySociety wish to appoint an Archivist to re-catalogue their collections. If you are interested please email them at [email protected] for further details @LibraryofBham @moseleyhistory
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We need your help to #SaveDenby! We are sad to share that we may be forced to close and a British institution could be lost. We need your help: 1. Share this post 2. Sign the government petition 3. Buy Denby 4. Visit us at the Pottery Village Read more: denbypottery.com/pages/save-…
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Full programme announced and booking open for the CPHC/Print Networks summer conference, which this year is in Cornwall. Books and beaches; printing and paddling: you know it makes sense! cphc.org.uk/events/2026/6/9/…
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My account is under heavy spam from cat haters ;( If you see this post, PLEASE comment, like, and repost, even if it's just a 🐱🐾 or a dot. Doing all of that would be great. Even if you can't do all of that, at least leave a comment. 😮‍💨
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Take some time out of your day to browse this incredible Baskerville Punches resource on Cambridge Digital Library. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collectio…
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#CityOf1000Trades Bisset’s 1800 Poetic Survey Round Birmingham is one of the earliest examples of a Birmingham trade directory. Find out more about directories here: theironroom.wordpress.com/20… @LibraryofBham
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Yesterday, some of the Small Performances team had a trip to Oxford University Press museum to have a look at Baskerville's Greek punches and matrices. Thanks to OUP for allowing us to rummage through your precious Victorian type cabinet.
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