Exhibitions person who loves photography, fashion and visual arts. Love hanging out in galleries and museums. Wear a lot of stripes. Opinions all my own.

Manchester
Joined November 2012
If Käärijä wins #Eurovision can we get a Eurovision week on Strictly this year? @bbceurovision @bbcstrictly #ChaChaCha
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Big fan of a simple exhibition concept. Gold @britishlibrary is glowing with beauties like this Balinese letter. 🌟✨️
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Took a day off working in a historic library and ended up in another one...#BusMansHoliday 📚
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A few hours later...my team won a well deserved award at #UMLTogether22 Go team! 🏆
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It's the final day of our Qing exhibition @TheJohnRylands. I just had a lovely chat with a visitor about tea drinking depicted on the Emperor's Birthday Scroll. Here are some of the many teapots we found. 🫖
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If only I really had 💷 to spend on superb books and manuscripts. Had to make do with @cultivate_mss recreation of a 1929 rare books auction 📚 part of #BeingHuman2021
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Felt like a tech wizard today using the visualiser @TheJohnRylands to help my lovely curators to 'curate from home'. Happy that exhibition prep for 2022 continues, even if it is over Zoom. 🧙‍♀️ 📚💻
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Today I learned (thanks to @FaviSonia) the Tale of Tawara Tōda. A hero's reward for killing a giant centipede? An unlimited bag of rice, leading to the BEST nickname...Lord Bag of Rice. 🍚 Image from Japanese 110 @TheJohnRylands
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Lovely historical food stories @britishlibrary #BLFoodSeason I know there's a copy of this in @TheJohnRylands collection and am tempted to try making a few medieval recipes...📚👩‍🍳
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Getting ready for our Instagram Live @TheJohnRylands and trying to spot the difference between these 3 copies of the Manchester Guardian 5 May 1821
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'A museum's job is to define reality and give hope.' Powerful idea from @SmithsonianSec on a day when 90% of the world's museums are closed. Interesting discussion @MuseumsAssoc #Museum2020
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Lovely blog exploring #Javanese collections @TheJohnRylands Beautiful manuscripts that make me proud of my #Indonesian heritage. rylandscollections.com/2020/…
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Us at @TheJohnRylands getting our #MostMagicalObject ready for @YorkshireMuseum #CURATORBATTLE P.s. We do NOT treat our books like this. Bad Hermione. Books have feelings too.
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Lots of people say @TheJohnRylands looks like #Hogwarts...I suppose we do have lots of magical creatures on the building itself...including several types of #dragon 🐉🧙‍♂️🪄📚
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Today for #OnlineArtExchange it has to be this clever dog from @TheJohnRylands I like to imagine his letter writing is being rudely interrupted by this musical canine from @SMBC_Museums ✍✉🎹🎼 #CollectionsUnited @artukdotorg
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Admire this amazing Chinese drawing from @TheJohnRylands for today's fashion-inspired @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange The colours. The pattern. Those sleeves.😍
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Who doesn't love a statement sleeve? Tudor fashion never fails to impress. Check out these beauties from @mcrartgallery Volume☑️ Layers☑️ Pattern☑️ Mary Cornwallis, I love your #Lewk 👏
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Spring = daffodils 🌼 but looking at this illustration from 1543 also remind me of 🧅 🧅🧅 @TheJohnRylands #OnlineArtExchange
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Looking in archives 👀 too. These are not just any 🧅🧅...these are @MandSHeritage 🧅🧅 #RetroFood #MuseumFromHome #LookingForOnions
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I started #LookingForOnions because of @artukdotorg I should stop...but one last 🧅 The best place to ask... @TheMERL got any onions? 🔎👀 #MuseumFromHome
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