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Katie Birkwood
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#RareBooks librarian working in #histmed, knitter, cellist, bi, feminist, woolly-liberal, terrified about the climate. She/her.
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Yesterday we visited Emmerdale Farm - guess we should have seen the programme before we came. Today we're going to Heriot Country - (we don't watch this one either.).

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If you're upset by art not being damaged in protest against climate change, I can only imagine how furious you'll be at the actual damage to art caused by climate change.

Rothko Chapel Closes Indefinitely After Hurricane Damage | Artnet News
Rothko Chapel Closes Indefinitely After Hurricane Damage | Artnet News

The Rothko Chapel, which features murals by painter Mark Rothko, will close after sustaining damage during Hurricane Beryl.

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In my mind, I picture wombats as badger or possum sized, but they're ... um ... not.

Patrick the Wombat, on the occasion of his 31st birthday.

Source: https://redtreetimes.com/2020/01/14/the-wombat/
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I'll be there with colleague Felix* repping the Royal College of Physicians rare books and archives. *who definitely thinks of History Day as 'Katie catches up with the roughly 300 short-haired knitting archivists/librarians she knows day'.

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History Day is back and celebrating its 10th year! Join us on 5 Nov 11:00 - 16:00 at Senate House to explore the library, museum, archive and special collections from around the UK. Sign up for #HistDay24buff.ly/3zyvHLE

A woman wearing a red bangle looks at documents displayed on a table. What will you discover? Date and time information for the event, the 10th anniversary logo, and a link and qr code to the history day 2024 booking page are at the bottom of the image.
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They always attack this from a single angle - what are they doing to make workplaces more inclusive for chronically ill and disabled people? What are they doing to make Access to work easier to apply for? This is predictable and infuriating.

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Alouette. And 'Sur le pont d'Avignon'. For *decades*. I only learnt the full words to the latter in the last 5 years, too, so the earworm was mostly 'dooby dooby, dooby dooby'.

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Really excited about our new family event at work... Minibeast Medicine: children's workshop at the Royal College of Physicians inspired by historical remedies, with live maggots and other minibeasts to see and learn from. Ages 7-11. £12 per child (adults go free). history.rcp.ac.uk/event/minibe...

A brown snail on the leaf. Photo courtesy of Michael Holland
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Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social
#RareBooks librarian working in #histmed, knitter, cellist, bi, feminist, woolly-liberal, terrified about the climate. She/her.
615 followers322 following1.8k posts