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Public libraries set to benefit from cash boost to support National Year of Reading The government has announced up to £150,000 cash boost for public libraries to support the National Year of Reading

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#wetlands #worldwetlandsday #worldheritage | UNESCO Did you know? Nearly 100 UNESCO World Heritage wetlands overlap with 140+ Ramsar Sites worldwide, that’s double the protection for some of our planet’s most precious ecosystems! #Wetlands aren’t just...

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Heritage emergency declared in Stoke-on-Trent - Museums Association Capital of ceramics calls for £300m investment to save its historic assets

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#pottery #ceramics

Heighington Station plans to excavate 'world's oldest platform' - BBC News The platform looks like it is original to the building which dates back to 1827, a charity says.

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‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms

More libraries to look at 😀📖📚📖📚
#libraries #reading #heritage #books #booklover
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The one thing everyone should do in 2026 Library use is dwindling, with less than a third of the UK population using the service in the last year. But with community (and the latest hardbacks) on offer, Lydia Spencer-Elliott argues that memb...

Interesting read about reading! 📚 👇

#library #librarian #community #book

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How to healthily tackle the dark winter months, according to a doctor Wildlife Trusts’ vice president is supporting a campaign to get us to connect with nature

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Bring forth your crafts, customs and traditions: UK to recognise UN cultural heritage list Call for submissions from across UK could include cheese rolling, Burns Night suppers and Notting Hill carnival

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Vote to make Melsonby Hoard Current Archaeology’s Rescue Project of the Year - Durham University

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The BB Lal influence on govt’s Project Mausam—‘archaeology is a study of networks’ At the 3rd BB Lal Memorial Lecture at IIC last week, speakers connected the late archaeologist's ideas to a govt initiative to trace old Indian Ocean routes and revive ancient connections.

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Twelve historic Yorkshire sites rescued from at-risk status - BBC News Historic England reveals Heritage at Risk Register 2025, with some sites added and others removed.

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How to have a plastic- free Halloween | The Wildlife Trusts Halloween is often a great time for spooky family fun, but unfortunately it is often full of plastic.

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Certified organic and AI-free: New stamp for human-written books launches As machine-made books flood online marketplaces, a new UK initiative is introducing an Organic Literature stamp to help readers identify books created by real authors

📚📚📚Certified organic and AI-free:
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#library #reading #bookworm

Two Jays in mid-air against a backdrop of golden autumn leaves, one banking sharply with wings fanned wide, the other gliding towards it…dramatically swooping us into October’s first FlyDay.

A pair of Jays swoop us into the first #FlyDay of October! 😍

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How many books is a lot of books? How many is too many? As they say, one man’s collection is another man’s hoarded fire hazard, but reading this story—of a fancy Philadelphia townhouse stuffed to the rafters with 100,000 books—had me wondering where, ex…

📖 Can you have too many books??
As a fan of bookshops and, book fairs, a definite no from me!! 📚📚

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#books #reading #libraries #library

Search for ancient Egyptian gold bracelet missing from museum - BBC News A photo of the 3,000-year-old bracelet has been sent to airports, seaports and border crossings to stop it being smuggled out of the country.

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#ancientegypt #AncientBlueSky #Museum

From a recent visit to Leeds Museum... Where we did go to look at the artefacts not the #Miffy exhibition 🐰🙄.....

#Aldborough, Romulus and Remus.

#Mosaicmonday #AncientBlueSky #Roman #Museum #archaeology
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@theegyptcentre.bsky.social will be closing on Saturday 30th of August due to the exciting refurbishment of our galleries!

We will be re-opening in January 2026. For updates, please check our website and social media pages.

We look forward to welcoming visitors back to the museum in 2026!

Calls for action after Lake District valley brought to standstill by traffic Calls for action after Langdale Valley near Ambleside in the Lake District valley brought to standstill by traffic congestion.

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St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury is well known for it's stained glass, but there's some beautiful wood carvings as well.
#woodcarvingwednesday #AncientBlueSky

📚Quite a fine due!!📚

Library book returned 82 years after being borrowed with plea for no late fee

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#library #reading #books

The Agora at Smyrna / Izmir, Turkey.
The 'Historical Port City of Izmir' is on the UNESCO #WorldHeritage Tentative list: whc.unesco.org/en/tentative...

#RomansiteSaturday #archaeology #ancientbluesky #UNESCO #architecture
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🐘 it's #worldelephantday and I'm tidying folders, I've had a #takemebacktuesday moment to 2008 and my undergrad dissertation, 'Lakshmi and the #Elephants'- cultural transmission in later 1st millennium BC Eurasia.

Looking at the images is like revisiting old friends 😀

#AncientBlueSky #archaeology

Huggable ceramic pets take over The Bowes Museum in time for the summer holidays The school summer holidays have only just started and families are already flocking to The Bowes Museum in County Durham to experience Pippa Hale: Pet Project, a playful, hands-on exhibition that’s pr...

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Deer hunt mosaic at Pella, Greece. Far from the greatest image but a fabulous place to go and visit!
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#Mosaicmonday #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #ancientgreece

Newly conserved, world-class Egyptian hat goes on display for the first time – Bolton Council Museum

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#ancientEgypt #AncientBlueSky #fashion

A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!

What a great afternoon! 😃

Thankyou @britishmuseum.bsky.social & @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social for a fabulous insight into ice age art at Cliffe Castle in #Keighley
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Friendly helpful staff and #volunteers as well.

#Bradford2025 #archaeology #exhibition #museum

The 10 most beautiful libraries in the world The Library of Trinity College Dublin is named the most beautiful library in the world by 200,000 voters in the 1000 Libraries Awards 2025.

📚 Libraries come in all shapes and sizes, and are valued for different reasons, but there's several here I'd like to visit, can tick 1 & 7 off the list so far!

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#library #reading #architecture #books #libraries #bookworm

🏰 #Throwbackthursday to just last week with a steep walk up to #Beeston Castle!
🚶‍♀️Effort paid off with fabulous views from the top!

@englishheritage.bsky.social #AncientBlueSky #Castle #heritage #travelthursday
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