Head of Leeds Museums and Galleries. Trustee, Robert Burns Ellisland Trust, and Leeds Art Fund. Born in Kilmarnock, now live in Manchesterhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3m2ocygt7c22wA complete coincidence that this gathering of English Civic Museums Network colleagues was outside a pub #museums2025 @museumsassociation.org08 Oct 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ocygt7c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lvxxi373b22vNot sure how I feel about this...09 Aug 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxxi373b22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3ln3hazuqik2gHappy #WorldHeritageDay 2025! I really like this project to record the sound of heritage places citiesandmemory.com/heritage/ https://citiesandmemory.com/heritage/18 Apr 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3hazuqik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lmn63wmai22eA burst of beauty this afternoon at the exquisite Lady Lever Gallery 🤩12 Apr 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmn63wmai22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lmlyffzpvs2oThis now added to my list of favourite impersonator names #mancsinatra12 Apr 2025 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmlyffzpvs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3ljq6zv4jfc26This morning at Temple Newsam 🤩06 Mar 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljq6zv4jfc26https://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3liyhfmi3qk2zGuess where?!25 Feb 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyhfmi3qk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3litzyqzb2k2uToledo didn't disappoint, particularly the beautiful Museo del Greco 🤩23 Feb 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3litzyqzb2k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3litmwjfitk27Buy a Temple Newsam tote bag, see the world! 🌎 @museodelprado.es23 Feb 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3litmwjfitk27https://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lir5yf4m7c2tA glorious Saturday morning in Madrid exploring the Sakiko Nomura show at the Fundacion Mapfre22 Feb 2025 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lir5yf4m7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lhtntgtc7s2wAn exciting time to join the project team at Ellisland - please share! https://www.ellislandfarm.co.uk/about/jobs-at-ellisland/10 Feb 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtntgtc7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lgvplirhdc2zLovely evening at @I_W_M North for the opening of Chila Burman's awesome new show29 Jan 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvplirhdc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lglibyg7jc2lGuess who forgot to buy neeps and tatties? Happy #BurnsNight all the same!25 Jan 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglibyg7jc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lfrio3zgg22aOne of my new year's resolutions is to see this place: https://www.ft.com/content/4fa97639-cc66-4648-8e2b-7faafe587f1815 Jan 2025 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrio3zgg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3ldg24nlqhs2aSo sorry to hear of the passing of Gavin Sprott. As a young curator, he was a role model. Intelligent, gracious, funny. Pride and Passion, which he co-produced in 1996, remains one of my favourite exhibitions on Burns. Thank you, Gavin16 Dec 2024 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldg24nlqhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lc3664pkyc2mGorgeous skies this morning over Manchester 🤩29 Nov 2024 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3664pkyc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hopesdavid.bsky.social/post/3lbmzmio3gs2fA chilling reminder of what happened in my hometown 25 years ago. Beggs clearly a monster, but the documentary shows too what can happen when societal homophobia leads to self hatred https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0024sqm/limbs-in-the-loch-catching-a-killer23 Nov 2024 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:2btlg2nqd2van7cgl6dk66vk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmzmio3gs2f