Curator, historian, collector of stuff, pots, stories, museums, buildings.https://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lwcsrqfr7k2zBack at the Proms for an exciting programme: Varese's Intégrales, a world permiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Before we fall (Cello Concerto), Bolero, as fresh as the first time I heard it (it makes such a difference to see the instruments), and Rite of Spring.13 Aug 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwcsrqfr7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3luilpw6t2s2lBayes has followed me around through my career but I don't think I'll find a Bevis Marks connection. Very interesting story if you don't know about the Somers Town estate. https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/25316966.selfridges-sculpture-significant-links-somers-town/?ref=li21 Jul 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3luilpw6t2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lrrpxoh7ik22This is cheering stuff, I think despite everything a lot of things do still work well. Our fantastic museums crop up regularly but of course to keep working they need ongoing investment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2025 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrpxoh7ik22https://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lqmbch2x6222Good piece from @sundersays.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmbch2x6222https://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lqm3vjslls2e1 June walk, felt like summer.02 Jun 2025 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqm3vjslls2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lql6jj4jmk2qSusan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/books/susan-brownmiller-dead.html?smid=bs-share has no British paper published an obituary?!01 Jun 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lql6jj4jmk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lpoiqkq5f22tI'm hiring to join our fantastic new team at Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoiqkq5f22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lpdv66jz4k2lI caught the Tirzah Garwood show at Dulwich Picture Gallery which closes next weekend - as well as paintings, prints, embroidery & a patchwork quilt, there is a fabulous group of marbled papers that she made in the 30s & sold commercially for book binders, and interior design uses like lampshades.17 May 2025 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpdv66jz4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lpcku4qq222cI had never heard of Brady Clubs until I saw the fascinating film One Pair of Eyes in which Georgia Brown goes back to Whitechapel where she grew up. An exhibition of photographs, rescued from a skip, is now at Tower Hamlets archive www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00t3mkz16 May 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcku4qq222chttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lo4bkm6tc22pLovely delivery this morning, essays in honour of Bernard Capp, my D.Phil external examiner. Looking forward to reading it @angelamcshane.bsky.social01 May 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4bkm6tc22phttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lmhzmqmehc2bIts got to the point where we can't go to places we used to enjoy because of the dogs. Particularly bad behaviour in nature reserves, areas where birds are nesting etc is so infuriating. Even bluebell season is ruined by people taking cute pictures of their dogs trampling the flowers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhzmqmehc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3lllerktwkc2s30 Mar 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllerktwkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3llfa2gwq5c26https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/25/the-alienation-effect-owen-hatherley-review-europe-refugees-postwar-britain27 Mar 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfa2gwq5c26https://bsky.app/profile/dinahw.bsky.social/post/3ll4fks4rh22uDaughter's offer holders day at Reading on Saturday gave me the opportunity to visit the @themerl.bsky.social. I expected lots of great agricultural macinery, but not a lovely display of country & studio pottery.24 Mar 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:vsqhlduqanu2lzvycpl3celw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4fks4rh22u