Liz Rees

Liz Rees

@lizarees.bsky.social

Retired archivist & museums professional, based in Newcastle upon Tyne but still Welsh. Luxury views my own

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Side
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📸 Only 8 places left on our photowalk! Join us & Newcastle Contemporary Art starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together. 📅 Sat 31, Oct 1–3pm No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone. 🔗 Sign up: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
@lizarees.bsky.social

One of those many barleys we used to celebrate on #JacobinDay

Guinevere of Mason@guinevereofmason.bsky.social

Guinevere's Dialect. Bigg. As in market. A variety of hardy barley that was grown in the north. 1st recorded 1466. Scandinavian. Compare Old Icelandic bygg. It's still grown on Orkney & is called ....bere.⬇️. That's an OE word and originally meant..🧵

Liz Rees
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Interesting POV (& personally I'd trust Michael Sheen in a crisis well before James Blunt, & not just because he's Welsh) (ok maybe a bit because he's Welsh)

K M Flett@keithbeard.bsky.social

Class & leadership in Celebrity Traitors. James Blunt & Michael Sheen wp.me/p15p2Q-hUK

wp.meCelebrity Traitors. James Blunt & Michael Sheen: class & leadershipThere are other things just now- see France- but the 2026 Celebrity Traitors concludes on 29th and 30th October. As in 2025 reports suggest it consistently draws the highest viewing figures of any …
Liz Rees
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Hilariously James Blunt thinks the three traitors are the most trustworthy...thank heavens these sort of people aren't defending the country....Oh!

Liz Rees
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Excellent exhibition if you're in Newcastle

Side@sidegallery.bsky.social

📷 Some great photos by local street photographer Jan Panke, inside "Under Development" at Newcastle Contemporary Art. An exhibition of 50+ years of documentary photography from Tyneside and East London, asking who shapes our changing cities. Free until 29 Nov. 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
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This photo reminds me that when I was at primary school it became a bit of a fad to have a ginormous smelly leek pinned across your chest on St David's Day, rather than the neat baby ones sold specially for wearing (cerainly no daffodils)

Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine@wdytyamagazine.bsky.social

Why are there so few Welsh surnames, what do they mean and what are the most common? We look at the unique naming traditions of #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

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Side
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📣 Event Reminder!! InSide returns in September: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities. 📅 Monday 19th October 2026, 6–8pm 📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
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Interesting, though this link didn't work for me - try eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24.... It's not something I'd ever thought about as a young archivist, though plenty of intrusive photos in eg MOH reports (via @christinajriggs.bsky.social)

Dr Beatriz Pichel@beapichel.bsky.social

The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit is out! eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24... We hope this toolkit will accompany you in your research, teaching, archival or curatorial practice as a tool to think through ethical issues like sensitivity, consent, anonymity, access, origins and care

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Side
@sidegallery.bsky.social

🏙️ The signs are up, and we open tomorrow! "Under Development" brings together photography from Tyneside and East London, with work from the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive shown together. Newcastle Contemporary Arts, 17 Oct – 29 Nov. Free entry. 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
@lizarees.bsky.social

The US has no moral authority in *any* sphere #Barbarism

The New York Times@nytimes.com

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “We don’t have the moral authority to tell other countries to ban child marriages as long as we retain this abusive practice at home — defended by impractical zealots at both ends of the American political spectrum,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.

nyti.msOpinion | How Is Child Marriage Still Legal in the U.S.?Children are still allowed to marry here in the United States because of zealots on the left and right alike.

Liz Rees reposted

Side
@sidegallery.bsky.social

📸 Explore Newcastle this half term! Join us & Newcastle Contemporary Art for a family photowalk, starting at the exhibition "Under Development" before photographing the city together. 📅 Sat 31, Oct 1–3pm No experience needed, bring a camera or camera phone. RSVP: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

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Side
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📸 InSide returns this October: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities. 📅 Monday 19th October 2026, 6–8pm 📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre 🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
@lizarees.bsky.social

So I wonder if Gateshead Council would entertain a "request" to light the bridge for Show Racism the Red Card if someone paid....

ChronicleLive - The Chronicle@chroniclelive.co.uk

Many people may not know you can actually make a request and pay a fee to light up the Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne

chroniclelive.co.ukYou can pay to light up Gateshead Millennium Bridge - how much it costsMany people may not know you can actually make a request and pay a fee to light up the Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne
Liz Rees
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It's a take (though a peculiarly US one)

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The student protests in the streets and chaos in the markets of France are rooted in the country’s struggles to fund its social welfare state. Hundreds of schools around the country have closed, dozens have been damaged, and many people have been arrested or injured.

nyti.msStrikes, Barricades and Fiscal Turmoil: An Autumn of Discontent Grips FranceChaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

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Side
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📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc...

Liz Rees
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Having done jury service for the first time last year I didn't understand this policy. While it's obviously expensive to administer, there's no shortage of jurors, whereas there are lots of empty courts, shortage of lawyers & inefficiency in bringing prisoners in

The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social

The government has scrapped plans to remove the right to a jury trial for thousands of defendants. Read more as @rachelsylvester.bsky.social reports: https://bit.ly/4rNN81u

bit.lyJudge-only trial plan dropped after backlash | The ObserverMinisters have abandoned plans to remove the right to a jury as trial backlog totals more than 80,000

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Side
@sidegallery.bsky.social

🏗️ We’re excited to announce the upcoming exhibition: Under Development Opening Oct 17 at Newcastle Contemporary Arts, it brings together the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive to ask what happens when cities change? 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

Liz Rees
@lizarees.bsky.social

Annoying when restaurants automatically add service to the bill, but adding 13.5% is unconscionable #CreepingAmericanisation (no, I didn’t pay it)

Liz Rees
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"There is a difference between something being stolen and something being brought to Europe during colonial times,” (after being stolen) - Discuss

The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social

Dealer in rare books defiant after suffragette’s grandson stops sale of looted Ethiopian Bible Alula Pankhurst’s campaign to prevent sale of emperor’s gospel, stolen by British troops in 1868, described as ‘a smear campaign’ by antiquarian bookseller, writes Lily Isaacs https://bit.ly/4dq7BU2

Liz Rees
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Visit to St George’s, Cullercoats for Heritage Open Day. Some imposing Victorian stained glass (by Kempe) but I was taken with these seaside themed windows

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Kieran - North East Heritage Library
@neheritagelib.bsky.social

The High Level Bridge - I'd argue Tyneside's first visual marker into modernity. It's a pioneer too - the first bridge in the world to feature a twin deck for 2 separate modes, designed by 2 of the most brilliant minds Britain has ever borne. Free to read on Patreon!