Dr Liam Sims

No longer using this account. Find me on BlueSky ( or Instagram (antiquarianliam). Rare Books Specialist @theUL | Fellow @SocAntiquaries

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Returning briefly to this hellscape to note that my PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. https://t.co/1BHI6b1BBX

[The Bibliographical Society @BibSoc]

We are having technological troubles with internet at the Society of Antiquaries and tonight’s lecture will likely not be broadcast online. Our speaker will be recording his talk at a later date.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@51monheaders @demontforthall @uniofleicester Thanks 😊

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@faellie2 @greenleejw Snake, apparently...

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Returning briefly to this hellscape to note that my PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. https://t.co/1BHI6b1BBX

[Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus]

At Parliament for a dinner and… this is just embarrassing.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@RevRichardColes Hugs 🥰

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@CamLibResearch @Quaritch @theUL @JillWhitelock There’s a curious ‘Grolier’ binding in Sandars; old but messed with. But this is more likely Hagué: a Cologne 1503 work on St Ursula. Bought by the great Stephen Gaselee at Fairfax Murray’s sale in 1917 (in which cat. attributed to Hagué). Gold initials look odd too. F150.d.1.10.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Not updating this account regularly. Find me on Instagram (@antiquarianliam) or BlueSky (@liamsims.bsky.social).

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Going to post an image of lovely Monty every day this month by way of a little memorial (#dailybabe). Here he is aged 3 or 4 when we’d just met him at the Blue Cross in the summer of 2013, sitting with his toy owl Archimedes. With @aglmasters. #CatsofTwittter

[Bernard Quaritch Ltd @Quaritch]

We are excited to show off 24 beautiful books from our forthcoming catalogue of bindings in the form of an Advent calendar! Our book for Day 1 is the smallest of the bunch, a magnificent binding of silver filigree over blue silk on a miniature London Almanack.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@samueljenkinson 🥹🥹

[Dr Marie Tidball MP @MarieTidball]

Yesterday was hard. Thank you to so many constituents for your thoughtful comments on my speech on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

For those of you who want to watch it, you can see a shorter version below 👇 or in full here:
https://t.co/2Z3nCXKzkl

[royalwindsor @QueenLilibet_]

Queen Elizabeth II beneath an umbrella on arrival at Cornwall Terrace, Regent’s Park, London in 1963.

#QueenElizabethII

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@RezekJoe Totally agree

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@AyAyRon86 🤤

[Laura Alderman @LauraAlderman_]

The funeral cortège for comedian Janey Godley arrives on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Réaliser ensemble l’impossible.
C’est la France.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@Footprintsofag1 Yes it feels like something of the story is lost when everything is scraped.

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

Thrilled beyond words that Notre Dame is safe once more, but is it just me or is it *too* bright? I say this as a gay who never has the big light on. But I do think something of the medieval mystery & age of the place is lost with such a lighting scheme.

[Peter Ricketts @LordRickettsP]

I remember Notre Dame de Paris as very impressive but gloomy. Now look at it. Wow!

[Dr Liam Sims @liamsims]

@RobinWardSSH Eek yes. Makes it look like 19thC neo-gothic