rachel smith

archivist

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Honoured to display & provide a home to the new 2021 AIDS Memorial Quilt @BishopsgateInst (Jo Riddle, Katharine Low & members of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Partnership), viewable in the #archives, Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm, Weds, 10am-8pm #AIDSQuiltUK @TheFoodChain

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Some wonderful additions to the #archives @BishopsgateInst today, including Jamie Reid's Sex Pistols mural poster (one half) from 1983 and this Rolling Stones corker from 1967..

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Today @BishopsgateInst we were donated negatives found bricked up in the wall in the house of one of the men convicted under Operation Spanner. Innocent fun photos but show how persecuted this person must have felt. Thanks to the wonderful person who found us.... #LGBTQ+

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Full swing with staff & punters at the Gemini Nightclub in Huddersfield, 1978. The club was closed down by police in 1981 describing it as a 'cesspit of filth'. Pride relocated to Huddersfield that year in solidarity. Photos by Robert Workman from his #archives @BishopsgateInst

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

The incredible Special Collections & Archives team @BishopsgateInst. A better team, I have never met….

[Stef Dickers @stefdickers]

Glamorous attendees at the opening night of Heaven Nightclub, 14 December 1979. Captured beautifully by Robert Workman from his #archives @BishopsgateInst. Spot any familiar faces?

[Need To Know @needtoknow_uk]

NHS Doctor takes down Richard Madeley on #JuniorDoctorsStrike

[LGBwiththeT @LGBwiththeT]

Trans women ARE women.

No debate.

[Joss Prior 🌈Pleasant to a fault🌈 @joss_prior]

Language, is a gift.

[Radical Graffiti @GraffitiRadical]

"A transgender person peed in this bathroom and nothing bad happened, we are not monsters we are Human Beings. Transphobia kills, RIP Brianna Ghey"

Seen in a public bathroom in Edinburgh, Scotland

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

139 teachers sadly lost their lives during the pandemic.

Teaching unions fought to keep teachers and pupils safe.

And now we see what this government thought of those efforts.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

On #PresidentsDay, it is important to recall that at least twelve U.S. presidents enslaved Black people, eight while in office. Two-thirds of the first 18 presidents collectively enslaved nearly 2,000 Black people. We know what largely built this nation, and it wasn’t freedom.

[Paul Stamets @PaulStamets]

What an incredible video that was captured of mushrooms releasing spores into the wind! Nature is spectacular. 

Video credit: Villareal C. Jojo

[Fox Fisher @theFoxFisher]

Say her name: Brianna Ghey

Say her pronouns: She / Her

Rest in Power 🏳️‍⚧️🌟

[Mermaids @Mermaids_Gender]

A message for all trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people this Valentine's Day: You are so loved. Pass it on 💕

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

🚨NEW: MPs to receive £2440 pay rise from April. Will see them earning £86,584. No money for nurses, teachers and other public sector workers though!