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Rose Wild

@TimesArchive

I'm the Archive Editor of The Times, digging up bits of weird history from 1785 to the present day

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thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/
Joined January 2009
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Rob Yorke@blackgull14 Apr 2024
25 years ago I had my first letter published in The Times, last month was my 135th pithy environmental: some refreshed thoughts on a letter to the Editor robyorke.co.uk/2020/07/dear-…
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Replying to @KennyFarq @TimesArchive
Oh for God’s sake. And yes, !!!
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Exclamation marks are a feminist issue, apparently. From a piece in the Times by feedback editor Rose Wild aka @timesarchive
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It’s for occasional bits like — from today’s column by Rose Wild ⁦@TimesArchive⁩ — that I continue to buy the Times.
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Evocative description of when Edgware was home to a slice of Floridian Americana, when the Green Man was the "Everglades Exchange" It later became the Wacky Warehouse and is now a Harvester From The @TimesArchive 5th May 1984
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Edgware development 60 years ago. Equitable House later became Premier House and has recently been converted to housing rather than offices. From The Times archive 1961 and 1962
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Also, as a former bra-strap and general fashion correspondent, I *love* this by ⁦@TimesArchive⁩ In support of our brave bra-strap correspondent thetimes.co.uk/article/03763…
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The key to the success of the Irish community Archive Network (iCAN) has been its very active member communities - learn how iCAN has supported them to get their local heritage projects online & get inspiration for your community #CommunityArchives youtu.be/x3OKBJ3bRxE
Our Shared Heritage - Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN)

Our Shared Heritage - Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN)

The Irish Community Archive Network, or iCAN, is the leading organi...

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Philosophy colleague, @davidpapineau rounds off our @IP_SAS Conference on Chat GPT and other creative rivals wondering how we should do deal with AI systems when they become the locus of moral concern – at Islington, London
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Great to see Maude Davies, manager of the picture library, being recognised via today's @TimesArchive article. Her indexing system is still being used today - lovely to see wooden rows of the card catalog! thetimes.co.uk/article/take-…
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Just had a look at the Wikipedia page of BBC Chairman Richard Sharp: “He was an advisor to Boris Johnson during his tenure as London Mayor, & to Rishi Sunak as Chancellor. He has donated more than £400,000 to the Conservative Party.” So much for not taking sides. #GaryLineker
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"We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone, or that he can't have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on political issues or political controversies"
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Replying to @TimesArchive @thetimes @Aiannucci
A John Samuel Bockner is buried in Rainham Federation Cemetery in 1972, aged 62. Slight discrepancy on the age, but hopefully it’s the same person, he wasn’t deported and went on to live a full life…
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Andymack@Andymack8 Mar 2023
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And the situations required column in The Times from around the same time.
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Something of a red-letter day fir me in today's Times: as well as my letter published this morning, I'm also thanked in the Feedback column by @TimesArchive [Sits back in his armchair and triumphantly unwraps a second Werther's Original. 🧐] – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Excellent @secondmentions by @TimesArchive in the Feedback column of today's Times. "the mirrored top hat-wearing hero Noddy Holder of Slade" = "the Walsall warbler" – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Not just a defining figure in American music, not just a woman with a remarkable story & remarkable character, but an artist who was still making wonderful records well into her 70s. Check out, for example, “Van Lear Rose” from 2004 (produced by Jack White), her 42nd album. RIP.
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Country icon Loretta Lynn — who brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting — has died at age 90. n.pr/3Eh3aua
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📸 A deep dive into the Times archives... Times photographers Marc Aspland and Bradley Ormesher compare their images to ones picked out from the archive by special guest Michael-John Jennings Read here: thetimes.co.uk/article/unsee…
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BREAKING NEWS (from 1885): At least one Prime Minister has previously accepted office from the Sovereign during an audience at Balmoral. Phew. Now I can get on with my afternoon.
Dr Nigel Fletcher (@nigelfletcher) profile pictureDr Nigel Fletcher@nigelfletcher26 Aug 2022
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It seems that Lord Salisbury did indeed "Accept office" as Prime Minister during an Audience of The Queen at Balmoral on Saturday 13th June 1885, as reported by The Times on 15th June and confirmed in the Court Circular.
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We @thetimes have launched a new digital format for @TimesArchive's daily feature digging up a story from The Times on this day 100 years ago, now with original photography from @NewsUKArchives. Here's August 24, 1922: thetimes.co.uk/article/irish…
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LordRic52@LordRic5223 Mar 2022
Replying to @TimesArchive @patrick_kidd @thetimes
A day to celebrate for all those of us who love Walking Sticks ... @timesobits : John Dickie was "a keen rhabdopholist, he collected 108 walking sticks in his travels"
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