Dr Caroline Archer-Parré💙

We need your help to #SaveDenby! We are sad to share that we may be forced to close and a British institution could be lost. We need your help: 1. Share this post 2. Sign the government petition 3. Buy Denby 4. Visit us at the Pottery Village Read more: denbypottery.com/pages/save-den…

Full programme announced and booking open for the CPHC/Print Networks summer conference, which this year is in Cornwall. Books and beaches; printing and paddling: you know it makes sense! cphc.org.uk/events/2026/6/…

My account is under heavy spam from cat haters ;( If you see this post, PLEASE comment, like, and repost, even if it's just a 🐱🐾 or a dot. Doing all of that would be great. Even if you can't do all of that, at least leave a comment. 😮‍💨

Take some time out of your day to browse this incredible Baskerville Punches resource on Cambridge Digital Library. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/ba…

Thanks to the work of the amazing Small Performance team, we are delighted to announce that Baskerville’s typographic legacy lives on as his punches go online for first time. Read the press release. lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/basker…

#CityOf1000Trades Bisset’s 1800 Poetic Survey Round Birmingham is one of the earliest examples of a Birmingham trade directory. Find out more about directories here: theironroom.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/tra… @LibraryofBham

Yesterday, some of the Small Performances team had a trip to Oxford University Press museum to have a look at Baskerville's Greek punches and matrices. Thanks to OUP for allowing us to rummage through your precious Victorian type cabinet.

We’ve been busy planning a big year as we celebrate our 30th anniversary 🎉 Our new Family-Friendly Weekend Tours are already proving popular. Book early to avoid missing out! nationalprintmuseum.ie/whats-on/famil… #VisitDublin #ThingsToDoWithKids

I just wanna reiterate while I'm doing it/thinking about it ... if you're providing winter shelters for feral/outside cats, ONLY USE STRAW! Blankets, pillows, hay, anything else CAN FREEZE THEM. Straw is for strays! RT for awareness. 💕🐾 #CatsOfTwitter

Read how our team has been 'relighting' the surface of the Baskerville punches from different angles, revealing details like scratches, rust, and engraving marks that are invisible under normal lighting. baskervillepunches.org/how-rti-reveal…

In February, Senate House Library will launch an exhibition The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond. They are also looking to appoint a Printer in Residence to produce a contemporary response to the exhibition. Sounds fun. cphc.org.uk/updates/2026/1…

In 2024 a team of researchers from the @theul@theUL @theul and @BCU launched a project investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville. In March the team is taking an interlude from their work to present their research and findings. Come join us. cphc.org.uk/events/2026/3/…

FOUND: This cat has been handed into us from the Beverley Road area of Leamington Spa, where they have been straying. Although chipped the phone number does not work and the chip is to an address in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire. PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE to get this cat home.

The National Archives (UK) is holding a series of interesting workshops focusing on art, design, photography and other visual collections. More details here: cphc.org.uk/updates/2026/1…

Fancy two weeks in Venice? There are 2 places left on TipoItalia'26. Be guided on a typographic odyssey of hand-painted Venetian street signs, inscriptions from the Renaissance and Tipoteca’s collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco wood and metal typefaces. cphc.org.uk/updates/2026/1…

Don't forget the deadline is looming for submitting proposals for the PrintNetworks/CPHC annual conference which this year is in Cornwall. The theme is Print, Printing and Industrial Heritage (surfboards welcome!) cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/1…

The Small Performances project has inspired artistic responses from theatre performances to photography to jewellery. We never expected our work to be captured verse. Here's an ode to the Baskerville punches by the poet Kathleen Bell who was intrigued by the project.

Printweek - Best of British: A historic type firm that’s still at the cutting edge printweek.com/content/featur…

Inspired by the industrial heritage of Cornwall, the theme of the 2026 CPHC/Print Networks Conference is Print, Printing and Industrial Heritage. It will be held at Kresen Kernow, Cornwall 10-11 June 2026. Deadline for abstracts is 31 January. More here: cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/1…