Blake Singley

Absolutely thrilled and delighted to be starting in a new role as Director of Rights Management at the National Library of Australia. It will be a privilege to work at one of the nation’s leading cultural institutions.

Great work from the Photographs, Film and Sound curatorial team @AWMemorial !

@shannynbpalmer @MUPublishing Congratulations, look forward to reading it !

Vale Tim Page one of the great photographers of conflict and war. Page's work at the @AWMemorial spans conflicts across decades, from the Vietnam War to Australian peacekeeping operations in Cambodia, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

Tim Page: the Vietnam war photographer’s career in pictures theguardian.com/media/gallery/…

@DavidSavage63 Sad news on the passing of an icon Vale Tim Page

Very saddened to hear of the passing of legendary War Correspondent Photo journalist & writer #TimPage (1944-2022) a very decent man, wounded 4 times in Vietnam, he wrote 10 books & 1 of the 100 most influential photographers ever awm.gov.au/about/our-work… awm.gov.au/about/our-work…

@RhysCrawley I hope you are keeping that in appropriate archival conditions...

I was going through some boxes of stuff from my childhood - things my mum kept - and found this manuscript, which I rescued from the bin in primary school (borrowing card suggests no one read it). My love of history started with its 97 pages, each banged out on a typewriter.

@eleaud They are highly trained...

@history2wheeler @KirstenKrauth Remember seeing them on New Year's Eve 1987 in an outer suburban beer barn in Brisbane. They rocked the roof off the place...Bitter sweet memory as my mother passed away the next day.

Guess where I'm going tonight with music writer and broadcaster extraordinaire, @KirstenKrauth?

@jordana_s_ Ouch...but I see this tweet made the Guardian article on airport delays :)

reporting in from my experience of the sydney airport security queue- this is where I started earlier this morning, took me an hour and a half to get through (after my boarding time was called to the front)

@history2wheeler @Sydney_Uni Maybe they are referring to this...

One of the legacies of my time in academia is the perennial arrival of predatory/perfunctory 'invitations' to my old @Sydney_Uni email. This one really jumps the shark (or camel):

Ladies, We Need to Talk breaks the stigma around everything women are thinking but not saying - from the wonders of your vulva to periods and monogamy, it’s all covered in this informative listen, from @ClaudineLRyan and @yumichild audible.com.au/pd/Ladies-We-N… 💃🏼

@MikeJonesPhD John Coltrane, A Love Supreme The Saints, I'm Stranded

Friday question: what is your favourite album opening? Not opening track, but an amazing intro? Here are two of mine. Patti Smith, Horses—quiet piano, then that voice, those words. My Blood Valentine, Loveless—four tight drumbeats then a wall of beautiful squalling noise.

@JessUrwin95 @historyANU Great work Jess!

It has been an interesting time to complete a PhD, but the end is in sight! Today is my PhD pre-submission seminar at @historyANU, 4:15-5:30pm AEST. Message me for the Zoom link! Thank you to all those unable to make it but who have provided friendship and support along the way!

Great opportunity to come and work as an Assistant Curator with the Photographs, Film and Sound team @AWMemorial awm.gov.au/get-involved/w…

Come along. So excited to do this event with these two women!

The fabulous Ed Kuepper and Jim White playing The Saints' Messin' with the Kid (my favourite) in tribute to the late Chris Bailey.

Come and work with the fabulous Photographs, Film & Sound team @AWMemorial awm.gov.au/get-involved/w…

@DavidSavage63 @Hyatt Happy Birthday! You know what they say about the perfect dry Martini...you get a glass of gin and whisper vermouth over it 🙂. I hope you have a great day with all your loved ones.

It’s my birthday and I’ll #DirtyMartini if I want to. A great day started with 16 minutes of walking in my new exoskeleton followed by a lovely lunch at the @Hyatt