I thought I'd use this photo taken a couple of weeks ago as my Happy Holidays picture this year. I was going to add some festive text over the top, but realised that would spoil it. I was on my way to a meeting at Arundells in Salisbury on a frosty morning and thought this … Continue reading Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

Lots of my work I do from home, or with museums who are within a days journey. Last month though, I seemed to be out and about a lot, working with clients a bit further afield. I've been busy: Helping set up a digitisation project in Cornwall Data conversion, documentation set up and training in … Continue reading On the road

Great news last week that 75 museums across the country will be receiving a share of the Arts Council/DCMS £20M Museum Renewal Fund I wanted to give a shout out to some of the museums I have worked with who have been successful. Big or small, I know these grants will make a huge difference. … Continue reading Funding success

Congratulations to the team at Arundells in Salisbury, who in the past few months have received three great votes of confidence in their work: VisitEngland has rated Arundells as a Quality Assured Visitor Attraction, remarking that a visit was 'unexpectedly captivating' and 'refreshingly personal and authentic.' Arts Council England have awarded Accredited Museum status, recognising … Continue reading Arundells awards

It seems unbelievable but May 2025 marks 10 years that I have been in business. That has prompted me to have a look back and pull together some stats on what has happened over that period: Worked with 90 organisations Tidied, converted and otherwise wrangled tens of 1000s of museum records Helped raise £18M in … Continue reading Celebrating 10 years

Head over to https://www.modes.org.uk/job-listings/technical-services-assistant/ for details of a job we are currently recruiting for at the Modes Users Association. As some of you will know I volunteer as a non-executive director for the Modes Users Association, the body that develops, licences and supports the Modes collections management software used by over 600 organisations in the … Continue reading Job opportunity – Modes

It's a busy summer in Malmesbury as the town commemorates the 1100th anniversary of Athelstan becoming king in 924. Athelstan was the first King of England and was buried in Malmesbury Abbey. There are a huge range of events and activities taking place - all the details are at https://athelstan1100.co.uk/ As you would expect given … Continue reading Athelstan 1100

It only feels like 5 minutes ago that I was getting excited about Christmas events at museums, and now here I am trailing Spring re-openings. Many of the museums I work with operate on seasonal hours - the winter being a great time to catch up on essential behind the scenes work. Spring and Easter … Continue reading Spring awakenings

Somehow Christmas is less than 3 weeks away! How did that happen? It's a time of year when museums pull out all the stops to put on special events to brighten the season and welcome visitors. I thought I'd do a quick roundup of what is on offer at some of the museums I've been … Continue reading Festive fun

Well. Sort of..... It's been a fantastic week for The Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, gaining enormous worldwide publicity for the photo in their collections that has recently been identified as the original of the iconic image used on the Led Zeppelin IV album from 1971. The previously unknown figure is likely to be Lot Long, … Continue reading Led Zeppelin in Wiltshire