C19 tactile alphabet enthusiast, book/disability history, and otherwise doing folky things. PhD candidate in History @sheffielduni and WRoCAH
The wonderful Braillists Foundation let me chat to them about my research for a whole 45mins, and you can eavesdrop on it here #DisHist #Braille #BookHistory pca.st/episode/8f51...
A History of Tactile Literacy: In Conversation with Tilly GuthrieVictorian Britain was a heavily visual era. Sighted people gained access to the Penny Post, and the ability to communicate with friends across the nation with relative ease in an alphabet which was…pca.stThis was a real delight to be a part of. Thank you to the organisers for putting on possibly the perfect interdisciplinary conference!? I look forward to seeing what the project does next.
The Victorian HandA huge thank you to all our delegates for joining The Hand: Emotion, Embodiment, Identity! Your ideas, questions and conversations made the conference such a rewarding and inspiring event. We are grateful to everyone who contributed and helped make it a success 🤝
More Braille: More Empowerment. The official launch of the global braille literacy campaign this morning was such an exciting and hopeful event. For more info on the campaign, the ICEVI have put together this video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6u... #WorldBrailleDay #Braille
More Braille: More Empowerment - Voices Advancing Braille WorldwideYouTube video by Frances Gentlem.youtube.comThe Disability History report is out! #DisHist
Royal Historical SocietyHistory UK has today released its 'History UK Disability and History Report' (2025): bit.ly/44PH51Z The report aims to raise the profile of issues relating to disability and history in UK Higher Education. Its research and writing were co-funded by the Royal Historical Society. #Skystorians
I'll be helping out here - nice educational half term activity!
University of Sheffield PlayerSocial science helps us understand how people live, think, and connect. Join us for Understanding Society - a week of exhibitions, interactive activities, talks and workshops exploring everything from activism to creative storytelling. Programme: player.sheffield.ac.uk/series/under... @ukri.org
Thanks Oli! Once again sneaking braille into everything I do… #Braille200 #DisHist
Oliver BettsYou've heard about Rail200 this year, but what about Braille200? Our amazing WROCAH placement student @tillyguthrie.bsky.social explains the dual history of Braille and the Railways in Britain: blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/braille-200/
The organisers of the UKDHHH outdid themselves today - what a brilliant day of talks, and a masterclass in accessibility
UK Disability History and Heritage HubWe are rounding off our day with two sessions of 15-minute presentations! The first session has papers from @tillyguthrie.bsky.social and @isabellelawrence.bsky.social #DisHist
Great discussion this morning with the Disability Collections Forum on preserving embossed texts. A timely reminder of the importance of Braille heritage in the face of cuts to transcription (more on the campaign against it here: saveourbraille.wordpress.com) #DisHist #Braille200
The presentation at the Disability Collections Forum today was from Tilly… | Philip Milnes-Smith (archivist, educator, advocate)The presentation at the Disability Collections Forum today was from Tilly Guthrie, a doctoral student at Sheffield who is looking at the British history of embossed scripts for blind readers and write...www.linkedin.com📣Call for participants: History UK is continuing its focus groups on disability and history in HE in April. Any students/staff with experience in teaching disability history OR studying history with a disability, come and talk to us! #DisabilityHistory #DisHist www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...
History UK Disability and History ProjectThe History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…www.history-uk.ac.ukThis Tuesday! I will be chatting to the one and only Dave Williams about tactile literacy over at the Braillists Foundation. Sounds like your perfect Tuesday evening? Me too. #Braille200 www.braillists.org/uncategorise...
History of Tactile Literacy: in conversation with Tilly Guthrie, Tuesday 18 February at 7:30 PM – The Braillists Foundationwww.braillists.orgNext stop on the #Braille200 tour: the Mitchell Library. Glasgow pals, come and get your Braille fix with me on Tuesday next week! @rnib.bsky.social @rnibscotland.bsky.social www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/brai...
Braille 200: Braille and Beyond — Glasgow LifeFind out how braille has evolved.www.glasgowlife.org.ukThat moment when you find exactly what you were hoping for in the archive... Here's a blog post I wrote on The Most Exciting letter in Liverpool Record Office (I'm not at all biased). Thanks to Cultures of Disability for hosting this. culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.uk/blind-writin... #DisabilityHistory
Blind Writing Before Braille - Cultures of DisabilityThrough the letters of Charles Cook, Tilly Guthrie explores what early forms of braille can tell us about the experience of blindness in the Victorian era.culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.ukAlan's house is the actual real life Brailler Wonderland. Anyone looking for a mechanical apprenticeship would be lucky to work with him and carry on this (extremely!) important work. #Braille #WorldBrailleDay www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirementAlan Thorpe is Britain’s last certified fixer of the Perkins, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and writewww.theguardian.comNever mind Christmas - it's almost World Braille Day! Excited to be kicking off the new year with the Braillists Foundation down in Worcester #Braille200 www.braillists.org/uncategorise...
Join us in Worcester on World Braille Day 2025 – The Braillists Foundationwww.braillists.org