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The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The first of our Arran editions is out today! Huge thanks to Alex Aird for a fantastic article. Feedback from our subscribers has been very positive. Subscribe today so you don’t miss out. us4.list-manage.com/contact-form... #theblether #thebletherpgr #scottishliterature

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Kate Kane @katekane1542.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

To celebrate Burns Night on Sunday, I wrote an article for @theconversation.com about the role that Robert Burns played in the afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots. Have a read below!

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Robert Burns and Mary, Queen of Scots: how the poet shaped the enduring cultural legacy of the executed monarch

The queen was the source of much debate among 18th-century thinkers.

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The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The last of our Burns Bletherings has now dropped into the mailbox of subscribers. Hannah is reviewing Pauline Mackay’s Burns for Every Day of the Year. #theblether #thebletherpgr #robertburns @hannahgrim02.bsky.social

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Well done to @ginorgym.bsky.social for coming ‘out of the shadows’ with her opinion on Burns. 👏🏼

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Had great fun reading and editing the Blether this month! A great spectrum of insights and opinions on the Scottish Bard which I’m sure will be thought-provoking to all of our readers 🧐💭

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Kate Kane @katekane1542.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Mary, Queen of Scots is remembered as a ‘Jeezabel’ in George Blake’s ‘Scottish Treasure Trove’ (1928). The collection contains ‘the most interesting historical extracts and literary quotations about Scotland’. Quotation from John Gibson Lockhart’s 1823 satirical bildungsroman ‘Reginald Dalton’.

John Gibson Lockhart is most famous for having been the son-in-law of Walter Scott, who also had a longstanding interest in Mary.

‘Scottish Treasure Trove’ was popular enough to be reprinted in 1979 after its initial publication in 1928.

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We're delighted to have such a strong PGR and ECR contingent at our 2026 conference. Join us on 17th January for a ‘New Directions in Burns Studies’ roundtable, ft. @hannahgrim02.bsky.social, Struan McCorriscken, and John Watson. We look forward to welcoming you! #BurnsSupper225

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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference

A conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns, this year celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Burns Supper

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Rounding off 2025, we are pleased to announce CRBS Research Associate @drcleoocy.bsky.social as our next conference speaker, presenting on 'The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention'. Join us @uofgarc.bsky.social on 17th January 2026! #BurnsSupper225

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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference

A conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns, this year celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Burns Supper

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Music and song are central to CRBS conferences, and it gives us huge pleasure to announce Ellie Beaton, 2025 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician, as the musical act for our #BurnsSupper225 conference. Learn more: www.elliebeaton.co.uk/& book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for... 🎶

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Ellie Beaton | Award-Winning Aberdeenshire Folk Singer from Rothienorman

Discover Award-Winning Scottish Singer, Ellie Beaton. BBC Radio Scotland Traditional Musician of the Year 2025. Rothienorman born, Glasgow based singer.

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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Breaking news from @glasgowburns.bsky.social and the perfect way to round off this year! Thrilled to be working on this new project celebrating The Burns Supper x Living Heritage - check out our global survey here: forms.office.com/e/ksbivWh7zs We cannot wait to hear from you! #BurnsSupper225 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 18/12/2025

How do you celebrate Burns Night? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UofG's @glasgowburns.bsky.social has launched The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention. Help us build a crowdsourced archive of Burns Suppers worldwide for the 225th anniversary next July. Learn more: gla.ac/44Veysf

Professor Pauline Mackay, Director of the Centre for Robert Burns Studies and Research Associate Dr Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman photographed at the University of Glasgow. Prof MacKay is holding a book of Burns poetry and Dr Yeoman is holding a plate with haggis.

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We are delighted that GlobalScot Ian Houston will deliver the Craig Sharp Memorial Lecture at our conference @uofgarc.bsky.social on 17/01/26, celebrating 225 Years of Burns Suppers! Ian’s talk will focus on ‘The Burns Supper in America’ - book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I’m excited to be working alongside the @natlibscot.bsky.social to deliver their upcoming event in celebration of Burns Night. Come along for some fascinating insight into the Bard’s unique relationship with the natural world! @paulinemackay.bsky.social @dr-ron.bsky.social #scottishliterature

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Join us in Glasgow on Saturday 17th January 2026 for the next Centre for Robert Burns Studies conference, to be held @uofgarc.bsky.social in collaboration with @n-t-s.bsky.social, centring around the Burns Supper. Tickets and full programme here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for... All welcome!

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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference

A conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns, this year celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Burns Supper

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Research day @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social with the best view on campus 🙌🏻

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The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Introducing ‘The Blether’ 💬 The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow.bsky.social designed to highlight the work and research being carried out in Scottish Literature. Follow us to get involved!📚✍🏼💬 #scottishliterature #theblether #thebletherpgr

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Exploring Scotland (and a lot of bookshops!) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚🦌

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Geraldine (ginorgym) @ginorgym.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Thoroughly enjoyed this @ntsonline Challenging, entertaining and a whole new view on McPherson’s Ossian! @hannahgrim02.bsky.social

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Would you like to find out more about innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to Burns studies? Get your ticket for tomorrow to find out more 👩‍💻

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

‘Ae Fond Kiss’ is one of Burns’ most famous love songs, arising from his relationship with Agnes McLehose. The pair exchanged passionate letters as ‘Clarinda’ and ‘Sylvander’. The emotive song is a powerful farewell to McLehose who was moving to the West Indies. #ValentinesDay 💌❤️‍🔥🎶

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A rare Saturday morning off 🥐☕️

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨PhD Opportunity 🚨 Our award winning research centre is thrilled to share the news of this exciting funded research project which will focus on Burns and the Environment 🐭🐾🌳 Find out more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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University of Glasgow research to explore Robert Burns’s environmental legacy

The Centre for Robert Burns Studies (CRBS) will study the bard’s environmental consciousness through an innovative PhD research scholarship.

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Geraldine (ginorgym) @ginorgym.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

A day full Burns @glasgowburns.bsky.social Conference then @uofglasgow.bsky.social Alumni Burns Supper. Last week was my 1st time back to being me the PGR rather than me the carer. Altho that role still has to be done, being able to spend some time in my PGR world is so good for my soul.

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

A wonderful morning at the #CRBSconference ! We heard about the great environmental work carried out by the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum 🌳🐭 Some new, exciting digital resources were also launched 💻 #robertburns #scottishliterature

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Excited for this one 🐭✍🏼

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/01/2025

Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference 18 Jan @uofglasgow.bsky.social in-person: £25 The 2025 @glasgowburns.bsky.social conference spans Burns & the environment; manuscript forgery; & Burns’s connections with the transatlantic slave trade & abolition www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference

An academic conference exploring the life, work, and legacy of Robert Burns

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy Hogmanay from the team at the Centre for Robert Burns Studies! 🎆 Wherever you are we are sure you will be singing Auld Lang Syne along with us tonight. Visit our blog to read about the origins of the iconic Scottish anthem: www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive... #hogmanay #auldlangsyne

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The first appearance of Auld Lang Syne is studied by UofG academics

In 4th volume of The Oxford Edition of the Works of Robert Burns, due to be published in February, Professor Kirsteen McCue has looked at Burns’ songs for George Thomson including Auld Lang Syne

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Academic reading has been put to the side for a few weeks so I can finally get to the massive pile of ‘reading for fun’ books which has been slowly growing 🎄☕️📚

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Pauline Mackay @paulinemackay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The Museums in the Metaverse team are delighted to launch this Kelvin 200 VR experience! Working with The Hunterian, Edify & Lateral North. Come and try it in the University of Glasgow’s ARC-XR, Wed 18th, 10am-4pm; Thurs 19th, 10am-1pm! 👀

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

'My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here' Obligatory Burns poem for #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Robert Burns, 'My Heart's in the Highlands']

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 12/12/2024

Announcing the 2025 @glasgowburns.bsky.social Conference held at our Advanced Research Centre. Join us on 18 Jan for fresh perspectives on Scotland's National Bard. See the programme & book your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for-robert-burns-studies-conference-tickets-1029780480137

A portrait of Robert Burns and text reading: Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/12/2024

Glasgow: City of Poets 22 January, National Library of Scotland at Kelvinhall – free A celebration of Glasgow’s poets & the city’s place in the history of Scottish poetry, from the legacy of Robert Burns to poetry in the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-ci...

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Glasgow: City of Poets

A celebration of the past, present and future of poetry in the city

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The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The programme for our upcoming conference is now available! Join us on the 18th of January for a fascinating survey of the life, works and legacy of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns. The programme and tickets can be found here 👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We are now on Bluesky! Please give us a follow 🤗📚

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A day in the capital to celebrate 7 years of us ❤️🎄

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Geraldine (ginorgym) @ginorgym.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A wee refreshment to celebrate a busy week, that included receiving the Scottish Literature Douglas Gifford prize for Good Citizenship (2022-2023) & seeing my fellow MPhil’ers @hannahgrim02.bsky.social & Kate also receive awards for their hard work. Thank you @paulinemackay.bsky.social & team

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The poor postman is never away from our door! Today’s bookshelf top up ✉️📚💭

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Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If you are an academic writing on any aspect or period of Scottish Literature, please consider submitting an article to the peer-reviewed journal SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW. Published twice a year by @scotlit.bsky.social, the journal is edited by me and the very excellent @rhonabrown.bsky.social

The cover of Scottish Literary Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Scottish Literature.

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Burns, Bawdry and endless amounts of coffee are on today’s agenda ☕️📚 #robertburns #scottishliterature

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Paul Malgrati @paulmalgrati.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Here’s a provisional clanjamfry of scholars, novelists, bodies and poets involved in Scottish literature and present on Bluesky. Feel free to comment if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/3EEXPcA

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Hannah Grimshaw @hannahgrim02.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

my favourite place to breathe 🧘‍♀️

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