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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Send us your proposals! We love to hear about the fantastic research using all kinds of sources for Scottish History

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

There's still time to sign up for this fascinating talk tomorrow evening with Derrick Johnstone!

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Talking about some of the amazing letters from the AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 project next week for @ihrlibrary.bsky.social 17th Century Seminar. Join us! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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"Weiriet of living my lone": Scottish women letter-writers & James VI's London Court, 1603 – 25

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The lovely Dr Claire McNulty will be joining us in January not this Friday as originally scheduled folks!

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 06/11/2025

Imprisoned for nearly 20 years by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, fought her battles through words, sending and receiving coded letters. Historian Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social uncovers the human and political depths behind Mary’s captivity: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

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Mary, Queen of Scots, with Jade Scott | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Talking about my bae Annas Keith 🤩 Stepping outside my comfort zone and looking at something other than letters as a source of noblewomen's lived experience and socio-political agency in #earlymodernScotland Come hear about Annas Keith's account books, inventories and diet books Register 👇🏼

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Looking forward to chairing this amazing lecture!

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Very excited to start a new Winter Lecture Series with the fantastic @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social discussing the letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots 🪶💌👑 Registration details below!

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It's been a busy few weeks! Formally started the AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 project with the fantastic History team @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 1 October 🎉 Oh and did I mention I brought home a new quadruped child? 🦄 Everyone meet Elvis, my very own, very handsome Highland Pony 🐴😍

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Can't believe it but on Wednesday I'll be at #EdBookFest talking Mary, Queen of Scots w/ the amazing Rosemary Goring, Kate Anderson and Anna Groundwater! 👑📚 Thursday = Highlands & Clydesdales at Scone Horse Trials 🐎 Come along, the more friendly faces the better! @omarabooks.bsky.social

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Michael O'Mara Books @omarabooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The wonderful Dr Jade Scott (@huntingrebels.bsky.social), author of #CaptiveQueen, is attending Edinburgh International Book Festival on August 20th to discuss Mary Queen of Scots 📚 Grab your tickets through this link: buff.ly/dPsH3XZ #BookSky #HistoryBooks

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Does anyone happen to have access to a digital copy of the Treasurer Accounts of Scotland Volume 12 (1566-1574)? 🙏🏼🤞🏼 I can only get up to Volume 10 AND the physical copy was missing in the library 😔 Was tempted to wander the floors looking to see who had it since it's reference only but I refrained

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Very excited to share a stage with some amazing women @edbookfest.bsky.social Rosemary Goring, Kate Anderson and I will be discussing Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI under the expert care of Anna Groundwater on 20 Aug #EdinburghInternationalBookFestival

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The Scottish History Society has extended the deadline for the Alasdair Ross Prize to 1 July! Apply for up to £500 towards archival research costs! Go, go, go, we can't wait to hear about all the amazing projects going on & would love to help researchers! scottishhistorysociety.com/prizes/the-a...

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It's been a minute since I was here but I come with good news! Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 has been awarded an AHRC Catalyst Grant 🎉 From October I'll start on a database AND digital edition of these amazing letters based with History at University of Glasgow 🥂🎊

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

First time speaking at Boswell and really looking forward to it! AND can you believe we are meant to have lovely weather too? 😊

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Scottish History Society 2025 Conference, Presidential Lecture & AGM is on Saturday 29th March! We had a fantastic time last year hearing about research so join us for a great day of papers and discussion. Free to members, £5 non-members. www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

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Select tickets – Scottish History Society 2025 Conference, Presidential Lecture & AGM – Old Medical School, Teviot Place, University of Edinburgh

‘The Sources of Scottish History’ University of Edinburgh 29 March 2025 All events will take place in the University of Edinbur...

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Cannot for the life of me figure out what fabric this is supposed to be even as I play around with various interpretations of transcribing it! 😖 'fyn double...' Any suggestions?

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Had a great time chatting with Johanna about challenging traditional portrayals of queens and of course the value of letters! 🪶👑📖

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Today is US publication day for Captive Queen! 🎉 With another lovely cover too 👑 Thanks to the team at Pegasus

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Join me to hear about Mary's letters and support a lovely bookshop! 🪶

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Michael O'Mara Books @omarabooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

In #CaptiveQueen, historian and expert on Mary’s correspondence @huntingrebels.bsky.social draws on hundreds of Mary’s letters and those sent to her, to paint a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures. Out now in hardback 🎁 #HistoryBooks #WomenInHistory #BookRecs

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

'refreshing the debate on Mary Stuart; for weaving a thrilling real-life tale of spying; and for giving us all access to the woman and politician behind the myth' Huge thanks to Steven Veerapen for this review of Captive Queen in the latest Aspects of History

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year' Final poem for this year's #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Sir Walter Scott, from 'Old Christmastide']

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

'Bide the storm ye canna hinder, Mindin' through the strife, Hoo the luntin' lowe o' beauty Lichts the grey o' life.' [Helen Cruickshank, 'Sea Buckthorn'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

'if it weren't for this persistent sense of something -' [Kate Clanchy, 'Teams'] For today's #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

'A mountain shut within itself, yet a world' Delayed #ScottishPoetryAdvent for 21 December [Nan Shepherd, 'Summit of Corrie Etchachan']

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

'Till you became all spirit, released' [Jackie Kay, 'Margaret's Moon'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

‘s an t-eòlas ac’gun cuireadh cainnt bacadh air a’ chomanachadh òrbhuidh ud' 'in the certain knowledge that talk would hamper that expansive communion' [Meg Bateman, 'Toileachas/Happiness'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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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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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

'my father looking through my eyes or that part of me that feels him there' [Gerry Cambridge, 'In Gordon Street'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

'Listen. Put on morning. Waken into falling light.' [W. S. Graham, 'Listen. Put on morning'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

'Even the simplest poem May destroy your immunity to human emotions' [Elma Mitchell, 'This Poem...'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

'Amazed was the laird when the lady said 'Na'; And wi' a laigh curtsie she turned awa'. [Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, 'The Laird o' Cockpen'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

'the light comes back the light always comes back' ❤️ [Liz Lochhead, 'In the Mid-Winter'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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

'But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribands, leaving what is best' [William Drummond of Hawthornden, 'The Book of the World'] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Argyll in winter: magical ❄️💙

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

'I ask no lovelier thing Than this December silver' Perfect lines for a trip to magical winter Argyll 💙 [Dorothy Margaret Paulin, December Day]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

'dh’fheithinn-sa an siud gu sìorraidh braon air bhraon an cuan a’ sìoladh / I would wait there forever for the sea draining drop by drop' ❤️ [Somhairle MacGill-Eain/ Sorley MacLean, Tràighean/Shores] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

'giving me gifts wrapped in the ribbons of memory' #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Norman MacCaig, Assynt and Edinburgh]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

'Lo, by the hearth, the laughter of the logs - More fair than roses, lo, the flowers of fire!' #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Robert Louis Stevenson, Winter]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

'Set the ponies free!' 🐴 #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Kathleen Jamie, The Ponies]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

'to change her homesickness into green chutney' One of my favourite contemporary poets for today's #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Imtiaz Dharker, Crab Apples]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

'Nam cheann tha an tiona air meirgeadh / The tin in my head rusting' Celebrating our new makar with today's #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Pàdraig MacAoidh/ Peter Mackay, 'An tiona/The Tin] Via @byleaveswelive.bsky.social

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

'Is briste mo chridhe im chlí / My heart is broken in my breast' ❤️‍🩹 Hate to cut poems but at least have the start & end of this beauty for #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Aithbhreac Inghean Corcadail, A phaidrín do dhúisg mo dhéar/ O rosary that recalled my tear tr. Derick Thomson]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Had a lovely time chatting with Natalie about Mary's letters 🪶 Listen in on Talking Tudors! @omarabooks.bsky.social

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

'Dullit in dulnes and distres' My favourite Dunbar poem for today's #ScottishPoetryAdvent #ScotsPoems #OlderScots As any sufferer of the 'magryme' will confirm, he does a cracking job [William Dunbar, On His Heid-Ake]

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

'I give you an onion.' [Carol Ann Duffy, Valentine] #ScottishPoetryAdvent

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Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

'Command and ze sall be obeyde' ❤️‍🔥 Final stanza of Alexander Montgomerie's 'He Prayis to His Maistres for Pitie' kicking off this year's #ScottishPoetryAdvent [Scottish Text Society, via NLS digital collections]

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