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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From the deerstalker to the séance. Arthur Conan Doyle’s last novel was intended to convert readers to spiritualism and help avert the apocalypse, but has bewildered publishers and readers ever since. I spoke to Prof Christine Ferguson to find out more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2656...

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From séances to print: The strange journey of a lost Conan Doyle chapter

YOU’VE surely heard of Sherlock Holmes, but what of The Land Of Mist? Over a century after his creation, Arthur Conan Doyle’s deerstalker-clad…

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Somehow we sold out the entire run of Prophets. Unbelievable. Totally blown away by the response.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This was an all timer interview. Absolute pleasure speaking to The Skinny about Prophets... we open tonight!!!

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Prophets opens tomorrow 👁🌊🔪🪸 So grateful for this team. I have loved working alongside them. PROPHETS @assemblyroxy @assemblyfest 17:45 August 5 - 31st

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just some grass

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We have sold 75% of the tickets for our run of PROPHETS at the Edinburgh Fringe. I'm so blown away by the support we've had. We open this week. I'm so nervous about it. Really struggle with this part, the first few shows, but I'm so grateful for everyone who made it possible. Can't thank folk enough

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So blown away to say this but we have now sold more than 50% of the whole run for PROPHETS! We've got plenty sold out shows and still a week before we open. Get your tickets below!

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Okay, so with seemingly no prospect of a job anytime soon whatever I do or say, I am once again asking: For freelance RA work suitable for a contemporary historian, for research and writing, for journalism… which I already do on a regular basis as a newspaper columnist…

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"Oh but you used to be able just inherit a seat from your dad and we got rid of that so its fair now, and modern" what are you talking about it, look at it. Look

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Grateful to @scotnational.bsky.social for this personal profile where I somehow get to mention Bioshock, Frightened Rabbit, and my doomed pipe dream of an independent Highlands & Islands. www.thenational.scot/news/2625365...

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Writer Jack MacGregor on the 10 things that changed his life

Writer Jack MacGregor speaks to Nan Spowart about the 10 things that changed his life ...

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Binge Fringe Magazine @bingefringemag.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"What happens when you put that kind of power, that kind of certainty, on a tiny island of 48 people?" Check out our interview with Jack MacGregor & Fraser Scott ahead of 'Prophets' at #EdFringe ➡️ www.bingefringe.com/2026/06/22/i...

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Really loved the chance to talk with @bingefringemag.bsky.social about Prophets. A killer headline too. Very on-brand. I actually love writing plays so much lmao www.bingefringe.com/2026/06/22/i...

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INTERVIEW: A Digital Pint with… Jack MacGregor and Fraser Scott, on Models of Belief, Colonial Rule, Blacksite Prisons and Folk Horror – Binge Fringe Magazine

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Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

TravFest26 is growing! We're delighted to expand our August activities with an award-winning new play, along with a series of artist events that deepen our celebration of new writing. Find out more about these additions to the programme by heading to the Traverse website!

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Join us on Monday 24 Aug, 16:00-17:30 for a reading of FOIL, the new play by this year’s IASH-Traverse Creative Fellow Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social 🤺 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... We’ll advertise for the 2027 Fellowship later this summer!

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 09/06/2026

Total Scottish culture spending fell by 33% between 2013 and 2025, from 1.12% of all local and national expenditure to 0.75%, according to campaign group Culture Counts’ new long view dataset on the country’s public investment in the arts.

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Exclusive: Extent of cuts to Scottish arts spending laid bare by new tracker - Arts Professional

Total Scottish culture spending fell by 33% between 2013 and 2025, from 1.12% of all local and national expenditure to 0.75%, according to campaign group

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Totally thrilled to see PROPHETS as one of The Herald's picks of the Fringe, brilliant company to be in on this fantastic list of new shows coming this August. Thanks @brianjaffa.bsky.social for the support!!! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2615160...

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12 of the most intriguing Scottish shows to seek out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Audiences will have more than 3600 shows to choose from when the world's biggest arts festival returns in August.

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Join Dr Helen Shutt and playwright Jack MacGregor (@jmacr.bsky.social) to celebrate the release of "Playwriting and the Craft of Audience Participation" (@universitypress.cambridge.org) on Thurs 18 June at 5pm. 📖🎭 helenshuttbooklaunch.eventbrite.co.uk

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Book Launch: "Playwriting and the Craft of Audience Participation"

Join us for this book launch featuring author Dr Helen Shutt in conversation with playwright Jack MacGregor.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Poster reveal for my new play PROPHETS, winner of the 2026 ART Award ASSEMBLY ROXY, 5-31 AUG (17:45) When a researcher travels to an isolated British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific, she finds the island and its inhabitants under the control of a secretive cult.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

a lovely weekend in the far north, a roadtrip across deep scotland and up to Dunnet to catch the book launch (and 70th birthday) of George Gunn, poet, playwright, Caithness Ossian, hosted by Lyth Arts centre. Accompanied by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social colleagues Anna and Elsie. Many laughs were had.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The changing of the seasons is marked by ancient rituals: I’m searching for freelance/consultancy/ research work. I’m a social historian by profession, a very experienced researcher and oral history interviewer. I’m also a published writer and a public history journalist. Surely, I am employable…

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Scottish Society of Playwrights @scotsocplaywrights.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

At the start of April, we announced new Standard Play Contract Rates for playwrights in Scotland, negotiated with our friends at the Federation of Scottish Theatre. These went into effect immediately, and more info can be found through the link in our bio. #playwright #scottishplaywrights #fst #ssp

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A glimpse of my new play 'FIREWORK' was performed the other week in Glasgow, which for a play about an arsonist felt pretty appropriate. My fantastic actor Briony Martha was burning down the house and the extract was a big hit with the audience. Photos taken by Jack Young / Type 40 Photography 📷👁️🔥

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"I think it doesn’t matter what people say after a thing has happened. It’s the nature of transformation - one state to another. Irreversible." Will be presenting an extract of my new Glasgow-set solo play "Firework" on April 8th. Link to tickets below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ill-scratc...

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I'll Scratch Yours 4

I’ll Scratch Yours is back for a fourth helping of new writing, made fresh in Glasgow’s theatre oven!

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Thrilled to announce that my new play Prophets will be at Assembly Roxy this year and has been given the 2026 ART Award, platforming Scottish new writing at the Edinburgh Fringe. Tickets on-sale soon. Would love to see you in August 👁

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Some recent photos showing off the weight loss. 42 lbs / 19kg down in 4 and a half months. Got a wee bit more to go but it's been really nice to feel better in my own body for a change.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Huge honour to be on a panel talking about theatre in Scotland and Japan, specifically site specific work, thanks to @scottishopera.bsky.social UoE and the Japanese Consulate. Brilliant keynote lecture from scenographer Junpei Kiz about his production of The Mahabharata at Avignon Festival 2014

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I should also say that we are partnered with @creativescots.bsky.social Crowdmatch! Meaning that every donation will be matched by them! For example - if you give us £20 it will become £40 so even small amounts will add up. Thanks a million to everyone who has shared and donated so far!

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Louis Barabbas @louisbarabbas.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Jack is the real deal, a great writer and lovely person. Do consider supporting if you can.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Jack is a writer of real political scope and ambition, who sees the human within big geopolitical narratives - a global outlook that is a shot in the arm to the at times parochial tendencies of our theatre, a vital part of the future (and present moment!) of Scottish new writing. Please support!

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thrilled to announce my next play PROPHETS which we plan to debut at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026. Sadly it's really expensive to do the Fringe and we are a group of independent artists so we're launching a Crowdfunder to help get us there. Please share widely if you can support please do.

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Prophets @ Edinburgh Fringe 2026

To help bring PROPHETS to the Edinburgh Fringe 2026 - a brand new drama by Fringe First winning playwright Jack MacGregor

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

a huge week for Foil development

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

good evening beautiful people

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

paid my taxes. all my money gone.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

For no particular reason I'd like to share this video about access to trans healthcare in the UK, specifically England but the same principles apply to Scotland. Many barriers, years of waitlists, dehumanising treatment, bankrupting private costs to get around it. youtu.be/v1eWIshUzr8?...

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I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British Healthcare System

YouTube video by Philosophy Tube

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

i remember coming home from primary school (in scotland) and going on the xbox to play halo and my (again, scottish) dad coming through and telling us to turn it off and watch the inauguration "it's history, just watch it" and sure enough I remember it really well. when the future seemed possible

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

wearing a new fit for today while i file my taxes

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A beautiful day at @pitlochryft.bsky.social for OUT IN THE HILLS. Brings me so much joy to see a Queer theatre festival happening in Scotland. Long may it continue.

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I also enjoy the opportunity to praise some of my fav plays... the deep scotland literary conference will be forthcoming im sure

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A longer time has now passed between the premiere of Sarah Kane's Blasted and now than between Blasted and the premiere of The Homecoming by Harold Pinter

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Was interviewed by the Traverse here. Fantastic to have an opportunity to talk about everything from fencing to biography and the connection between the Cromarty oil rigs and Livi skate park. www.traverse.co.uk/news/10-ques...

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10 Questions with Jack MacGregor - Traverse x IASH Creative Fellow 2026

Back in November we announced Jack MacGregor as our 2026 Traverse/IASH creative fellow! Now that he's started his residency we sat down with him to find out more about his career thus far and what he ...

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daviss @daviss.org · 11/01/2026

Graffiti in Minneapolis at the former 3rd precinct police station that burned in 2020, the Target across the street, Downtown Minneapolis and Lake Street.

we'll do it again ice out now! on side of target

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Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

trying not to be too vaguepost-y but the past few weeks (months?) have been some of the most difficult I've ever had. But I can feel the days getting longer now, a little brighter, I hope to turn the corner. Lots of love.