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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unfortunately the same 1872 Education Act imposed English as the spoken language in schools which created a decline in the use of the traditional Scots Gaelic.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social the Act that after hundreds of years of Clearances came into law in 1886, giving security of tenure to crofters for the first time. The Education Act of 1872 was part of the move that created the Crofters Act.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social re your current caller - 1851 census showed for the 1st time that more people lived in urban areas than rural.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Again, @lbc.co.uk news has just conflated the privatisation of England’s water companies as “UK”. Please understand how this really annoys me. Scotland’s water is not privatised so the reference is to English water companies. There is a difference.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Is that Morgan McSweeny’s wife at the bottom of the list?

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Trust me, if any SNP politician has ever been given perks, financial donations from private healthcare or private company donors, we would know. What you may not know is that no SNP FM, Government minister or cabinet secretary has taken the increase given since 2008. It goes to the public finances.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social 7:84 theatre company famously used the land ownership of Scotland, 84% of land owned by 7%, back in the 70s. Their historic theatre production The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black Black Oil toured communities, the very people who were affected by this disparity.

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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Good morning Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Orkney is amazing Matt. Between Skara Brae and medieval remains you have everything. And don’t get me started on the brochs. 🙂

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

@mattlewishistory.bsky.social Enjoying the episode about Scottish medieval queens very much and thought you would be interested to see St Margaret’s Hope in Orkney where the young Margaret died before reaching the mainland. ( I think it was Margaret no. 3?)

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social “…the institution that puts damage limitation, self protection and ultimately accountability before due diligence has questions to answer.” This happens again and again and again.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Congratulations Andrew. 👏🏻

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

@radiomukhers.bsky.social I’m enjoying audiobook of The Burning Grounds. 👏🏻 Good to have Sam and Surendranath back. 👏🏻🤩👏🏻

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Coming in to land………thank you @samueljwilde

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Amongst all the bad we see my pink berried rowan tree outside my window gives me great pleasure. The leaf colours of autumn are magical. Each season offers something new and every year we watch the progress of plants.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Looking forward to hearing what you found.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Congratulations Abir. 👏🏻

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

@mattlewishistory.bsky.social morning Matt, have you watched the Will Young Who Do You Think You Are episode? Interesting conclusion to his lineage.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

James Morrison taught in Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee when I was a student and was a well liked lecturer.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social please remember the @snp.org call in Parliament for a ceasefire. That was 24th February 2024. How many people have died since then? The Speaker and Labour opposition were instrumental in disallowing the vote going ahead.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

@almurray.bsky.social and James Holland- found this photo amongst others taken by my dad at the end of the war. He started in 7th A&SH but ended his service in Egypt with REME. He’s written the date on the original photo but it gives an idea of the headlines on the day - & it’s importance to him.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Good thread from @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Well done for highlighting this issue. Please read 🧵

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us, add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

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No second state visit for Trump

Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

you.38degrees.org.uk

No second state visit for Trump

Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The SNP is marking the 3-year anniversary of ScotRail being brought into public ownership A report shows "strong growth in both passenger journeys and revenue" in that time "[In] public ownership ScotRail has consistently exhibited higher train performance & Passenger Satisfaction than the GB avg"

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Time to reprise Bruce Hornsby’s That’s Just the Way It Is. Listen to the words.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 30/03/2025

Every English BBC region had lengthy segments dedicated to Labour's welfare cuts on their Sunday Politics show as did BBC Wales. The odd one out was BBC Scotland. Here is every intro from every English programme. Any explanation Martin Geissler? Are you proud of this? (MSM Monitor)

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Reminded me that my history teacher 1st yr made us learn by heart “ while a hundred of us remain alive, we will not submit in the slightest measure, to the domination of the English. We do not fight for honour, riches, or glory, but solely for freedom which no true man gives up but with his life.”

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I’ll go back and find it. 👍🏻Thanks

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I’m always amazed at how much information can be gleaned from documents relating to a time so long ago. The BBC 4 episode I refer to is related to Edward I. Have you ever done an episode on Robert Bruce?

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

@mattlewishistory.bsky.social I have been really enjoying the Edward II series (especially the mention of Bannockburn 😉)but wondering if you have watched the Courtney Cox episode of BBC 4 Who do you think you are USA? Currently on iPlayer. Recommend.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I was teaching here in Dundee at that time and word was shared very quickly between educational authorities so we knew within a very short time of it happening. Thank goodness it was the catalyst for banning guns but what a cost. Innocent children.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Sun is very bright but even with the blind down we can enjoy the birds. Mostly robins and blue tits who have nested in the garden for the last two years.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

By the SNP but The Speaker of the House stopped it, embarrassingly. There are strong feelings in support of the Gaza people here in Scotland.

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social I’m catching up with your Irish series & would like to bring to your attention that Scotland ‘s Ministers in Holyrood have consistently called for a ceasefire since the war started. In fact you may recall that a Parliamentary motion was put forward

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I enjoy mark making, evoking surface or landscape, it’s the marks that matter.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Mandy Pattullo, UK textile artist and printmaker who upcycles old quilts and other materials #womensart

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a blackbird side view facing right perched on a thin plant stem which has pink flowers

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SheilaM @sheilam.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Since Brexit Vance sees UK as separate, on its own. So like all predators they attack the one that is apart from the rest of the tribe.

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