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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One week left to apply to be our 2027 playwright-in-residence! The IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship is a £12,000 commission with a private office in Edinburgh for 10 months, plus dramaturgical support from @traversetheatre.bsky.social Find out more: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iashtraverse...

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very chuffed to have my second BBC Weather's "Editor's Pick"!

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy Birthday to @AgathaChristie - born #otd (15th September) in 1890. 🎉 She said that she came up with her ingenious detective plots by sitting in an old-fashioned bathtub eating apples. It was a core part of her technique. She got the seed of an idea, then fleshed it out.

A black and white photograph of an old rolltop bath. Agatha Christie's head is poking out at one end and there are 3 half-eaten apples sitting on the rim of the bath

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When the community orchard is overflowing and you are in the mood for stewing and freezing! #StirlingLateSummer

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Elizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

St Mary Magdalen’s Church, Cerrigydrudion east window. #StainedglassSunday

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Dundee for Scottish Women's Institutes "The Gathering" with a pop up display of textiles from our Archives -- all relating to the Needlework Development Scheme run by J.P. Coates (1934 - 1961). With thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund for supporting this research and our volunteers.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For those who are interested, I've just added greetings cards featuring photographs of these rather wonderful art nouveau tiles from Glasgow tenements to my online shop at www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-cate.... Cont./ #glasgow #greetingscard #tiles #tenements #architecture

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Dunblane Museum @dunblanemuseum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s #StarTrekDay today as #OnThisDay 1966 science fiction TV series Star Trek aired first episode. Instead of looking centuries ahead you can boldly go to where you can find out about life centuries ago in Dunblane Museum 🗓️ Open Mon-Sat 🕥 10.30am-4.30pm (last entry 4pm)

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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wonderful blog by @sheilamkidd.bsky.social on this fascinating document!

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Paisley Abbey is #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek. 6th century Irish missionary St Mirin is said to have raised a church on a plot near the river where the town of Paisley now stands, known as St Mirin’s Croft Prior. After his death, the church became an important pilgrimage site for the Celtic Church 🧵1/3

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

UCC Library invites you to "Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History" one day conference on 18 September. Explore the legacy of this remarkable medieval manuscript with expert speakers from UCC, Oxford and Edinburgh. libcal.ucc.ie/event/4589456

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Public Conference: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History

Join us for a special conference to mark Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the Making of Irish History exhibition. Conference Keynote: Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/09/2026

Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary #JaneAusten, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious… A 🎂🧵 #C18 #C19 #WomenWriters www.nls.uk/collections/...

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Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland

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Terrence Higgins Trust @tht.org.uk · 05/09/2026

Today would've been the legendary Freddie Mercury's 80th birthday. Instead of celebrating with us, Freddie died aged 45 from pneumonia on 24 November 1991 - just a day after publicly sharing that he was HIV positive. Make sure you listen to Queen today 🎵👑

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just signed the pledge! You should too 📚📚📚❤️ www.weeread.scot

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Wee Read

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Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann @ionaddhuneideann.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Leabhar ùr – A’ Ghàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann Tro na Linntean Sealladh air àite na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann bho na Meadhan Aoisean chun an latha an-diugh, a’ coimhead air eachdraidh, ainmean-àite, litreachas agus foghlam. Ri fhaighinn aig ionaddhuneideann.org no bho @leughleabhar.bsky.social

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Call for Papers/Workshops: Romance, Revolution and Reform Conference - Ecosystems in the Long Nineteenth Century @rrrjournal.bsky.social invites submissions for their next conference, which will be at Royal Holloway and online on 15 Jan 2027. Abstracts due 25 Oct 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6580

CfP poster for Ecosystems in the Long Nineteenth Century, 15th January 2027, Royal Holloway, University of London (Hybrid). “We need, urgently, to reconnect with our planet, and recognise ourselves as inseparable rather than special; reliant upon rather than dominating” (Erica
Fudge, 2022)
This conference examines the long nineteenth century as the birth of the Anthropocene. As scientific developments reconfigured what it meant to be human, global ecosystems had already been permanently altered. Fossil fuels, cash crops, forest decimation, and hunger for imperial commodities left scars on ecosystems, communities, and bodies. Artists, exhibitors, and writers found new homes in the bustling ecosystems of steel and smoke, while others sought ‘gleams of a remoter world’ (Shelley, 1816) in pockets of “untouched” nature.
Ecosystems encourage us to reflect on the networks between humans and the “more than human” in the long nineteenth century.
We welcome 15-20 minute papers and creative workshops for our in-person conference. We especially encourage submissions from PGRs and ECRs.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community. Prof Hugh Cheape. Saturday 12 Sept 2026, 14:00 - 15:00, RSE Edinburgh. #gaelic #LocalHistory #skystorians #Curious #Scotland rse.org.uk/event/sluagh...

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Sluagh gun ghuth – ‘A people without a voice’: Reconstructing the past in a West Highland community

Discover the story of a West Highland community through the objects they left behind.

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"I recall listening to the hums in my house as a child, and other times escaping into some of my favourite soundscapes, wind in the treetops, waves at the beach, rain falling on leaves, or a tent." Our Artist Spotlight turns on Toronto musician Michelle Breslin: citiesandmemory.com/2025/07/arti...

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

SSNS is proud to announce another call for papers for the Leeds International Medieval Conference 5-8 July 2027! This session titled "Communities and Networks in Medieval Scotland & Scandinavia". Please submit a title and a 200 maximum word abstract by 25 August to secretary@ssns.org.uk.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🛒 In-Store Exclusive! Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross pendant at Govan Old, based on a laser scan of the original Viking-Age carved stone.

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Season of fruitfulness... a tad early though? 💕 🍎 #Stirling

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 09/08/2026

On 9 August 1945, the second—& so far, last—nuclear weapon used in war fell on Nagasaki. One of the few things to survive the bomb was a persimmon tree. In 2002, the poet Gerry Loose brought a sapling from that tree to Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens #NagasakiDay www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2015/06/trav...

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Travels with a Tree - The Bottle Imp

We travelled north from London together on the Caledonian Sleeper. The tree got the upper bunk, I had the lower one. It had been a long journey for the tree, from Nagasaki, bearing its passport: a phy...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/08/2026

#OTD, 7 Aug, 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson set sail in the SS 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 from Greenock to New York in pursuit of love. In THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT he gives a vivid, sharp, & engaging account of his (impoverished) travels to & in America – read the first 5 chapters free 👇 1/3 #C19 asls.org.uk/publications...

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The Amateur Emigrant

by Robert Louis Stevenson Introduction by Julia Reid Published in: PDF “In the steerage there are males and females; in the second cabin ladies and gentlemen. For some time after I came aboard I…

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Dom Pedro Ricardo 🌳 Dom Pedro II Aeternum 🇧🇷 📐 💮 @newelizabethan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance: Scotland, France and National Identity c.1420-1550. Looks to have some really beautiful art in it and a lot of very interesting thought. Paperback released recently and is affordable at around 20 pounds or so depending where you get it from.

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Fall Celtic Festival @fallcelticfestival.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Our #FallCelticFestival volunteer community thrives on the old Irish concept of #Meitheal.💡🌟💫 To learn what it means, how Irish ☘️ federal Minister #DaraCalleary taught it to Canadian 🍁 Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social, & about #Volunteering at the Festival, visit: ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/33676mjw

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Still some spaces for articles in the forthcoming issue of 'Review of Scottish Culture' -- you can submit at the link below or message me directly. Please share!

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A new programme of free training from The National Archives is available now! Learn more about the training, in collaboration with the Community Archives and Heritage Group, here: www.balh.org.uk/news-free-co... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

A dog sits in front of a gramophone in a historic image, with other archival and photographic material shown

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University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Visiting the #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames? We're showing our support for #TeamScotland with exhibitions and talks in the Clyde Club, Team Scotland House. Why not pop in and support the team! More details at: www.teamscotland.scot/teamscotland... @sportingheritage.bsky.social

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Team Scotland House - Team Scotland

All the key information and contact details for media enquiries.

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Living Wage Scotland @livingwagescotland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Living Wage Scotland Awards now open! This award recognises Living Hours employers who go above & beyond in their commitment to secure working practices. Find out more and apply today: buff.ly/aeQ3m8h #LivingWage #LivingHours #Scotland

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A passage from Scots The Mither Tongue on one of The earliest and most telling fragments of poetry in Scots - on the period of plenty in the reign of Alexander III and the tragedy of the Wars of Independence that followed his death. Listen to the whole book on Audible.

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📚️ New Catalogue! 📚️ We are so excited to share our Autumn Winter 2026 catalogue! Follow the link below to browse our fascinating upcoming titles 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/... Including titles by @rachelcordasco.bsky.social, @knick666.bsky.social, @bodhisattvac.bsky.social ... (1/2)

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Inspiring Communities @inspiring-comms.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💜 Monday 27 July 💜 Join us at the Inspiring Communities Raploch Hub from around 1:15pm as we say goodbye to our wonderful campus receptionist, Jane. 🍰🎁 Pop in for cake, a small presentation and to wish her all the best! 👋💐

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Lin Anderson @linanderson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm featuring Book 1 in my new spin-off series THE HIGH ISLAND at BLOODY SCOTLAND in Stirling on 18th September. It's a 'Death on the Island' event with authors Alex Gray & Andrew Raymond. Tickets:- bit.ly/4ezIxLe #BloodyScotland #LinAnderson #TheHighIsland

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When summer evenings shift from 10pm to 10.40 💕

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This opportunity will not hang about! Sounds like a super book:

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Nothing like a sunny day and a #Fife beach

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Last week also saw Catherine over to the Corrie Centre (for all the world looking like former pit head baths) #Cardenden #Fife working with the History Group on their third walking route focusing on the Lady Helen pit at #Dundonald for a sneak preview see www.mining-landscapes.org/route/170

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George MacDonald - Reflections @gmd-reflections.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Here begins our weekly reading project with George MacDonald’s "Weighed and Wanting." gmdreflections.substack.com/p/george-mac...

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George MacDonald - "Weighed and Wanting," CHAPTER I, BAD WEATHER

"It was a gray, windy noon in the beginning of autumn..."

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Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I have a story in Radio 4's new Once Upon a Time series - a week of reimagined fairytales in the Book at Bedtime slot Lineup includes Katherine Rundell, Ben Okri, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and David Almond (I KNOW!!!) My story "Kakapos" is on 30 June and then on catchup www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Once Upon a Time..., Kakapos by Jo Lloyd

In Jo Lloyd’s story, very ordinary Muriel meets Rip Van Winkle in the below world.

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Scottish Storytelling Centre @scotstorycentre.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Join us this August to celebrate twenty years of the Scottish Storytelling Centre! 🎂 This specially-curated @edfringe.bsky.social programme showcases the best in storytelling, music, theatre, spoken word and family shows from home-grown and international performers. 1/5

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Rebecca Olds @rebeccaolds.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Announcement coming soon for three gownmaking workshops I'll be teaching in Scotland in March-April 2027. E-newsletter suscribers will learn all the details first, so head over to timesmith.co.uk and sign up, to hear all about them first. #18thcentury #mantuamaking #workshops

One of Rebecca's workshop students takes a selfie showing the back of her long sackback gown in a full-length mirror. Part of her face shows in the foreground, wearing a happy proud smile.

Rebecca demonstrates one step in making a longsack gown, which is spread out on a table in the centre of the photo, while her students cluster around taking photos and handwritten notes.

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

With great sadness UWP learnt of the passing of Phyllis Kinney, singer, collector, scholar and author of the important book 'Welsh Traditional Music' (2011), the fruit of her in-depth research and incomparable knowledge of the musical traditions of Wales.

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