When the community orchard is overflowing and you are in the mood for stewing and freezing! #StirlingLateSummer
Dr Valentina Bold
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Scotland: Literature Song Culture Valentinabold.org FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and www.peterlang.com/series/shcs Birlawman of Stirling Marches
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.
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
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)
Wonderful blog by @sheilamkidd.bsky.social on this fascinating document!
Darren S. Layne@funkyplaid.bsky.social · last wk.Incredible find by @juliettedesportes.bsky.social in the Seafield Papers at @natrecordsscot.bsky.social. A gem of 18th-century Gàidhlig for the Landscapes of Protest project at @uhihistory.bsky.social. Eager to see what else comes out of it. landscapesofprotest.co.uk/eighteenth-c...
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
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
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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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/...
Susan Ferrier and her contemporaries | National Library of Scotland
Once more popular than Austen, Susan Ferrier is now forgotten. This piece reveals why Scotland’s literary stars faded from fame.
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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 🎵👑
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
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
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...
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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"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...
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.
BBC: Mull phone box seen in classic romance film saved from removal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62edm5v0d4o #scothinews
BBC: Mull phone box seen in classic romance film saved from removal
The red phone box in Carsaig was made famous by I Know Where I 'm Going!, a romantic comedy film released in 1945.
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We are excited to announce the continuation of the Seminar Series with Hannah Evans on 25th August at 19:00 BST. Please click below to attend this free, online event!
SSNS Seminar - Hannah Evans - 'For every woman who is an embroideress deserves more profit than even queens': gender, status, and textiles in medieval Ireland. - Scottish Society for Northern Studies ...
Stephen will explore why so many of the crucial incidents leading to the downfall of the Norse line of northern Scottish jarls in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
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🛒 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.
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...
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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#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...
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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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.
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
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!
Dr Valentina Bold@valbold.bsky.social · 10mo agoDelighted to announce that vol 30 of 'Review of Scottish Culture' is now available online. It's another super issue, ranging through Scotland and across genres, from senior scholars and emerging voices. All free to download. Now open, for new submissions! journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc
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
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
Team Scotland House - Team Scotland
All the key information and contact details for media enquiries.
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