Today is National Sporting Heritage Day 2026 #NSHD2026 the perfect time to celebrate the fantastic work @sportingheritage.bsky.social does and also to promote our #SportingHeritage collections! www.stirlingcollections.org.uk/archive-coll...

Sporting Heritage

The University Archives works to preserve and promote Scotland’s sporting heritage through the development and care of our sporting collections and the provision of advice and support to sporting clubs and organisations across the country. At the core of our sporting heritage collections sits the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive which preserves a detailed record of […]

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What's in an archive? Find out more about what we hold on our new Collection Highlights pages: www.stirlingcollections.org.uk/archive-coll...

A suitably archival image from our new @edinburghfg.bsky.social exhibition. If you're attending any of the fab #StirlingPhotographyFestival events on campus & @macrobertarts.bsky.social today do pop in to the library for a look! archives.stir.ac.uk/2026/09/10/s...

Style on Screen Italian Cinema in the @edinburghfg.bsky.social Photographic Archive New exhibition #UniversityofStirling Library 10 September - 31 December 2026 Part of the #StirlingPhotographyFestival archives.stir.ac.uk/2026/09/10/s... @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social

Apparently its #WorldLetterWritingDay, a perfect opportunity to revisit some of our favourite letters in the #LindsayAnderson Archive: archives.stir.ac.uk/2022/04/12/d...

In 1985 Wham! visited China accompanied by the film director #LindsayAnderson who was tasked with documenting the historic event. The story of this ill-fated collaboration forms part of a fascinating new doc screening on BBC2 on Sat 29 August www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Two - Wham! 10 Days in China

A look at Wham!'s landmark 1985 China tour using unseen, restored footage.

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Coming soon: Style on Screen: Italian Cinema in the Edinburgh Film Guild Photographic Archive Exhibition opens Thursday 3 September University of Stirling Library #WorldPhotographyDay #StirlingPhotographyFestival @edinburghfg.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social @macrobertarts.bsky.social

When sorting political newspaper collections (like our Tait & Watson Archive) its sometimes worth checking the sports pages. This article in the Daily Worker reports on the unusual way the #TartanArmy supported Scotland at Wembley in 1938 #SportingHeritage #PotsAndPans

Join us on Thursday to reflect on #Glasgow2026 and previous Commonwealth Games held in Scotland at a workshop run by the Saving Scotland's Sporting Heritage project: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-arc... @sportingheritage.bsky.social

Family archival workshop: memories of the Commonwealth games in Scotland

Join us for a closer look at archives related to the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and help us capture reflections across generations!

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Calling all Wham! fans! Anderson's material relating to this trip and the rough cut film that he produced for the band are true treasures of our Lindsay Anderson Archive - we're delighted to see them getting used! www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

‘I thought it didn’t stand a cat’s chance in hell’: Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China

Four decades after he and George Michael became the first western pop act to tour the country, Ridgeley recalls silent gigs, awkward embassy receptions – and the ‘bloody ludicrous’ hiring of Lindsay A...

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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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All packed and ready to go, our #TeamScotland Archive Team are off to #Glasgow2026 to celebrate Scotland's #CommonwealthGames history! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-...

We've got 2 fantastic events lined up for Commonwealth Games fans - both free, do come along & explore our fantastic Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive, discover the history of Team Scotland & add your own memories to the record! Workshop, 22 Jul: stir.ac.uk/aj2 Talk, 22 & 26 Jul : stir.ac.uk/aj3

Why not have a listen to costume maker at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Tracy Taylor, exploring the career of Winnie Ewing, a trail-blazing SNP politician. And the next time you visit us, see if you can spot that wonderful image in our political archive! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

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Podcast Episode · Carnegie Pioneers · 15 May · 28min

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Planning on visiting #Glasgow2026 for the #CommonwealthGames? Join us in Team Scotland House to celebrate 'A History of Team Scotland in 10 items', a free talk on: Wednesday 22 July 1pm Sunday 26 July 3pm Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-... @sportingheritage.bsky.social

A History of Team Scotland in 10 items

Celebrating a century of international sporting competition preserved in the archives of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

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Friday afternoon listening in @unistirarchives.bsky.social All together now... #SportingHeritage #CataloguingSurprises #CommonwealthGames #ArchiveVinyl

New blogpost on some of the more unusual and unexpected items in our collections. Featuring @aberlourcharity.bsky.social @wearethemu.bsky.social #TeamScotland #CommonwealthGames archives.stir.ac.uk/2026/06/30/f...

An excellent blog post by April White (@jstor.bsky.social) on Thomas Jefferys' American Atlas (1776), using the maps of @leightonlibrary.bsky.social, digitised by @unistirarchives.bsky.social! The Atlas Behind the Revolution daily.jstor.org/the-atlas-be...

The Atlas Behind the Revolution - JSTOR Daily

While George Washington struggled to obtain reliable maps, British readers could consult this remarkable 1776 atlas.

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Join us in Glasgow in July to celebrate a century of sporting stories contained in the amazing Team Scotland Archive! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-... @sportingheritage.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social @scotsarchives.bsky.social #SportingHeritage

A History of Team Scotland in 10 items

Celebrating a century of international sporting competition preserved in the archives of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

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New on the blog: The University Library, gig venue extraordinaire! archives.stir.ac.uk/2026/06/11/t... #CultureOnStirCampus @isstirling.bsky.social

Want to find out more about what we hold but don't know where to start? Try our NEW collections highlights page! collections.stir.ac.uk/archive-coll... @artatstirling.bsky.social @isstirling.bsky.social #CultureOnStirCampus

✨✨ It's happening - there are only TWO days until this fantastic concert hits the University of Stirling Library! ✨✨ A note to our lovely Library users that there'll be restricted seating on Level 2 on Friday and a fair amount of (bloomin' excellent) noise from 5pm. Otherwise, Library open as usual.

Dundee election ephemera received by the Scottish Political Archive today! Thank you to everyone who donates their election ephemera to the Archive, it's such a valuable part of the collection! If you still have leaflets lying around and would like to donate them, get in touch: archives@stir.ac.uk

Still time to sign up for this webinar on Tues 18 May at 2pm introducing the new Supporting Scotland's #SportingHeritage project! www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting...

Supporting Scotland's Sporting Heritage is a great new project led by the Ballast Trust aimed at preserving & celebrating Scotland's rich sporting history. Find out more about the project (& our #SportingHeritage work) at a webinar on Tuesday 19 May: www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting...

Happy #InternationalNursesDay from us here at the NHS Forth Valley Archive! Can anyone help us date this fabulous poster from our collections?

Come and find us at the Thistles Shopping Centre this Friday, 1st May for Stirling's Culture Night! Come along and clean some 19th Century documents, print your own bookmark, make some badges, meet us and our lovely Art Collection, Macrobert, Pathfoot Press and Arts & Humanities colleagues!

Culture on Campus goes to Culture Night! Friday 1 May will be a special night in #Stirling We're joining @artatstirling.bsky.social @macrobertarts.bsky.social & the Pathfoot Press at the upcoming #Stirling Culture Night festivities! Come and see us in the Thistle Centre, Friday 1 May, 6pm - 8pm

There's nothing quite like finding something tucked inside a book, a little glimpse into a different life. Join us for a live performance of Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine's gorgeous album Things Found In Books, celebrating these glimpses Stirling Uni Library 29th May Free tickets: stir.ac.uk/ahw

Heading along to our fantastic Things Found In Books gig at the University Library on 29th May? To get us all inspired, we looked through a box of material we've found in our Special Collections books! And if you haven't got your (free) ticket yet, then what are you waiting for: stir.ac.uk/ahw