Dr Valentina Bold
@valbold.bsky.social
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
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 · 9mo 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
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All the key information and contact details for media enquiries.
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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
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.
📚️ 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)
💜 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! 👋💐
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:- https://bit.ly/4ezIxLe #BloodyScotland #LinAnderson #TheHighIsland
This opportunity will not hang about! Sounds like a super book:
Tom Shiels@itstomshiels.bsky.social · 3w agoHappy Wednesday, people. We seem to be stuck at seven pre-orders left of Stories. Songs. Seasons. Can you help make it unstuck? If you're interested in this first, limited, signed and numbered edition grab yours today. If you know people who are into this kind of work, please share. Grà Mór 💚
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
Here begins our weekly reading project with George MacDonald’s "Weighed and Wanting." gmdreflections.substack.com/p/george-mac...
George MacDonald - "Weighed and Wanting," CHAPTER I, BAD WEATHER
"It was a gray, windy noon in the beginning of autumn..."
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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...
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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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
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
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.
For those currently wondering about the evolution of coning, this super article, by Joel Conn, from the current Review of Scottish Culture! journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc/article...
TREES on top of CALTON HILL — We’ve been looking at historic maps + tree IDs to understand what was planted in the 19th century, and what's survived into the 20th/21st centuries. Trees are important — not just for biodiversity but also for historical authenticity. caltonhilltrust.org/tree-plantin...
When a new RHS box-fresh garden, by Leith designer Luke Coleman, is located in a public park lunchtime-walkable away. And it's this sunny day: #DrakkarsDrift #VictoriaPark #Edinburgh
Over the coming week, we feature the 8 monographs and 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 First Book and Early Career Article prizes. Today: 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London', by Emily Vine (Cambridge University Press) bit.ly/3SsnvWo 1/2 #Skystorians
The new Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social offers connections and companionship for the many historians who research and promote #history in arenas other than higher education. They're holding a first meeting on 1 July. Website: bit.ly/4uPzB9u #Skystorians
Independent Historians Network
The place for independent and freelance historians to connect
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Independent Historians Network (UK)@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe're holding a meet up in London on 1st July. It doesn't matter if you're an author, broadcaster, tour guide or general hustler, you're more than welcome as long as you work in history and aren't part of academia (sorry lovely academics!) DM us for location as places are limited!
Still spaces for articles for the 2026 "Review of Scottish Culture"! Please share, with submissions at: journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc/about/s...
Submissions | Review of Scottish Culture
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Dr Valentina Bold@valbold.bsky.social · 9mo 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
Hoping this brings good luck for next week v Brazil ⚽️🤞🏴 www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/news/worlds-...
World's oldest football crosses Atlantic for World Cup appearance - Museums Galleries Scotland
Today, the Stirling Smith hosted a public farewell event to celebrate the start of the football's journey to Miami where it will be displayed at the Coral Gables Museum from 20 to 26 June as part of W...
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