Featuring the #KelvinWheelies skatepark excavations in episode 1!

Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We have a brand new series of Digging for Britain ready for your delectation, and an expanded team of expert presenters bringing you the latest on a range of exciting discoveries from across the UK.

⏰ Time is running out! Submit your 8–10k word essay for the Leah Leneman Prize by 22 Dec 2025. Open to students & independent scholars working on women’s or gender history. Share widely 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock” Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…

The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”

Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the demolition and replacement of Argyle House. But while other news sources make much click capital out of it having briefly appeared in some Netflix police show or another, here at Threadinburgh I prefer to get down to the nitty-gritty of the how, why and what of this much critiqued building. And just what it has to do with the Lyceum Theatre, Dalgety Bay and the Water of Leith Walkway...

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My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, will be published by Verso next year. It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!

I'm saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Elspeth King, the legendary curator of the People's Palace, and a fierce advocate for Glasgow and its history. This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things". yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/p...

Our colleagues at @churchheritage.bsky.social have published a lovely blog from Matthew Dransfield to help ease your way into the weekend. Read their first "Heritage Spotlight" piece looking at some of Scotland's amazing post-war churches here 👇 churchheritage.scot/2025/10/22/h...

Had a fantastic time presenting and attending the @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference on Saturday. Congratulations to all the speakers and particularly @vawright10.bsky.social for her in depth history of women’s housing activism in Scotland. Thanks to @ymcfadden.bsky.social and the team

Aaron Sheridan@acsheridan.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to say I'll be presenting some of my research with residents of Wester Hailes at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference on 13 September at the Kinning Park Complex!

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial Lecture at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference given by @vawright10.bsky.social on ‘Housing as a ‘Women’s Issue’: Women and Housing Activism in Twentieth Century Scotland.

And you can hopefully read all about it in the National newspaper next Tuesday. 📰

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Artful Inquiry with @alistairfair.bsky.social - thanks to James, Miranda and the team at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 🗃️ (1/2)

Edinburgh College of Art@edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast. Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ... More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

Recently @vawright10.bsky.social and I were interviewed for a podcast about the Scottish new towns book which we recently co-wrote (and which is available Open Access for free download via bloomsburycollections, though you can also buy a copy in print if you wish!)

Edinburgh College of Art@edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast. Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ... More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

⏰ Don’t miss out! Registration for the Women’s History Scotland Conference closes Friday 5 September! Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

I've just submitted An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class to my publisher, Verso. My book explores how a British working class which was powerfully grounded in politics, the economy and culture has been unmade since the 1960s. An Injury to All is due for publication next year!

Delighted to have an extract from Glasgow 1975 up on @glasgowbell.bsky.social this weekend - you can read it here www.glasgowbell.co.uk/racist-killi...

Paramilitaries, King Billy tattoos and a racist murder in Woodlands

What can a senseless killing from 1975 tell us about the fight against fascism today?

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Women's Sport and Art panel with Olympic Gold Winner Rhona Howie, Imogen Gibbon Chief Curator of Portraiture and myself. Where: The National Galleries of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL When: Tuesday 24 June 2025, 12.45–1.30pm (in person & online) www.nationalgalleries.org/event/women-...

Women in Sport | Rhona Howie (in person) | National Galleries of Scotland

Rhona Howie, skip of the Great Britain curling team that won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and deliverer of the final stone − the ‘stone of destiny’ − that sealed that famous triu...

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Live Methods was partly responding to the ‘crisis in empirical sociology’. Writing this special issue we were in another crisis- the brutal destruction of the social sciences– inc Goldsmiths, the intellectual home of the collection. It makes Live Methods, its spirit and aims more important than ever

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · last yr.

OUT NOW #OnlineFirst: Live Methods Revisited Eight new papers focus on @academicdiary.bsky.social‬ and Nirmal Puwar’s Live Methods and its clarion call for more “artful and crafty” sociological methodologies. Edited by @emmakjackson.bsky.social‬ ‪& @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/sM4Uta3

My book is out on 28 October with @versobooks.bsky.social 💥 It’s available for pre-order at £20: www.waterstones.com/book/up-in-t...

NEW: How do lived experience perspectives impact decisions in the Scottish Parliamentary process?💡🗣️ @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social writes about her research which aims to better understand how this evidence is used and how it influences policy decision making. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... 1/2

Last couple of days to submit an expression of interest to our Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History in Edinburgh on 22 July ⬇️ 🗃️

Valerie Wright@vawright10.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you interested in Scottish History? Are you interested in Emotions History? Well, you are in luck - John McCallum and I are organising a Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History in Edinburgh on 22 July. Deadline for expressions of interest 21 May. 🗃️ All welcome and please spread the word. ⬇️

The epilogue from my book. Siva said it best - “what Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after”

Ewan Gibbs@ewangibbs.bsky.social · last yr.

Enoch Powell increasingly seems to be the most powerful historical intellectual influence on contemporary British politics.

Are you interested in Scottish History? Are you interested in Emotions History? Well, you are in luck - John McCallum and I are organising a Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History in Edinburgh on 22 July. Deadline for expressions of interest 21 May. 🗃️ All welcome and please spread the word. ⬇️

Cfp: Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History

This Workshop aims to bring together scholars with interests in or around the intersections of emotions history and Scottish History to share ideas across periods and approaches, to reflect on common ...

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94% of the people raped in the UK are women, and 98% of the people arrested for rape or sexual assault are men. And — to repeat — around 3% of *reported* rapes result in a conviction. If you are looking for a feminist campaign, put down the LARGE GAMETES placard and start screaming at the CPS.

Had the privilege of attending a symposium on the launch of ‘Building Modern Scotland’ today, by @alistairfair.bsky.social @vawright10.bsky.social, Miles Glendinning and others. Was impressed by the project’s engagement with planning, and the social and political context of of the Clyde region.

Hello everyone going to the British History Today conference at @qmcbs.bsky.social at the start of May! I'm giving a paper on young people, politics & age in late 1980s Britain at the @ihr.bsky.social the night before! See details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/fancy... #skystorians #histchild 🗃️

‘Fancy calling an election on the day of my History "O" Level’: teenagers write about age and adulthood in late 1980s Britain

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We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups. Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike100

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the General Strike 1926

I have just contributed to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the General Strike 1926. Join me and support this year of celebration

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We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups. Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike100

In 1982 the Cumbernauld Development Corporation reported on "the continuing success of the film ‘Gregory’s Girl’ [and that] the result has been of real benefit to the town." Come and see what you think of the film: 26 March 2025, 1.30pm NL Heritage Centre, ML1 3HU Free; to book tinyurl.com/2r84v3sh

On World Book Day & during Women’s History Month can it be 18 years since my & Lesley Whitworth’s germinal WATMOBS was published?! Still has lots of relevant & important conceptualisations re how we talk about gender & the built environment.

We had a book launch earlier this week expertly hosted by the team at the @RIAS Bookshop - not only does this give me the opportunity to promote our book, but I thought I'd recycle some tweets from our old project account too. #NewTownsScot🏡. First thread below⬇️

RIAS Bookshop@riasbookshop.bsky.social · last yr.

Fantastic book launch last night for "Building Modern Scotland" where Dr Alistair Fair and Dr Valerie Wright discussed the architectural and social history of Scotland's New Towns. Thank you to all the authors, our chair, and to our very engaged audience members.

Thanks for hosting! We're hoping to organise an event in the university later in the spring, so for those who missed out (or who attended y'day and want to hear more about the new towns) watch this space!

RIAS Bookshop@riasbookshop.bsky.social · last yr.

Fantastic book launch last night for "Building Modern Scotland" where Dr Alistair Fair and Dr Valerie Wright discussed the architectural and social history of Scotland's New Towns. Thank you to all the authors, our chair, and to our very engaged audience members.