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Dr Valentina Bold
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Scotland: Literature Song Culture
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FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and
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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Nov 21
Delighted 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

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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 16d
The new Miscellany of the Scottish History Society XVII is out! I am grateful to the editors for this opportunity to write about the fat goods of Mary, Queen of Scots

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Nancy Johnston @jeelyeater1.bsky.social · 16d
#StainedGlassSunday The Presentation in the Temple. By Mary Isobel Wood in Fowlis Wester Kirk, near Crieff, Perthshire.

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 16d
The @bigissue.com asked why I thought #LGBTQ History Month should be celebrated. Here's my reply www.bigissue.com/opinion/lgbt...
We need to shout our LGBTQ+ history from the rooftops!
"Diversities in humankind have always been here," writes historian Norena Shopland, "and will always be here until the end of time."
www.bigissue.com

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Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social · 16d
Congratulations to Scotland’s women cricketers on qualifying for the World T20 later this year with a convincing victory over the USA. Stoneywood-Dyce’s Ailsa Lister offered another good knock and there is plenty of talent in the ranks. And, unlike their male counterparts, they qualified on merit!

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 16d
Dead honoured on Candlemas Day: ‘make cake of yellow clay taken from churchyard,stick 12 bits of candle in it,recite prayers,kneeling round and lights have burned down.Name given to each light,first that goes out means death to person before year is out.’ #Folklore

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 18d
Thank you, amazing to see these beautiful, lovingly made Psalters

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 20d
of course now, desparately, want to see one of the little books (please)!

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 23d
Holograph manuscript of “Address to the Unco Guid” with headnote to John Leslie, dated June 1789 – this appears to be the only known ms. of the poem in the poet’s hand. Part of the G. Ross Roy Collection @sc.edu via the Library of Congress
#BurnsNight #C18
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Address to the Unco Guid or the Rigidly Righteous.
Robert Burns (1759-96) is best known for his poems and songs that reflect Scotland's cultural heritage. He was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of seven children belonging to William Bur...
www.loc.gov

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 25d
Lovely event at Glasgow School of Art today, partnering with Scottish Women's Institutes. Celebrating creativity through special Archival items from the Needlework Development Scheme run by J.P. Coates in the '30s to '60s. Linked to our current Heritage Lottery Fund-ed project:

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 26d
21 Feb, free online

Investigating how languages travel with people through migration, conflict, economic pressures, & chance; reflecting on the love & connection languages bring; & the losses that can come with changing languages or disappearance
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/if-we-lose...
If we lose our languages, do we lose ourselves? | Online
An exploration of how languages shift with identity across Scotland
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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 28d
It's that time of year again: one issue out, next in progress! Please, if you have an ethnological / folkloric / cultural article which might sit well in 'Review of Scottish Culture', submit using our online portal. We're already filling up but there is definitely still room!
journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc
Review of Scottish Culture
journals.ed.ac.uk

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CSCS @uofg-cscs.bsky.social · 29d
Join us tomorrow for another CSCS seminar! This week we are joined by Dr Luciana Cordo Russo (University of Bristol) with her paper:

The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval Wales

We will be online, and in person in the Boyd Orr building (RM 412) FROM 5.30pm.

Book your ticket through Eventbrite!

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 29d
We’re proud to launch Ways of Listening, a new partnership with @evelynglenniefd.bsky.social that is open to everyone. This unique global project asks you to share your answer to one simple question - “What does listening mean to you?”
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Ways of Listening - Cities & Memory | Field recordings, sound map, sound art
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The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social · 29d
We kick off our Daily Burns Blether emails with our By the Way! @katekane1542.bsky.social brings to our attention the Bard’s connection to Mary, Queen of Scots. Focusing on Burns’s 1790 Marian lament and its cultural contexts and afterlife.
DM us to sign up for our once a month Daily Blethers.

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 13
At last: sunshine on The Hill again!
#Stirling

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 13
Approved!
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ALT: a white piece of paper with a purple letter m on it
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Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social · Jan 13
A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.

www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
Resistance and resilience: Digging into Edinburgh's history of tenant activism
NEW research has highlighted the resistance and resilience among tenants in council housing in Edinburgh
www.thenational.scot

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · Jan 13
Pier end, all calm now.

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 13
To me, the dead are as much a part of the parish as the living...

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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · Jan 13
soppy wan

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 10
The purrfect image for #Caturday night! 😻

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 10
Isn't that Dorian Gray? Too young and beautiful to be the Picture itself!

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · Jan 10
✨ Agnes Owens Centenary ✨
2026 marks Agnes Owens’ centenary, with AGA’s first satellite archive and Birlinn reissuing all her books with new introductions. New editions publish May & Sept 2026. Follow @aowensarchive.bsky.social to find out more!

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 5
Twelfth Night, Stirling light

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · Jan 4
Our Stirling #NewYearPlantHunt returned a whopping 53 species in flower! Way beyond expectations given ice, snow & sub-zero temps. Stopping clock for coffee essential

Highlights included Selfheal, Small Toadflax, 3 Snowdrop species & Hare's-foot Clover, & the enthusiasm of so many fellow botanists!
Stirling New Year Plant Hunt team, holding much needed coffees and standing in front of a large sign saying 'Stirling' - conclusive evidence that we had indeed found the right place. An idiot lying on frosty frozen mud, examining Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna) flowers to check if they were countable (they were!). Bramble the dog lies down in solidarity next to me. Thanks to Tracy Rich for the photo. The team surrounding a Holly (Ilex aquifolium) tree on Stirling Back Walk, determined to find an open flower - eventually we managed it, just! This pathway under the old town walls is a sun trap and always good for flowering plants in the winter. Thanks to Tracy Rich for the photo. Finally, Smooth Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) in flower. One Hunter gets caught up in the moment of triumph for the camera!

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Jan 1
And to you Penny; here's to a great '26!

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Dec 31
Great memories of these days and the freeflowing parties that followed across town. Unticketed, unregulated and unforgettable. Sorry to realise it ended like this.

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Dec 28
that seems fair (and well thought through, as expected from The Committee) #HopefullyInDevelopment 😺

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Dec 28
Always thought that book would make a wonderful movie. Is there anything to the rumour Spielberg was spotted in Dunbar this summer? 🎬 🎥🍿 🐈‍⬛

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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Dec 26
Gloamin, #Stirling