Sara Sheridan
@sarasheridan.bsky.social
Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
🧵About the historical sex trade in Edinburgh. Goodmorning. The go to starting place is Ranger's Impartial List of Ladies of Pleasure published 1775. It contains 66 entries of 'hoors' around town. Here's Lady Agnew's listing👇For sure there were more than 66 but it's a start /1
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🧵About the historical sex trade in Edinburgh. Goodmorning. The go to starting place is Ranger's Impartial List of Ladies of Pleasure published 1775. It contains 66 entries of 'hoors' around town. Here's Lady Agnew's listing👇For sure there were more than 66 but it's a start /1
This week's date night was Flamming Korean BBQ on Blythswood St. Food cooked at our table with well generous portions. Delish
Food: 4.5 ⭐
Vibe 4 ⭐
Staff: 5 ⭐ (shoutout to the waitress who served us)
Value: 4.5 ⭐
Drinks: 3 ⭐ (the pear juice was 😘 tho)
Never tried this before but it was a hit.
Food: 4.5 ⭐
Vibe 4 ⭐
Staff: 5 ⭐ (shoutout to the waitress who served us)
Value: 4.5 ⭐
Drinks: 3 ⭐ (the pear juice was 😘 tho)
Never tried this before but it was a hit.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This week's date night was Flamming Korean BBQ on Blythswood St. Food cooked at our table with well generous portions. Delish
Food: 4.5 ⭐
Vibe 4 ⭐
Staff: 5 ⭐ (shoutout to the waitress who served us)
Value: 4.5 ⭐
Drinks: 3 ⭐ (the pear juice was 😘 tho)
Never tried this before but it was a hit.
Food: 4.5 ⭐
Vibe 4 ⭐
Staff: 5 ⭐ (shoutout to the waitress who served us)
Value: 4.5 ⭐
Drinks: 3 ⭐ (the pear juice was 😘 tho)
Never tried this before but it was a hit.
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I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
Growing Your Idea: From Thought to Script with Paul Duane - Irish Writers Centre
In-person scriptwriting course at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin). Turn an idea for a film into a detailed outline or script. Starts Tues 11 March 2025.
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I'm teaching a course at the Irish Writers' Centre this spring where we will start out working on basic ideas and try to move them forward to script stage, it was a lot of fun when we did it last year, very happy they have asked me back:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/grow...
OMG does anyone else remember this book from their childhood? Seeing this beautiful piece takes me back like it was a time machine.
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
OMG does anyone else remember this book from their childhood? Seeing this beautiful piece takes me back like it was a time machine.
Good morning Glasgow. ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Good morning Glasgow. ❤️
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Scotland's first ‘Stolperstein’ memorial for a Scottish Holocaust victim has been unveiled in Edinburgh to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Thanks to Haining family, faith leaders, civic representatives, diplomats and all who attended. #Stolperstein
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Scotland's first ‘Stolperstein’ memorial for a Scottish Holocaust victim has been unveiled in Edinburgh to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Thanks to Haining family, faith leaders, civic representatives, diplomats and all who attended. #Stolperstein
And that's a wrap for #BookWeekScotland - finished with a gorgeous event at the newly refurbished Lanark Library.
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
And that's a wrap for #BookWeekScotland - finished with a gorgeous event at the newly refurbished Lanark Library.
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A nice mention of @sarasheridan.bsky.social's Fair Botanists in this post
The very tall Agave americana, known as the ‘American aloe’ or ‘century plant’, flowered for the first time in Scotland in Dr John Hope’s Botanic Garden on Leith Walk in 1767. We thank Amy Orner for her blog.#botanicgarden #drhope #aloeplant
An American curiosity in Dr Hope's garden - The Old Edinburgh Club
An American curiosity in Dr Hope's Garden in 1767: the flowering of an Agave americana or 'American aloe' in the Botanic Garden on Leith Walk
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A nice mention of @sarasheridan.bsky.social's Fair Botanists in this post
Good morning Glasgow. My last #BookWeekScotland event coming up.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Good morning Glasgow. My last #BookWeekScotland event coming up.
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We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
For #InternationalMensDay - a thread of amazing Allies. First, Sir Walter Scott who supported several female writers including Susan Ferrier who found the 'burden of authorship' heavy. Scott called her his 'sister shadow' & said she was a better writer than him. (she was!)/1
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For #InternationalMensDay - a thread of amazing Allies. First, Sir Walter Scott who supported several female writers including Susan Ferrier who found the 'burden of authorship' heavy. Scott called her his 'sister shadow' & said she was a better writer than him. (she was!)/1
To kick off Book Week Scotland I'm speaking at Coatbridge Library this evening at 7pm. All welcome. Tix here: librariesnl.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
To kick off Book Week Scotland I'm speaking at Coatbridge Library this evening at 7pm. All welcome. Tix here: librariesnl.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
For #RobertLouisStevensonDay (I'm running late I grant you) I give you D E Stevenson, 2nd cousin of RLS whose father disapproved of her writing so she did so in the attic of their Edinburgh house. She sold 7 million copies of her 40 novels. Yes, more than RLS. Gaun Dorothy. Where are the Women tho?
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For #RobertLouisStevensonDay (I'm running late I grant you) I give you D E Stevenson, 2nd cousin of RLS whose father disapproved of her writing so she did so in the attic of their Edinburgh house. She sold 7 million copies of her 40 novels. Yes, more than RLS. Gaun Dorothy. Where are the Women tho?
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Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
Elspeth King obituary
Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
This is a great project: a reverse advent calender to donate to an Edinburgh foodbank this Xmas. Have a keek: edinburghfoodproject.org/reverse-adve...
Reverse Advent Calendar 2025 - Edinburgh Food Project
Reverse Advent Calendar With Christmas rapidly approaching, foodbanks are bracing themselves for a tough festive season. With rising food costs and the cold weather setting in, many people in Edinburg...
edinburghfoodproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is a great project: a reverse advent calender to donate to an Edinburgh foodbank this Xmas. Have a keek: edinburghfoodproject.org/reverse-adve...
Walking home last night from Aye Write, the panto was going into the King's and the back door was open. Here's the back of the proscenium arch. Nerd excitement. #Glasgow
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Walking home last night from Aye Write, the panto was going into the King's and the back door was open. Here's the back of the proscenium arch. Nerd excitement. #Glasgow
Wellingtom statue update, Glasgow.
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wellingtom statue update, Glasgow.
Perennial story problem. But if Sherlock Holmes can do it, feeling this isn't going to be a problem for Mr Bond.
Is Amazon labouring under the impression that viewers think the James Bond franchise is one continuous, unbroken timeline, with now holes or inconsistencies rendered there-in?
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Perennial story problem. But if Sherlock Holmes can do it, feeling this isn't going to be a problem for Mr Bond.
👋 FB longpost this morning about the reincarnation of On Starlit Seas .... www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
👋 FB longpost this morning about the reincarnation of On Starlit Seas .... www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
Thank you to Aye Write Bookfest. Myself, @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social and Zoe Ventidozzi had a ball. Glasgow Audiences are the best!
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thank you to Aye Write Bookfest. Myself, @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social and Zoe Ventidozzi had a ball. Glasgow Audiences are the best!
Toppings Edinburgh definitely has enough signed copies now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Toppings Edinburgh definitely has enough signed copies now.
Speaking about Where are the Women at
@glasgowcc.bsky.social this afternoon and my God, the ceilings. ❤️
@glasgowcc.bsky.social this afternoon and my God, the ceilings. ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Speaking about Where are the Women at
@glasgowcc.bsky.social this afternoon and my God, the ceilings. ❤️
@glasgowcc.bsky.social this afternoon and my God, the ceilings. ❤️
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📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD