Jenn Scott
@jennscott1485.bsky.social
Historian, writer, re-enactor. Interested in Scots clothing and sometimes battles from 1450-1750.
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-men-of-warre-the-clothes-weapons-and-accoutrements-of-the-scots-at-war-1460-1600.php
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-men-of-warre-the-clothes-weapons-and-accoutrements-of-the-scots-at-war-1460-1600.php
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Jenn Scott
@jennscott1485.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Any history festivals out there or podcasts? Let's talk.
Speaker availability for 2025/26
I'm available for talks on -
Late medieval and Renaissance clothing in Scotland
Jacobite clothing during the Risings
Get in touch to discuss your event
I'm available for talks on -
Late medieval and Renaissance clothing in Scotland
Jacobite clothing during the Risings
Get in touch to discuss your event
Still got some availability early next year.
Off to Dunbar now.
Looking forward to talking to East Lothian Embroiders and Textile Artists about Women's clothing in late medieval Scotland on Saturday 22nd at the Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar at 2pm.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Off to Dunbar now.
On my way back from work today.
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On my way back from work today.
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Racist abuse curtails consultation on Glasgow slavery links www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Consultation on Glasgow slavery trail curtailed due to racist abuse
Glasgow City Council cut back an attempt to gather views on how to mark the city's slave trade history due to
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Racist abuse curtails consultation on Glasgow slavery links www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
This Saturday
Looking forward to talking to East Lothian Embroiders and Textile Artists about Women's clothing in late medieval Scotland on Saturday 22nd at the Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar at 2pm.
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This Saturday
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Actually what's in that cup, Is it mead? Is one of those questions that you get asked quite frequently as a reenactor. Spoiler alert :- it's very unlikely to be mead.
I've written about mead and its popular perception for The Conversation. theconversation.com/the-truth-ab... Mildly concerned that by pointing out that the Vikings (probably) didn't drink (much) mead, I will have annoyed all the re-enactors, many of whom have swords oh dear.
The truth about Vikings and mead might disappoint modern enthusiasts
The standard drink was far more likely to be ale.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Actually what's in that cup, Is it mead? Is one of those questions that you get asked quite frequently as a reenactor. Spoiler alert :- it's very unlikely to be mead.
Maybe leave things alone when visiting?
www.scotsman.com/news/500-yea...
www.scotsman.com/news/500-yea...
Visitors urged to 'respect Scotland's heritage' after historic castle wall torn down
The wall is an original 15th-century feature of the castle and was eventually repaired this week
www.scotsman.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Maybe leave things alone when visiting?
www.scotsman.com/news/500-yea...
www.scotsman.com/news/500-yea...
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Outlaw, fiddler, & folk hero James Macpherson (c1675–1700) was hanged #OTD, 16 Nov, for being Romani. Prior to his execution Macpherson composed his famous “Rant”. Macpherson sang his lament on the gallows & smashed his fiddle before meeting his fate
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blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-...
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blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-...
The loss of a son: Jamie Macpherson and his Gypsy heritage - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
Outlaw and folk hero Jamie Macpherson was tried and hung in 1700 for being a Gypsy. Uncover his story told by his Gypsy mother.
blog.historicenvironment.scot
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Outlaw, fiddler, & folk hero James Macpherson (c1675–1700) was hanged #OTD, 16 Nov, for being Romani. Prior to his execution Macpherson composed his famous “Rant”. Macpherson sang his lament on the gallows & smashed his fiddle before meeting his fate
1/7
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-...
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blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-...
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Good gravy does this ruffler have a sensational history. 1620s, English, owned by Sir Edwin Rich (b.1594) to Dame Zandra Rhodes (b.1940). Sold for 30x upper est. I'd like to know the story behind one of the holes and its corresponding blood stain! Unboxing video on auction house's insta.
Lot 538 - A fine and rare shaped linen ruffler,
Lot 538 - A fine and rare shaped linen ruffler, - Estimate 6000-10000 GBP
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Good gravy does this ruffler have a sensational history. 1620s, English, owned by Sir Edwin Rich (b.1594) to Dame Zandra Rhodes (b.1940). Sold for 30x upper est. I'd like to know the story behind one of the holes and its corresponding blood stain! Unboxing video on auction house's insta.
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OTD in 1715 the battle of Sheriffmuir was fought between the government army led by Argyll against the Jacobites led by the somewhat ineffectual Mar. Both sides claimed victory.
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OTD in 1715 the battle of Sheriffmuir was fought between the government army led by Argyll against the Jacobites led by the somewhat ineffectual Mar. Both sides claimed victory.
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
OTD in 1715 the battle of Sheriffmuir was fought between the government army led by Argyll against the Jacobites led by the somewhat ineffectual Mar. Both sides claimed victory.
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OTD in 1715 the battle of Sheriffmuir was fought between the government army led by Argyll against the Jacobites led by the somewhat ineffectual Mar. Both sides claimed victory.
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
The first question on your lips is but what were they wearing?
I can help with that - www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
And I remember this at school
Up the close an doon the stair
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
The afterlives of anatomical bodies: what museum collections can teach us about our past
‘Up the close and doon the stair,/ Ben the hoose wi’ Burke and Hare/ Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief,/ Knox the boy who buys the beef.’ This Scottish children’s rhyme has br…
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
And I remember this at school
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Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
I am staying in a hotel in Coventry on Friday night as I am going to the reenactment markets. I have just had an email telling me about things to do in Coventry none of which are in Coventry.
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I am staying in a hotel in Coventry on Friday night as I am going to the reenactment markets. I have just had an email telling me about things to do in Coventry none of which are in Coventry.
✨ Throwback to April ✨
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
✨ Throwback to April ✨
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
What an absolute pleasure it was to speak for the Mary Queen of Scots Society about one of my favourite topics: the clothing of Mary Queen of Scots. Her wardrobe tells such a fascinating story of power and identity.
Amazed that anyone in 2025 thinks it's okay to have a public programme/ conference that contains absolutely no women ( and this isn't the first year)
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amazed that anyone in 2025 thinks it's okay to have a public programme/ conference that contains absolutely no women ( and this isn't the first year)
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A re-recording Margaret Fay Shaw’s 1955 broadcast “Folksongs of South Uist”. In 2015, Fiona J Mackenzie re-recorded Shaw’s exact words & married them with the original archive song audio. Pictures in the video are part of Shaw’s own Canna Photographic Collection
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7m...
Folksongs of South Uist Broadcast- Margaret Fay Shaw's words read by Fiona J Mackenzie
YouTube video by Fiona J Mackenzie
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A re-recording Margaret Fay Shaw’s 1955 broadcast “Folksongs of South Uist”. In 2015, Fiona J Mackenzie re-recorded Shaw’s exact words & married them with the original archive song audio. Pictures in the video are part of Shaw’s own Canna Photographic Collection
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7m...
Looking forward to talking to East Lothian Embroiders and Textile Artists about Women's clothing in late medieval Scotland on Saturday 22nd at the Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar at 2pm.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Looking forward to talking to East Lothian Embroiders and Textile Artists about Women's clothing in late medieval Scotland on Saturday 22nd at the Bleaching Field Centre, Dunbar at 2pm.
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Mistress Young's Edinburgh macaroons c. 1640, 'beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome', full recipe in ALT text
![How to make mackaroundes
Take a pound of almondis blansche them in warme water beat them small putting in as yow beat them a little roase water q[ui]ch will beist them from oyling q[uhe]n they be all beatten small take ther weight in sugar and beit them together till it be lyke a past then take them out of the morter and put to them a spoonfull of roase water and 3. of fyne wheate floure mixe altogether then beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome then put in the almondis and mixe it with and lay them out in ovells in a pleat q[uhe]n they be halfe baiked louse them of trenscheours then and baike them out](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p3stfxwzlmhwdtnk4pe63vov/bafkreign7g2ggam74tuqgd2p7y7gg6rjjnlz3wroure5a5bnkrysbgp6wi@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Mistress Young's Edinburgh macaroons c. 1640, 'beat 4 or 5 eggis the wheits of them with a tuig till it be all turned to fome', full recipe in ALT text
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Could contemporary rewilding represent an act of marginalisation?
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places in a new EUP blog post 👉
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places in a new EUP blog post 👉
Wicked Wild Wastes? - Edinburgh University Press Blog
Dr Edward Stewart challenges contemporary notions of rewilding, suggesting an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places.
euppublishingblog.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Could contemporary rewilding represent an act of marginalisation?
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places in a new EUP blog post 👉
@eddiecstewart.bsky.social looks to the past to suggest an alternative future for Scotland's 'wild' places in a new EUP blog post 👉