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Jenn Scott
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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
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Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · Aug 5
Still got some availability early next year.
jennscott1485.bsky.social Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · Jul 7
Any history festivals out there or podcasts? Let's talk.
jennscott1485.bsky.social Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · Apr 17
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
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SOS save the #bbcworldservice

‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.

Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.

Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP

Please Email:

fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk

enquiries@dcms.gov.uk
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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edinburghminute.com
Sorry Gregor. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#AsOne @scotlandrugbynews.bsky.social
#Scotland #CalcuttaCup #SixNations
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Whether the weather be dreich or fair, my luve,
if guid times greet us, or we hae tae face the worst,
ahint and afore whit will happen tae us…

—Jackie Kay, “A Lang Promise”
in BANTAM (Picador, 2017)
#ValentinesDay #poetry #LGBTQ #LGBTQplusHM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
#BookWormSat
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A Lang Promise Jackie Kay Whether the weather be dreich or fair, my luve, if guid times greet us, or we hae tae face the worst, ahint and afore whit will happen tae us: blind in the present, eyes open to the furore, unkempt or perjink, suddenly puir or poorly, peely-wally or in fine fettle, beld or frosty, calm as a ghoul or in a feery-farry, in dork December or in springy spring weather, doon by the Barrows, or on the Champs-Élysées, at midnight, first licht, whether the mune be roond or crescent, and yer o' soond mind or absent, I'll tak your trusty haun and lead you over the haw – hame, ma darlin. I’ll carry ma lantern, and daur defend ye agin ony foe; and whilst there is breath in me, I'll blaw it intae ye. Fir ye are ma true luve, the bonnie face I see; nichts I fall intae slumber, it’s ye swimming up in all yer guidness and blitheness, yer passion. You’ll be mine, noo, an’ till the end o’ time, ma bonnie lassie, I’ll tak the full guid o’ ye and gie it back, and gie it back tae ye: a furst kiss, a lang promise, time’s gowden ring.
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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On ransomware and under-funded GLAMs: 'At no point was the British Library particularly negligent or unprepared. Instead, it was hindered by vulnerabilities shared by the majority of cultural institutions. ...the attack [is] a warning to the whole sector.' informationsecuritybuzz.com/the-cyberatt...
The Cyberattack That Exposed The Fragility Of Digital Heritage
Saturday 28 October 2023 is a date that will live long in the memory of staff at the British Library. As they arrived for work that day, they encountered
informationsecuritybuzz.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Why not buy you or a loved one a book for Valentine's Day?
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Or
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Valentine's Day Sake 20% off all Printed Books
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Why not buy you or a loved one a book for Valentine's Day?
www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
Or
www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
Valentine's Day Sake 20% off all Printed Books
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Clear and coloured glass depicting Mary of Burgundy, b.13 Feb 1457, d. 27 Mar 1482. From the Chapel of the Holy Blood, Bruges. Probably made in Bruges, c. 1500 (V&A Museum, London)
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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How to research Scotland’s amazing past for FREE!
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Researching Scotland's Past...a mini introduction to two amazing FREE tools!
Part 1....Pastmap.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Call for papers - growing up in the early modern world!
Call for papers for event on children in early modern institutions. Contact Paula Plastic.
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Goodness Scottish history is pretty poorly served by podcasts/ audio books/ radio.
This is obviously not a surprise really.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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I think that the Royal Mile, Princes Street, Rose Street and George Street should all be pedestrian with caveats about deliveries/ buses.
We have an actual bus station - use it!
I work in George St and I think these plans often forget the number of people who live and work in the centre.
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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The progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots, (1561-1565) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progres...
Progresses of Mary, Queen of Scots - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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A picture of Eileen Donna castle taken by me in June 2019 on the 300 th anniversary of the 1719 Jacobite Rising. Much of the castle was destroyed during it. It was rebuilt in the 20th century.
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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The bells of @stmaryscathedin.bsky.social have added their delightful music to the urban soundscape of Edinburgh for almost 150 years. Now they need a once in generation repair to keep them ringing for years to come. 🔔

Can you help with the costs 👇
www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/st_mar...
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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If you want to know what they actually wore. You could look at my books-
www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
I Am Minded to Rise | Century of the Soldier 1618-1721 | Helion & Company
I Am Minded to Rise, Century of the Soldier 1618-1721 - just one of the military history books available from Helion & Company.
www.helion.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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I still think a Muppet Pride and Prejudice would be brilliant.
Human Darcy and Elizabeth everyone else is a Muppet except for maybe Mr Collins.
With the same attention to costume as A Christmas Carol..
February 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Reading social media accounts about visiting Edinburgh with increasing amounts of bafflement
And the comments even more so!
What is this city they are talking about?
Also who are all these apparently healthy people who can't walk the length of the royal mile?
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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8 February 1583: The beginning of Lent is approaching next week, so in Edinburgh, the Privy Council order a proclamation prohibiting anyone to eat, kill or dress any kind of flesh during this period, except 'sic personis as, upoun just and necessarie considerationis, sall obtene ... 1/
#earlymodern
Annibale Carracci's painting of The Butcher's Shop. Two men stand surrounded by joints of meat and animal carcasses.
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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OTD in 1592, Lady Margaret Campbell brought her son the 2nd Earl of Moray to Edinburgh intending to display his body and force the king to bring his killers to justice.
Ye Hielands and ye Lowlands,
O, whaur hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o’ Moray,
And laid him on the green.
A 'revenge portrait of the 2nd Earl of Moray. Moray's mother, Margaret Campbell, had this painting made of her son's dead body, as evidence of his multiple wounds, bearing the legend "God Revenge My Caus". Her intention was to show this publicly at the Cross in Edinburgh, but the King ignored her request.
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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7 February 1716: The Earl of Mar's Jacobite army disbanded at Aberdeen, bringing to an end the Jacobite Rising of 1715. Mar and James Francis Edward Stuart had departed Scotland for France on 4 February.

📸 Slezer's Aberdeen, 1693 / National Library of Scotland
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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I am not even an academic and my favourite is medieval underwear.
I get asked about this at every talk I do.
It's not a stupid question I just find it fascinating that's where people go.
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 10d
The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
amanda.omg.lol Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 11d
the greatest joy in my life is asking overly qualified academics really dumb questions about the field of study they have devoted their lives to (i.e. did medieval people smoke weed?)
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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"Am faca sibhse clach-uaighe dhà-chànanach?"

BBC journalist Ailean Beaton goes in search of historic dual language (Gaelic and English) gravestones across Scotland.

Read the full story in Gaelic here (many browsers will translate the piece into English for you) 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore

It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Robert the Bruce's doctor worried about his eel habit, fearing it would kill the king. But only one Scottish king's death is actually tied to the fish: Alexander III, who was eating fresh eel (murena recenti) just before he died.

Were the eels to blame? 1/4
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Meme. Photograph of a New Zealand longfin eel underwater, looking at the camera. Eels seldom have name tags, but she looks like her name is Patrishaphon. She is a lovely dappled gray color; it's not the sort of grey you'd like to paint your walls with -- it's too dark and dirty for that. It's more the color of the dusky space between half-dreaming and daylight. Patrishaphon has her head cocked to the side, and is looking directly at you. Her eyes are oddly compelling, like a long-unthought-of childhood smell. She is peering at you from a bed of seaweed or underwater ferns that look soft and delicate. Her expression -- such that an eel has an expression -- can best be described as slightly shaken conviction. Like she believes that she understands the world, but also you've just told her about all the colors that she cannot see, and now she has doubts eating at the edges of her identity. Take heart, Patrishaphon. The universe is a question, not a declaration. Meme text reads: "No"
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
jennscott1485.bsky.social
I am not even an academic and my favourite is medieval underwear.
I get asked about this at every talk I do.
It's not a stupid question I just find it fascinating that's where people go.
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 10d
The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
amanda.omg.lol Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 11d
the greatest joy in my life is asking overly qualified academics really dumb questions about the field of study they have devoted their lives to (i.e. did medieval people smoke weed?)
February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM