Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
Musicologist historian, RCS Fellow, @iashedinburgh.bsky.social alumna. Social History of Amateur Music-Making & Scottish National Identity: Scotland's Printed Music 1880-1951 (Routledge).
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Wary of folk w/o profiles!
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Wary of folk w/o profiles!
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Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Proud Addition to my Published Output: Women Pursuing Musical Careers: Finding Opportunities in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Music Publishing Circles
Published online today, 12 January 2026, in the RMA (Royal Musical Association) Research Chronicle, by Cambridge University Press, on Open Access:- click here. Writing this article was enormously f…
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Proud Addition to my Published Output: 'Women Pursuing Musical Careers: Finding Opportunities in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Music Publishing Circles', new article!
#RMAResearchChronicle #PortfolioCareers
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#RMAResearchChronicle #PortfolioCareers
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Your smallest, most #indispensable gadget?
Screwdriver for mending glasses when they fall apart!
Screwdriver for mending glasses when they fall apart!
February 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Your smallest, most #indispensable gadget?
Screwdriver for mending glasses when they fall apart!
Screwdriver for mending glasses when they fall apart!
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
Trying to decide if I need to stay up until midnight to tell you that in Wales they don’t celebrate Valentine, they celebrate Dwynwen who wanted to be away from [a specific man] Maelon so SOULFULLY, she literally walked on water until an angel agreed to turn him into ice
She felt bad about it, so:
She felt bad about it, so:
February 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Trying to decide if I need to stay up until midnight to tell you that in Wales they don’t celebrate Valentine, they celebrate Dwynwen who wanted to be away from [a specific man] Maelon so SOULFULLY, she literally walked on water until an angel agreed to turn him into ice
She felt bad about it, so:
She felt bad about it, so:
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
Do you have a Ten Minute Talk idea to share with us? We're always looking for new stories of local history research!
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/news-promote...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
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#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
February 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Do you have a Ten Minute Talk idea to share with us? We're always looking for new stories of local history research!
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/news-promote...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/news-promote...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
To balance my cooking fails - a stitched monogram.
I never aspired to be a #DomesticGoddess!
I never aspired to be a #DomesticGoddess!
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
To balance my cooking fails - a stitched monogram.
I never aspired to be a #DomesticGoddess!
I never aspired to be a #DomesticGoddess!
#CookingFail - lovely mushroom omelette declared to have "too many mushrooms".
There were plenty, but - can one have too many???
There were plenty, but - can one have too many???
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
#CookingFail - lovely mushroom omelette declared to have "too many mushrooms".
There were plenty, but - can one have too many???
There were plenty, but - can one have too many???
Yay! Ethical approval hurdle is completed. Now ...
#FullSteamAhead
#FullSteamAhead
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Yay! Ethical approval hurdle is completed. Now ...
#FullSteamAhead
#FullSteamAhead
@pressfuturist.bsky.social more about Mary Ann!
What do you know? Delighted to discover that my article is February Article of the Month in vol.56 of the @royalmusical.bsky.social Research Chronicle! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 13, 2026 at 8:29 AM
@pressfuturist.bsky.social more about Mary Ann!
Does one have to play hiphop music LOUD whilst de-icing the car? Oh good, neighbour is off ...
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Does one have to play hiphop music LOUD whilst de-icing the car? Oh good, neighbour is off ...
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Abstract deadline: tomorrow! Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914 womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-mu...
Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914
The Royal Academy of Music warmly invites submissions for this two-day international conference, exploring the role of women in shaping historical narratives of music across the long nineteenth cen…
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February 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Abstract deadline: tomorrow! Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914 womenshistorynetwork.org/women-and-mu...
Yay! Booked a haircut. And Alexa tells me 'no rain is expected in Glasgow tomorrow'. Clearly gonna be a good day!
#NoRainFriday
#NoRainFriday
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Yay! Booked a haircut. And Alexa tells me 'no rain is expected in Glasgow tomorrow'. Clearly gonna be a good day!
#NoRainFriday
#NoRainFriday
What do you know? Delighted to discover that my article is February Article of the Month in vol.56 of the @royalmusical.bsky.social Research Chronicle! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
What do you know? Delighted to discover that my article is February Article of the Month in vol.56 of the @royalmusical.bsky.social Research Chronicle! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
And ... turns out there IS more info about the #PinkPillsForPalePeople!
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM
And ... turns out there IS more info about the #PinkPillsForPalePeople!
I'm sorry - I got distracted. I was looking for a muso in 19th century Stockport ...
#PinkPillsForPalePeople - who'd have thought it!
#PinkPillsForPalePeople - who'd have thought it!
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I'm sorry - I got distracted. I was looking for a muso in 19th century Stockport ...
#PinkPillsForPalePeople - who'd have thought it!
#PinkPillsForPalePeople - who'd have thought it!
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Well-fired?!
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/11/r...
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Reader, I Killed It
I thought I’d make bread for lunch. (It’s a semi-retirement day.) The idea occurred to me too late, so I decided to try the bread-machine’s fast-bake setting. I measured my ingr…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Well-fired?!
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Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
My favourite captcha, recently reposted.
February 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
My favourite captcha, recently reposted.
I have killed it. The bread machine's fast-bake underbaked it. I subsequently overbaked it. But I did compose an excellent response to Checkatrade, which took all my powers of concentration ...
#DeadBread
#WellFired loaf
#DeadBread
#WellFired loaf
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I have killed it. The bread machine's fast-bake underbaked it. I subsequently overbaked it. But I did compose an excellent response to Checkatrade, which took all my powers of concentration ...
#DeadBread
#WellFired loaf
#DeadBread
#WellFired loaf
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
Theatre 118, a grassroots Glasgow theatre company, was given just seven days to move out of its premises @neilcooper.bsky.social @brianjaffa.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Forget Edinburgh Festivals for a moment, closure of this Glasgow theatre is a tragedy
The last week has seen the sudden closure of one of Scotland’s most important arts venues, Not the CCA, which had been an accident waiting to…
www.heraldscotland.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Theatre 118, a grassroots Glasgow theatre company, was given just seven days to move out of its premises @neilcooper.bsky.social @brianjaffa.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
Festival of Social History
To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, we’ve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion pan…
socialhistory.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:08 AM
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
Very, VERY tempting! Checking diary ...
📢FESTIVAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY📢
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
❓Celebration of 50 years of the Social History Society
📅 Fri 24 April
📍 Senate House, London
🫰£30 (£10 non members)
Join us for panel discussion, stalls & tours, plus keynote from Prof. Naomi Tadmor.
🗃️ #EarlyModern
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Very, VERY tempting! Checking diary ...
Bit of stitched trivia here: cloth book loosely about historical #LegalDeposit music 🎶.
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Cloth Book about Historical Legal Deposit Music
I made this cloth book after I’d finished the ‘Claimed from Stationers Hall’ research project. Something was missing, though: it lacked explanatory captions. This week, I revised …
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
February 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Bit of stitched trivia here: cloth book loosely about historical #LegalDeposit music 🎶.
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Second edition.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
Cloth book updated! A decade after I started thinking about historical legal deposit music, I revised my fabric rendition of my research findings ...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
#Creativity
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#Creativity
Cloth Book about Historical Legal Deposit Music
I made this cloth book after I’d finished the ‘Claimed from Stationers Hall’ research project. Something was missing, though: it lacked explanatory captions. This week, I revised …
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Cloth book updated! A decade after I started thinking about historical legal deposit music, I revised my fabric rendition of my research findings ...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
#Creativity
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2026/02/10/c...
#Creativity
Disappointment is ...
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Disappointment is ...
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase
Knowing the books you seek are 150 years old and rare as hen's teeth - but still hoping they might be in the first two secondhand bookshops you try.
But they aren't.
#WildGooseChase