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Keep Scotland the Brand
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Scotland's positive campaign for clear provenance. Not about boycotts, but a strong market share.

Page managed by Ruth Watson, campaign founder.
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Take positive action with the #keepScotlandtheBrand direct action campaign.

Most definitely not about boycotts, which just hurt people in our communities, but about our market share, our global reputation for quality.

Send a message #SendItBack

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#keepScotlandtheBrand #SendItBack
YouTube video by Ruth Watson
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This is good news for Scotland’s #Dairy sector, and good news for Scotland

When we started working to #keepScotlandtheBrand, there were those who derided the issues we raised

It is good to see the campaign for Scotland’s brand - supported by thousands of people - now recognised the UK Government
Scottish cheese is now sold in Spain, supporting rural producers and opening new international markets through Brand Scotland.
Scottish cheese exports to Spain deliver boost for producers
www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#Scotland produces so many delicious #Dairy products.

The Spanish are in for a cheesey treat.

Of course, trade across European markets would be so much easier without #Brexit dragging us down

But today is a good day for #ScottishDairy
#keepScotlandtheBrand
Cheese from Scotland has gone on sale in Spain for the first time 🧀
Scottish cheese goes on sale in Spain for first time
www.thenational.scot
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Scotland has always been an outward-looking nation.

Our name for quality, culture, and heritage is recognised and valued at home and around the world.

It pays to #keepScotlandtheBrand
Scotland's international work strengthens our global reputation. Engaging with our international partners has been integral to record export sales, inward investment and tourism growth. Read more in the International Strategy Annual Report 2024-25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍
www.gov.scot/news/interna...
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A fascinating new way to learn about #Scottish history and culture

#CarvedInStone
#Picts

#keepScotlandtheBrand
Scottish archaeologists, game designers and writers have collaborated to publish an illustrated book exploring the lives of the Picts, following a successful crowdfunding campaign
Archaeologists and game designers collaborate on illustrated Picts book
www.thenational.scot
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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#Ardnamurchan is a beautiful place, shaped by centuries of history.

The Clearances had a devastating impact on the people who lived there but the community endured.

This book is the result of three years of work with the people who make Ardnamurchan what it is today: so much more than a postcard.
This looks like an amazing book by photographer #GlynSatterly, celebrating the community who live in Ardnamurchan, set in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Scotland

Available through the #Ardnamurchan Distillery shop @ardnamurchanwhisky.bsky.social: ardnamurchandistillery.com/product/comi...
ARDNAMURCHAN - PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNITY BY GLYN SATTERLEY
Welcome to Scotland's Greenest Distillery
ardnamurchandistillery.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This looks like an amazing book by photographer #GlynSatterly, celebrating the community who live in Ardnamurchan, set in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Scotland

Available through the #Ardnamurchan Distillery shop @ardnamurchanwhisky.bsky.social: ardnamurchandistillery.com/product/comi...
ARDNAMURCHAN - PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNITY BY GLYN SATTERLEY
Welcome to Scotland's Greenest Distillery
ardnamurchandistillery.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Pleased to help out by joining the advisory board @registry.scot - we are already setting the pace at @sahavoice.bsky.social & @scga.bsky.social with .scot. More than worth considering to preserve & promote the brand @keepscotlandbrand.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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“Schools, hospitals, prisons have to be built with kitchens. We need schools to feed our kids healthy food but we also need to teach children what healthy food is and what good food tastes like.”

My latest column.

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Feeding the future: The battle for fresh, local food in Scottish schools
WHEN I was a wee lass, I loved school dinners. The tasty aromas which wafted through the corridors offered welcome punctuation to a day stuck
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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A new addition to the video interview series '10 Minutes With' that introduce our members: this time, IASSL convenor Marie Hedon chats to Peter Mackay, Senior Lecturer at @standrewsenglish.bsky.social and Scottish Makar.
10 Minutes With... Peter Mackay (University of St Andrews)
YouTube video by IASSL
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October 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
New Writing Scotland Submission Manager
New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
nws.submittable.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chocolate with a conscience for a delicious guilt-free treat

The #ChocolateTree is beautifully presented, has ethics and transparency at its heart, and clearly displays the provenance from #BeanToBar

Grown in Guatamala #LakeLachua
Made in Scotland #EastLinton

#KnoweFarm
#keepScotlandtheBrand
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Gif onybody is efter jynin-in mair than a wee correction here or there whan readin, we huvnae ony sillar tae offer noo - but wid gie future royalties based on share o text an audio words in the database for fowk waantin tae gie a haun wi Central/Staundart Scots, Shetlandic an Orcadian airticles :-)
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We're gey pleasit tae see iss new Scots leid news accoont.

Warth a follae gif ye lik tae spik the Doric.

#SpikTheLeid
#Scots
#keepScotlandtheBrand

(ICYMI @billykayscot.bsky.social @drmdempster.bsky.social @scotslanguage.bsky.social )
3I/ATLAS’s journey intil oor solar system his bin a maisterclass in e bizarre, garrin astronomers tae speir gin thay are observin a naitural, aa be it gey unco, phenomenon, or somethin else entirely.

Read mair aboot it in Doric Scots at oorNews:

oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/a-vis...
A Visitor in e Mirk: E Unfauldin Riddle o Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS - oorNews
E solar system his a guest, an it’s actin like naething we’ve ivver seen. As humanity gazes oot fae its terrestrial cradle, a mysterious interstellar traiveller cryed 3I/ATLAS is silently glidin throu...
oornews.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
For aabody wha's haen the 'eleven' experience wi online vyce interaction...

Mebbe there's ane guid yaise fer AI efter aa?
Foo mony o yis hae tae spik English tae technology?

Afore we can hae vyce interaction in Scots wi AI we need tae train a vyce model - we're sikkin fowk fae aa ower Scotland an Ulster tae help wi biggin iss :-)

Read e airticle anent fit we're deein:

oornews.co.uk/sco-ne/gie-s...
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
scottishhistorysociety.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
The Scottish History Society
scottishhistorysociety.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cloth with clear provenance

Local skills
authentic
traditional and modern designs

#Tartan with integrity

Please sign and share

@edinburghlive.co.uk @scotlandshop.bsky.social
@murrayp.bsky.social
@ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social
@vadundee.bsky.social @obantimes.bsky.social @scotnational.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Please sign and share.

Clear provenance,
pride in quality,
supporting local skills and traditions

#Scotland
#Tartan
#Textiles
September 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#Tartan is an iconic and instantly recognisable part of Scotland’s culture and heritage.

This petition demands important and long-overdue legal protections to Scottish textiles and designs - although the Lowlands also should be included

#keepScotlandtheBrand

petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Petition: Pass an act for tartan woven in the Highlands, similar to Harris Tweed Act 1993
Create an act that legally recognises tartan cloth woven in the Highland region following the precedent set by the Harris Tweed Act 1993. A Highland-based authority could be established to manage the ...
petition.parliament.uk
September 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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The event will feature a panel on ‘Culture, collaboration and diaspora', followed by a presentation of exceptional research projects funded by the Ireland-Scotland Bilateral Network Grants.

@murrayp.bsky.social @sonjatiernan.bsky.social@brirechamber.bsky.social

Programme and tickets 👇
Hybrid event: Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Oooo, this looks worth a read

#Scotland
#History
#keepScotlandtheBrand
Coming very soon now-a comprehensive single volume history of Scotland from brochs to Brexit with something for everyone from Old Street Publishing-with thanks to @willdalrymple.bsky.social for his assessment !

@sahavoice.bsky.social @broadcastscot.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk @iassl.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'...wildness in Scotland is politically and culturally contentious with a long history for the term ‘wild’ being used to marginalise and ‘other’ communities in the Highlands and Islands of #Scotland, as well as immigrant communities and traveller communities'

www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Wicked Wild Wastes? Challenging Wildness through Repopulating Approaches to Archaeological Narratives in Scottish Highland Landscapes | The Scottish Historical Review
This article will explore a repopulating approach as a means of producing archaeological and historical narratives of upland land use in the Scottish Highlands which go beyond tired notions of margina...
www.euppublishing.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🚨Annooncement!🚨

Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!

A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.

A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁

Wirds as text ablow
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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We had a fantastic response to our recent panel on what land reform can do for urban Scotland 👏

Land reform is often seen as a rural issue but the level of interest shows an appetite to focus on the land challenges facing our towns and cities.

🎥 Watch back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rylb...
What can land reform do for urban Scotland? Online panel
YouTube video by Scottish Land Commission
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM