Maureen Shaw
@maureenshaw.bsky.social
Artist and researcher C18th Highlands / Badenoch / Gaelic / Gàidhlig. Troimh chèile, aobhairean teignigeach.
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Happy Monday…some light and colour from last week to brighten up the current gloom! I’m really not ready for the sun to be gone yet #scotland
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Carbonara has settled back into her native #Fife and begun her #mininglandscape mascot duties heading off with Ratticus to inspect the recent sink hole in #Kincardine allegedly caused by their burrowing brown norvegicus cousins
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
October 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Carbonara has settled back into her native #Fife and begun her #mininglandscape mascot duties heading off with Ratticus to inspect the recent sink hole in #Kincardine allegedly caused by their burrowing brown norvegicus cousins
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
To catch up on Carbonara’s story see www.youtube.com/channel/UCPt...
Happy Monday…some light and colour from last week to brighten up the current gloom! I’m really not ready for the sun to be gone yet #scotland
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Happy Monday…some light and colour from last week to brighten up the current gloom! I’m really not ready for the sun to be gone yet #scotland
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
Perfect west-coast family camping weather ⛺️
As promised, a rainy, windy day so far in Stirling... Am sitting at my desk in the study with the window open, and it's like listening to one of those relaxation audios.
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Perfect west-coast family camping weather ⛺️
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Important thread
1/7 Edinburgh university has released a report on its institutional complicity in slavery & colonial exploitation. A few observations on why its ‘shocking’ findings shouldn’t surprise us, & how History Reclaimed & their right wing media allies will likely react:
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds
Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Important thread
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Wonderful news: the Gaelic Books Council (@leughleabhar.bsky.social) is offering a full scholarship to a student with fluent written and spoken Scottish Gaelic, to study for the M.Litt in Publishing Studies at Stirling!
See the link for more information!
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
See the link for more information!
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
The Gaelic Books Council Scholarship | Scholarships | University of Stirling
www.stir.ac.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wonderful news: the Gaelic Books Council (@leughleabhar.bsky.social) is offering a full scholarship to a student with fluent written and spoken Scottish Gaelic, to study for the M.Litt in Publishing Studies at Stirling!
See the link for more information!
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
See the link for more information!
www.stir.ac.uk/scholarships...
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Garbh faisg air 500 ainm!
Ma tha sibh ag aontachadh rinn gu bheil barrachd soillearachaidh a dhìth sa Bhile Chànain air dè bhios e a' dèanamh dhuinn ag ìre na coimhearsnachd #Gàidhlig #Gaelic, nach cuir sibh ur n-ainmean ris an litir fhosgailte againn an seo?
www.change.org/scottishlang...
Ma tha sibh ag aontachadh rinn gu bheil barrachd soillearachaidh a dhìth sa Bhile Chànain air dè bhios e a' dèanamh dhuinn ag ìre na coimhearsnachd #Gàidhlig #Gaelic, nach cuir sibh ur n-ainmean ris an litir fhosgailte againn an seo?
www.change.org/scottishlang...
March 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Garbh faisg air 500 ainm!
Ma tha sibh ag aontachadh rinn gu bheil barrachd soillearachaidh a dhìth sa Bhile Chànain air dè bhios e a' dèanamh dhuinn ag ìre na coimhearsnachd #Gàidhlig #Gaelic, nach cuir sibh ur n-ainmean ris an litir fhosgailte againn an seo?
www.change.org/scottishlang...
Ma tha sibh ag aontachadh rinn gu bheil barrachd soillearachaidh a dhìth sa Bhile Chànain air dè bhios e a' dèanamh dhuinn ag ìre na coimhearsnachd #Gàidhlig #Gaelic, nach cuir sibh ur n-ainmean ris an litir fhosgailte againn an seo?
www.change.org/scottishlang...
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The BM catalogue says 'Tortoise, and separate view of a walled, coastal town in the Veneto' for this by Melchior Lorck, mid-16th century.
I'm sticking with giant flying tortoise myself.
I'm sticking with giant flying tortoise myself.
January 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The BM catalogue says 'Tortoise, and separate view of a walled, coastal town in the Veneto' for this by Melchior Lorck, mid-16th century.
I'm sticking with giant flying tortoise myself.
I'm sticking with giant flying tortoise myself.
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Good Day!
Snow Scene Through a Winter Window by Henry Alexander c.1880
Snow Scene Through a Winter Window by Henry Alexander c.1880
January 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Good Day!
Snow Scene Through a Winter Window by Henry Alexander c.1880
Snow Scene Through a Winter Window by Henry Alexander c.1880
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Tha mi an-seo làn dòchais gun lorg mi a h-uile duine ann an saoghal na Gàidhlig a dh'fhàg tw*tter o chionn ghoirid. Ca' bheil sibh? #Gàidhlig
December 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Tha mi an-seo làn dòchais gun lorg mi a h-uile duine ann an saoghal na Gàidhlig a dh'fhàg tw*tter o chionn ghoirid. Ca' bheil sibh? #Gàidhlig
Brilliant thread
Happy 1st of December. Today, a 🧵 of Scottish women worthy of statues. Statues memorialise in a specific way. They honour achievement. First, Jennie Lee, MP and founder of the Open University. The work she did as Arts Minister was transformative. Also = Mrs Aneurin Bevan. /1
December 1, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Brilliant thread
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
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Behind the scenes at Real World Studios during the recording of our album with Mary Chapin Carpenter ‘Looking for the Thread’ & featuring the first single ‘Hold Everything’ written by Karine Polwart 💫
li.sten.to/lookingforth...
Please share! 💜
#music #newmusic #collaboration #LookingForTheThread
li.sten.to/lookingforth...
Please share! 💜
#music #newmusic #collaboration #LookingForTheThread
November 24, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Behind the scenes at Real World Studios during the recording of our album with Mary Chapin Carpenter ‘Looking for the Thread’ & featuring the first single ‘Hold Everything’ written by Karine Polwart 💫
li.sten.to/lookingforth...
Please share! 💜
#music #newmusic #collaboration #LookingForTheThread
li.sten.to/lookingforth...
Please share! 💜
#music #newmusic #collaboration #LookingForTheThread
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The Whistlebinkies in Campsie Village Hall tonight! Come along
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 AM
The Whistlebinkies in Campsie Village Hall tonight! Come along
Happy #Caturday . Sketch of best boy Eddie, lost him this year unfortunately, but at a good age. Enjoying all the #CatsOfBlueSky
November 23, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Happy #Caturday . Sketch of best boy Eddie, lost him this year unfortunately, but at a good age. Enjoying all the #CatsOfBlueSky
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Years and years ago i stopped at a layby on the Inverness to Ullapool road and made what is probably still my favourite picture. It just caught a mood. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scotland
November 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Years and years ago i stopped at a layby on the Inverness to Ullapool road and made what is probably still my favourite picture. It just caught a mood. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scotland
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Collecting bookbindings made from reused medieval manuscript fragments offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of recycling and craftsmanship. Each cover tells a dual story: the book it protects and the manuscript it once was. #BookHistory #RareBooks #MedievalManuscripts
November 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Collecting bookbindings made from reused medieval manuscript fragments offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of recycling and craftsmanship. Each cover tells a dual story: the book it protects and the manuscript it once was. #BookHistory #RareBooks #MedievalManuscripts
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Back in 2016 I worked at the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic and my main job was digitising and re-transcribing texts to be put in a searchable database. One of the most interesting texts I handled was by Hugh Laing, a Gael who emigrated to Australia and wrote a book called "Gu Tìr Mo Luaidh"
November 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Back in 2016 I worked at the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic and my main job was digitising and re-transcribing texts to be put in a searchable database. One of the most interesting texts I handled was by Hugh Laing, a Gael who emigrated to Australia and wrote a book called "Gu Tìr Mo Luaidh"
Coffee, book and teasels. Warm autumn morning earlier in the week. Expecting Goldfinches to the store cupboard very soon.
November 15, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Coffee, book and teasels. Warm autumn morning earlier in the week. Expecting Goldfinches to the store cupboard very soon.