Alasdair
@timetravellingscot.bsky.social
Museums, Scottish History and Archaeology. Bagpiper, reenactor, heritage-worker and out of practice historian
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It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
July 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
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#OtD 14 Jul 1789 the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a notorious prison and a symbol of power and the old order. This markeda key early victory in the French revolution. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#OtD 14 Jul 1789 the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a notorious prison and a symbol of power and the old order. This markeda key early victory in the French revolution. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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Seal of a rabbit or hare attached to a grant of land in Bradford-on-Avon in 1436. LFC Ch II 13.
April 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Seal of a rabbit or hare attached to a grant of land in Bradford-on-Avon in 1436. LFC Ch II 13.
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Unpaid exploitative internships are still rife in arts and heritage. Last year a mentee of mine from a challenging & economically unprivileged background won a competitive internship with a London auction house, only to be told they needed to pay £1000s in fees..
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Arts sector’s use of unpaid interns for some roles could be illegal, experts say
Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industries
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Unpaid exploitative internships are still rife in arts and heritage. Last year a mentee of mine from a challenging & economically unprivileged background won a competitive internship with a London auction house, only to be told they needed to pay £1000s in fees..
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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From the minute book of the Canongate Wobsters (Weavers). The notary made a warp and weft pattern for the signature!
February 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
From the minute book of the Canongate Wobsters (Weavers). The notary made a warp and weft pattern for the signature!
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Keeping a camel at Holyrood Palace: James VI of Scotland, like other renaissance monarchs, kept unusual or exotic pets, vanishedcomforts.org/2019/11/03/k...
Keeping a camel at Holyrood Palace
James VI of Scotland, like other renaissance monarchs, kept unusual or exotic pets. We know a lot about his lion from the complaint made by its keeper, Wilhelm Froelich, who had brought the animal …
vanishedcomforts.org
January 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Keeping a camel at Holyrood Palace: James VI of Scotland, like other renaissance monarchs, kept unusual or exotic pets, vanishedcomforts.org/2019/11/03/k...
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Hey #medievalsky, the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose is now on Bluesky! Follow @onpdict.bsky.social for word of the day, solution to the previous day’s wordle, and occasional updates from our team of editors.
Quoted here is today’s word of the day: eirketill ‘copper kettle’
#lexicography
Quoted here is today’s word of the day: eirketill ‘copper kettle’
#lexicography
eirketill (sb. m.): 5 cits, e.g. copper kettle, cauldron of copper/bronze // kobberkedel, kedel/gryde af kobber/bronze ‘eirketill oc liggur ꜳ halfur þridi fiordungur. oc gꜳt ꜳ botninum«. pottur litill oc. er ꜳ .ij. go᷎t»’ (DI in Bps B II 4) onp.ku.dk/o17295 #OldNorse
January 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hey #medievalsky, the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose is now on Bluesky! Follow @onpdict.bsky.social for word of the day, solution to the previous day’s wordle, and occasional updates from our team of editors.
Quoted here is today’s word of the day: eirketill ‘copper kettle’
#lexicography
Quoted here is today’s word of the day: eirketill ‘copper kettle’
#lexicography
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Are you wondering 'What to do with Historic Churches?' ⛪️
Find out how to preserve and repurpose historic churches at Museums and Heritage Highland's workshop!
When? Tuesday 21st January at 9.30am.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-to-do...
Find out how to preserve and repurpose historic churches at Museums and Heritage Highland's workshop!
When? Tuesday 21st January at 9.30am.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-to-do...
What to do with Historic Churches
A Big Scary Projects workshop from MHH, looking at the challenges and opportunities of caring for historic churches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Are you wondering 'What to do with Historic Churches?' ⛪️
Find out how to preserve and repurpose historic churches at Museums and Heritage Highland's workshop!
When? Tuesday 21st January at 9.30am.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-to-do...
Find out how to preserve and repurpose historic churches at Museums and Heritage Highland's workshop!
When? Tuesday 21st January at 9.30am.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-to-do...
Will add, for purposes of immersion, only certain people had phones for safety and the odd sly photo. Otherwise the only photos have been taken on cameras of the period, we are still waiting for film to be developed!
The photos of us all together were taken just after the event ended.
#history 📚
The photos of us all together were taken just after the event ended.
#history 📚
Last weekend I took part in an emersive WW1 event at the Great War Huts, set in very early 1915.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
January 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Will add, for purposes of immersion, only certain people had phones for safety and the odd sly photo. Otherwise the only photos have been taken on cameras of the period, we are still waiting for film to be developed!
The photos of us all together were taken just after the event ended.
#history 📚
The photos of us all together were taken just after the event ended.
#history 📚
Last weekend I took part in an emersive WW1 event at the Great War Huts, set in very early 1915.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
January 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last weekend I took part in an emersive WW1 event at the Great War Huts, set in very early 1915.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.
✨ share your favourite photo of yourself from 2024 ✨
Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.
This is me at De Slag om Grolle in the Netherlands, wearing clothing I'd made myself (grey doublet and breeches), the *most* flamboyantly lined Dutch Coat and carrying a reproduction of the colour... (1/2)
Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.
This is me at De Slag om Grolle in the Netherlands, wearing clothing I'd made myself (grey doublet and breeches), the *most* flamboyantly lined Dutch Coat and carrying a reproduction of the colour... (1/2)
December 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
✨ share your favourite photo of yourself from 2024 ✨
Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.
This is me at De Slag om Grolle in the Netherlands, wearing clothing I'd made myself (grey doublet and breeches), the *most* flamboyantly lined Dutch Coat and carrying a reproduction of the colour... (1/2)
Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.
This is me at De Slag om Grolle in the Netherlands, wearing clothing I'd made myself (grey doublet and breeches), the *most* flamboyantly lined Dutch Coat and carrying a reproduction of the colour... (1/2)
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If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE
This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios.
Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber...
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@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@emwjournal.bsky.social
This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios.
Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber...
🗃
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@emwjournal.bsky.social
Bereft of all Human Help: Scottish Widows during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
This article traces the plight of the widows of Scottish soldiers who participated in the Thirty Years' War. Contrasting a number of strategies the women used in two main contrasting legal systems...
www.academia.edu
December 28, 2024 at 10:51 AM
If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE
This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios.
Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber...
🗃
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@emwjournal.bsky.social
This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios.
Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber...
🗃
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@emwjournal.bsky.social
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Interested in historic documents?📜
Want to improve your reading of old handwriting (palaeography?)✍️
Enjoy bite-sized puzzles like Wordle? Looking for a new challenge over Christmas?🎄🎅
Help us transcribe 25,000 Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills on Zooniverse: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
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Want to improve your reading of old handwriting (palaeography?)✍️
Enjoy bite-sized puzzles like Wordle? Looking for a new challenge over Christmas?🎄🎅
Help us transcribe 25,000 Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills on Zooniverse: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
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The Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790 | Zooniverse - People-powered research
Help us transcribe wills from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and reveal how ownership of, and attitudes towards, objects changed in a period of economic transformation
www.zooniverse.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Interested in historic documents?📜
Want to improve your reading of old handwriting (palaeography?)✍️
Enjoy bite-sized puzzles like Wordle? Looking for a new challenge over Christmas?🎄🎅
Help us transcribe 25,000 Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills on Zooniverse: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
1/
Want to improve your reading of old handwriting (palaeography?)✍️
Enjoy bite-sized puzzles like Wordle? Looking for a new challenge over Christmas?🎄🎅
Help us transcribe 25,000 Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills on Zooniverse: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs...
1/
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From the British Iron Age some 2,000 years ago, a unique set of 24 coloured glass gaming pieces with spiral motif 🌀
Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
December 20, 2024 at 11:49 AM
From the British Iron Age some 2,000 years ago, a unique set of 24 coloured glass gaming pieces with spiral motif 🌀
Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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'Absolute unit' meme on show in Bradford museum first
The meme is the first
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Opinion | Exploring new funding models for the cultural sector 📈
Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration.
Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration.
Exploring new funding models for the cultural sector - Museums Association
Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration
www.museumsassociation.org
December 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Opinion | Exploring new funding models for the cultural sector 📈
Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration.
Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration.
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Interesting one for you today!
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
December 13, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Interesting one for you today!
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
Only been here a wee while and I already on 100 followers.
Thats crazy!
Thats crazy!
December 13, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Only been here a wee while and I already on 100 followers.
Thats crazy!
Thats crazy!
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This article, co-authored with @lexythugcat.bsky.social, finally maps a Scottish community we've both studied for some 30 years.
It has identified 3x main quarters for the merchant, maritime and military residents in Old Stockholm. Their wealth & prestige is evident from the surviving buildings 📚 🗃
It has identified 3x main quarters for the merchant, maritime and military residents in Old Stockholm. Their wealth & prestige is evident from the surviving buildings 📚 🗃
December 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM
This article, co-authored with @lexythugcat.bsky.social, finally maps a Scottish community we've both studied for some 30 years.
It has identified 3x main quarters for the merchant, maritime and military residents in Old Stockholm. Their wealth & prestige is evident from the surviving buildings 📚 🗃
It has identified 3x main quarters for the merchant, maritime and military residents in Old Stockholm. Their wealth & prestige is evident from the surviving buildings 📚 🗃
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Reader, I googlied him
December 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Reader, I googlied him
Interesting one for you today!
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
December 13, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Interesting one for you today!
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk.
There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city.
(1/3)
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News | Funding uplift for Scottish museums ‘does not go far enough’ – sector bodies welcome budget boost but say much of the funding will be absorbed by rising costs
@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
Funding uplift for Scottish museums ‘does not go far enough’ - Museums Association
Sector bodies welcome budget boost but say much of the funding will be absorbed by rising costs
www.museumsassociation.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:32 PM
News | Funding uplift for Scottish museums ‘does not go far enough’ – sector bodies welcome budget boost but say much of the funding will be absorbed by rising costs
@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk
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Me: I'm going to sleep.
My brain: You know, some human or almost-human once laughed for the very first time probably because another proto-human fell or bumped into something and everyone was confused about the laughing but then had to laugh too and everyone was confused.
Me:
My brain: You know, some human or almost-human once laughed for the very first time probably because another proto-human fell or bumped into something and everyone was confused about the laughing but then had to laugh too and everyone was confused.
Me:
December 9, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Me: I'm going to sleep.
My brain: You know, some human or almost-human once laughed for the very first time probably because another proto-human fell or bumped into something and everyone was confused about the laughing but then had to laugh too and everyone was confused.
Me:
My brain: You know, some human or almost-human once laughed for the very first time probably because another proto-human fell or bumped into something and everyone was confused about the laughing but then had to laugh too and everyone was confused.
Me:
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3 May 1744. Not too long before the MacDonalds of Glencoe would come out for the Jacobite cause, Chief Alexander MacDonald petitions the SSPCK for a school in Appin, promising accomodation for school and schoolmaster. His request was granted.
December 7, 2024 at 7:11 PM
3 May 1744. Not too long before the MacDonalds of Glencoe would come out for the Jacobite cause, Chief Alexander MacDonald petitions the SSPCK for a school in Appin, promising accomodation for school and schoolmaster. His request was granted.