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Dr Valentina Bold

Dr Valentina Bold

@valbold.bsky.social

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Scotland: Literature Song Culture
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FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and
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Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · Aug 31

How time flies! Excited to say that IIssue 30 of #RoSC is now with our typesetter and out soon so... we're open for submissions to issue 31.

Please share and submit 😊 All you need is at:
journals.ed.ac.uk/rosc

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Peejalien @peejalien.bsky.social · 10h

Come to our DUNDEE COMICS MINI MARKET!!! On the 23rd!!!

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 16h

Fair Isle experts told me why Game of Wool rips their knitting…

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation

Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology

www.theguardian.com

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Love this painted glass window I came across last week in tenement in the Shawlands area of Glasgow.

#glasgow #stainedglass #window #painedglass #tenement #glasgowtenements #tenementtiles #architecture #architecturephotography

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful to see the five maquettes for the new Mandela statue for Glasgow. Brought back memories of meeting him in Newfoundland -- a story in itself -- not long after his release, and for my husband, a Mandela Marcher to London. Amandla!

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 2d

Remembrance

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 2d

Wish I could be there tomorrow, but still happy to be included with formidable films:

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to share “Up The Middle Road” has been shortlisted for the bi-annual Doc Rowe documentary film Award, with results to be announced next week in London. It is a very strong list!

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Up the Middle Road Film

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 3d

She is whatever you want her to be, or Sandy needs her to be

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 3d

Tempting…
#InAnotherLife

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 6d

www.theswi.org.uk/heritage/mem...

These are amazing! Exciting to see Scottish Women’s Institutes’ members sharing their experiences and memories through the ongoing Heritage Lottery project. Watch and enjoy 😊

https://theswi.org.uk/heritage/membe…

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 6d

How exciting to see The Wallace Monument in the trailer for Frankenstein! Another reason to watch this Friday:
#StirlingGothic

youtu.be/8aulMPhE12g

Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 8d

“As changeable as language itself”
11 Nov @uofglasgow.bsky.social & online – free

A talk by Peter Mackay on Makaring / Bàrding, #Gaelic #poetry & Scotland. Part of the Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies series at the University of Glasgow
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-mack...

Peter Mackay | 'As changeable as language itself'

'As changeable as language itself': Makaring / Bàrding, Gaelic poetry and Scotland

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social · 8d

It’s 50 years today since the official opening of the Forties Field in the North Sea. The energy boom benefited many, but others believe the legacy has been squandered. I talked to experts, including the man who helped set up Norway’s oil fund! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6664...

Did the north east make the best of its energy boom 50 years after Queen Elizabeth opened the Forties Field?

A former chief executive of Oil and Gas UK is among those who have condemned the actions of 'here today, gone tomorrow' politicians.

www.pressandjournal.co.uk

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 8d

She’s photogenic for sure!

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 8d

No matter how many times, still a thrill! #FifeLife #GoForth

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to share “Up The Middle Road” has been shortlisted for the bi-annual Doc Rowe documentary film Award, with results to be announced next week in London. It is a very strong list!

share.google/lql7N4uvNXDm...

Up the Middle Road Film

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Waterstones Ipswich @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social · 15d

Just over a week until our evening with folklore author @folklorepod.bsky.social on 7th November in Ipswich. We're very excited!

He'll be telling us all about Britain's strange folklore, customs and rituals... perfect Halloweentide fun 🍂🍄🎃

Get your tickets booked!

#folklore
#ipswich
#events
📚💙

A picture of Mark's book Britain's Folklore Year, with text:
From wassailing customs to May Day, Straw Bears to Beating the Buns, join us for a journey through the seasons of British
folklore, customs, and
rituals, with folklore
expert and author Mark
Norman as our guide!

A photo of copies of the book on a table in a bookshop, with small versions of the poster as flyers

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Allan Radcliffe @allanradcliffe.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to Vikky Reilly for her lovely words about Blurred Faces in Scotland on Sunday. "Radcliffe offers readers another emotionally resonant tale of family dynamics and the complex, fragile intimacies that come from childhood shame and secrets."
Preorders available now @fairlightbooks.bsky.social

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 15d

Early 20th century Halloween postcards loved a verse. This one references the history behind the tradition of fancy dress at this time. This comes from guising, where people would try and avoid the ghosts and spirits of All Hallows through disguise. That fed into what we now do on October 31.

Vintage postcard showing a small girl in a nightdress. She is wearing a witch’s hat and is carrying a black cat. In her other hand is a besom with a curiously manic looking anthropomorphic pumpkin on the top

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 16d

Heading there now! 😊

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 16d

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean) – one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century – was born #OTD, 26 Oct
A 🎂🧵
Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via @natlibscot.bsky.social – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith
#poetry
1/8
movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

A closeup of two hands, playing a set of small pipes. Text overlay: SORLEY MACLEAN'S ISLAND

Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social · 17d

Working with Scottish Women's Institutes heritage, thanks to @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, is fascinating. This day started with SWI '70s theatrical tapestry designs. It moved on to recording the granddaughter of a friend of founder 'Cathy' Blair, and viewing her unique Mak Merry pottery. Brilliant!

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20d

Calum Colvin on Burnsiana
5 Nov, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
Free (booking essential)

Calum Colvin discusses BURNSIANA, a project involving a series of works, exhibitions & books born from an appreciation of the poetry, life & times of Robert Burns
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/highlight-...

Highlight Talk - Calum Colvin OBE on Burnsiana

Free Highlight Talk in the Robertson Room at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20d

Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Children’s Literature
12 Dec @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free

Exploring regional & national identities in children’s literature c.1750–1940 – an era of major cultural & political upheaval in Ireland & Scotland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat...

Investigating Irish & Scottish Women Writers of Children's Literature

A one-day symposium on Irish and Scottish women writers of children's literature between 1750 and 1940.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 20d

Wrote about the Cine4 scheme and how its 'risk-taking' attitude has paid off (it's how the Oscar-nominated An Cailín Ciúin was funded) - interviewed Máire Ní Chonláin, Commissioning Editor at TG4, and director Ruán Magan who made Báite under the scheme www.thejournal.ie/how-cine4-wo...

'The key thing is authenticity': How the Cine4 scheme changed Irish film

Director Ruán Magan and Commissioning Editor at TG4 Máire Ní Chonláin explain what’s behind Cine4′s success.

www.thejournal.ie

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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 20d

Everyone has a story. What’s yours? Join us at #DBF25 for a workshop around writing for wellbeing, led by author and poet Dearbhaile O’Hare
🎟️ bit.ly/3WkpOJT

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 20d

Call for Papers: ‘Our three-voiced country’: Twentieth-century cross-currents in Gaelic and other Scottish writing. The 2026 annual conference of the Association for Scottish Literature will be held at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on 26–28 June.

2026 ASL Annual Conference - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

‘Our three-voiced country’: Twentieth-century cross-currents in Gaelic and other Scottish writing

www.smo.uhi.ac.uk

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Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social · 20d

I'm giving a talk this evening for @scothistorysociety.bsky.social on editing Margaret Tudor's letters at 5.30pm on Zoom. If anyone is interested in attending, you can register here:

scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...

Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489 – 1541) with Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler

scottishhistorysociety.com

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International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures @iassl.bsky.social · 21d

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

www.youtube.com

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Robert Lloyd Parry @nunkie.bsky.social · Oct 8

Three ghost stories make up "Not Truly Dead", the latest instalment of The M R James Project: "The Tractate Middoth" "Rats" & "An Evening's Entertainment"
Experience them live at various venues in England & Scotland 'tween late October & Xmas
Full performance schedule here www.nunkie.co.uk/schedule

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Maggie Craig @maggiecraig.bsky.social · Oct 4

John Rattray, here on #LeithLinks, helped draw up the first rules of #golf and was the winner of the first Open in 1744. Also a doctor and a #Jacobite, he very likely escaped execution after the #JacobiteRising of 1745-6 due to the intervention of his golfing buddy, Duncan Forbes of #Culloden.