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Anna Groundwater
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Historian, early modern Scotland & Britain, borders, things, James VI, Union of the Crowns … & oh yes, Mary Queen of Scots
@bletherobooks 1st November: http://bit.ly/43mW82w
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Connecting Scotland's History is back in stock! Read more about it in this kind review of its previous edition (Scotland Connected) from Donald McCormick in the Scottish Left Review scottishleftreview.scot/book-review-... #Scotland #scottishhistory #history
Book Review
Donald McCormick on a 'crackin' book which provides a timeline for Scottish history in the wider world.
scottishleftreview.scot
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Catch my thoughts on the BBC MQS codebreakers program on BBC1 Points of View. (I haven’t seen it since away). Lovely to see actual Stewart Scottish specialists interviewed.. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Points of View - 2025: 26/10/2025
Viewers have their say on the BBC’s television shows. Email your thoughts to pov@bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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luathpress.bsky.social
✨BOOK EVENT✨

👤 Anna Groundwater
📚 Connecting Scotland's History
📍Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
📆 1 November
⏰ 10:30am
🎟 buff.ly/fekUapY

#AllowayWhatsOn #History #HistoryBook #ScottishHistory #BookEvent
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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asls.org.uk
CFP: 18th International Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, & Culture
1–4 July, @bristoluni.bsky.social

Deadline: 14 Nov 2025. See link for details 👇
icmrsllc2026.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC) University of Bristol, 1-4 July 2026 We are delighted to invite papers for the 18th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, and Culture (ICMRSLLC), first established in 1975. We welcome proposals for papers that discuss any aspects of medieval and renaissance Scottish language, literature, and culture, and papers that reflect on these fields from different time periods, languages, and places. Keynote speakers: Roderick Lyall (Emeritus Professor of Literatures in English, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Anna Groundwater (Principal Curator, National Museums Scotland) Steven Reid (Professor of Early Modern Scottish History and Culture, University of Glasgow) You may submit either an individual paper proposal (in which case the organisers will compile proposals into panels); or a complete panel of 3 papers at 20 minutes each. The conference also welcomes alternative panel formats (e.g. roundtables, flash panels, work in progress sessions), but these will need to managed by the proposer and proposed in full, with details of all participants. Individual papers: 20 minutes Panel sessions (typically featuring 3 papers with time for questions, or in alternative formats): 90 minutes.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
I'm kicking off A Blether of Books festival at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum talking Connecting Scotland's History on Saturday 1 November 📙🎉 - tickets in link on bio...! @luathpress.bsky.social #robertburnsnts #ABletheroBooks
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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bobmarshall.co.uk
Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator from Edinburgh. I visually reconstruct heritage buildings and monuments in #Blender3D guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and by working in collaboration with historians and archaeologists.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk
ALT: A speculative digital reconstruction of the Bass of Inverurie - a late twelfth-century timber and earthwork castle held by the Earls of Garioch (pronounced "Geary" in the local tongue)- members of the extended royal family of Scotland and the ancestors of King Robert the Bruce. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2017. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Speculative digital reconstruction of Tor Alvie hillfort near Aviemore, Scottish Highlands. The site was identified as a hillfort in 2010-11 (Historic Environment Record: MHG55341). The reconstruction model was created in Blender 3D using a combination of high-resolution digital terrain data obtained from Ordnance Survey, which I used to create my backdrop of the Cairngorm Mountains. Although the fort has never been excavated, the line of its rampart walls can broadly be determined by a stony bank that encloses an area of roughly 85m x 30m, bearing immediate similarities in size and shape to Craig Phadrig hillfort near Inverness. However, unlike Craig Phadrig, there is no evidence that Torr Alvie was vitrified. It is difficult to know how thick the ramparts were, whether there were timber palisades, and how many entrances the fort had, so imagination plays a large part in this visualisation. With grateful thanks to Eve Boyle and Adam Welfare of Historic Environment Scotland and Professor Gordon Noble of the University of Aberdeen for their input and assistance. © Bob Marshall / badenochstorylands.com 2020. A speculative digital reconstruction of the early sixteenth-century chancel screen of St Mary's parish church in Youghal, Ireland. Using survey measurements, I developed a computer model to help me work out a possible design for the screen and its loft. Its form is guided by the information written in historical documents and from a single piece of decorated timber, which may have been part of this original screen, found underneath the church floor during recent archaeological investigations. I have combined influences from some surviving medieval screens found in churches in several English counties. The depiction of the Last Judgement painted above the chancel arch is imaginary, and also influenced by similar mural paintings found in several medieval English churches. The Last Judgement, sometimes also referred to as a ‘Doom’, was a common feature of medieval churches. It was an instrument for highlighting the contrasts between the rewards of heaven and the agony of hell, intended to guide Christians away from sin and misbehaviour. A digital reconstruction of Brougham Castle shows how it may have looked in 1388 following the additions and alterations made by Roger Clifford, 5th Baron of Westmoreland. This view of the castle in wintertime is from the northwest. Artist: Bob Marshall. © Historic England / English Heritage Trust. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries.
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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luathpress.bsky.social
✨BOOK EVENT✨

👤 @agroundwater.bsky.social‬
📚 Connecting Scotland's History
📍Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
📆 1 November
⏰ 10:30am
🎟 buff.ly/fekUapY

#AllowayWhatsOn #History #HistoryBook #ScottishHistory #BookEvent
August 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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kirkwalltailors.bsky.social
The KTP is a community-based transcription project, aiming to fully transcribe and eventually publish a critical edition of the Records of the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors, 1669-1772. Their minute book, formerly on display in Orkney Museum, is being photographed by @orkneylibrary.bsky.social .
August 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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funkyplaid.bsky.social
The time is nigh! Another fab programme for the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop is up and ready to kick off on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Following the keynote launch, we'll have fortnightly sessions on different aspects of Jacobite Studies from a wide range of contributors.

jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
August 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
A reminder that my Connecting Scotlands History #edbookfest event this morning is streamed online, pay what you like! Link below! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
August 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Thanks to Ronnie Barbour for fun interview @bylines.scot, fab to have such great questions that got at the heart of the book 📚, have a listen!
bylines.scot Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · Aug 16
Ronnie Barbour talks with Anna Groundwater @agroundwater.bsky.social about her book "Connecting Scotland's History: A Scottish History Timeline Linked into 2,000 Years of World History | Bylines Scotland Radio

#EdinburghBookFestival
Bylines Scotland Radio: Anna Groundwater
Ronnie Barbour talks with Anna Groundwater about her book "Connecting Scotland's History: A Scottish History Timeline Linked into 2,000 Years of World History."
bylines.scot
August 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Ronnie Barbour talks with Anna Groundwater @agroundwater.bsky.social about her book "Connecting Scotland's History: A Scottish History Timeline Linked into 2,000 Years of World History | Bylines Scotland Radio

#EdinburghBookFestival
Bylines Scotland Radio: Anna Groundwater
Ronnie Barbour talks with Anna Groundwater about her book "Connecting Scotland's History: A Scottish History Timeline Linked into 2,000 Years of World History."
bylines.scot
August 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Just spotted #edbookfest bookshelves, three of ‘my’ books close together! 📚Connecting Scotland’s History, Decoding the Jewels and Kate Anderson’s The World of James VI&I in which I’ve a chapter 😊😊
@luathpress.bsky.social @nationalgalleries.bsky.social @sidestone.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Great chat with @bylines.scot for their podcast out Saturday! Talking Connecting Scotland’s History into what’s happening in the rest of the world - ahead of my @edbookfest.bsky.social event on Monday! 🗃️🎤Thanks Ronnie Barbour!
Find it here... bylines.scot/podcast-2/
Tickets @ bit.ly/3J0amPx
The Bylines Podcast - Bylines Scotland
The Bylines Scotland podcast is the official audio accompaniment to our publication. We delve into the issues that matter to Scotland, and have a conversation with Scottish voices in progressive polit...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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agroundwater.bsky.social
A week to go @edbookfest.bsky.social Slides sent, outfit chosen, pretty excited. Fun fun playing with 2,000 years of our histories! #ConnectingScotlandsHistory Great feature #Edbookfest watch online/catch up! @luathpress.bsky.social
#scottishhistory #scotlandhistory #scotland #history #bannockburn
August 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Hi @scotland.co I'd really appreciate a shout-out for my upcoming event @edbookfest.bsky.social on my book Connecting Scotland's History - 18 August - and available to watch online (you decide what to pay!) bit.ly/3J0amPx. Big thanks if you can!
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Hi @bylines.scot! I'd really appreciate a shout-out for my upcoming event @edbookfest.bsky.social on my book Connecting Scotland's History - 18 August - and available to watch online (you decide what to pay!) bit.ly/3J0amPx. Big thanks if you can!
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Hi @scottishhistory.org I'd really appreciate a shout-out for my upcoming event @edbookfest.bsky.social on my book Connecting Scotland's History - 18 August - and available to watch online (you decide what to pay!) bit.ly/3J0amPx
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
This week we published a new volume in the Society's Camden series of primary sources: 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)' bit.ly/4mtRQgS.

This new edition, by Helen Newsome-Chandler, is free to read until 30 September #Skystorians
August 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
A week to go @edbookfest.bsky.social Slides sent, outfit chosen, pretty excited. Fun fun playing with 2,000 years of our histories! #ConnectingScotlandsHistory Great feature #Edbookfest watch online/catch up! @luathpress.bsky.social
#scottishhistory #scotlandhistory #scotland #history #bannockburn
August 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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uguelphscottish.bsky.social
Watch online! Available live, then on-demand after the event.
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx

#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
bit.ly
August 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
Tick tock, a fortnight to go! Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 💃
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx

#EIBF #EdinburghWhatsOn #EdBookFest #EdinburghInternationalBookFestival
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
bit.ly
August 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
agroundwater.bsky.social
What do these have in common? From Columba to Muhammad, Mary Queen of Scots to Ivan the Terrible ... come hear where Scotland's history links into that of the world! Finding Scotland's Place in World History 18 August! @edbookfest.bsky.social
#ScottishHistory #edbookfest @luathpress.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
agroundwater.bsky.social
It’s arrived! Connecting Scotland’s History! Updated renamed edition of my Scottish history timeline set alongside that of events in British and world histories. Happy to see it here and to be talking it at #edbookfest @edbookfest.bsky.social on 18 August 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎺 @luathpress.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM