@briandornan.bsky.social
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Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones?
Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...
Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones?
Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...
Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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It's #InternationalStudentsDay! We’re celebrating international students in the UK and how they enrich our campuses and cities.
Whether you're near or far from home, we're proud to have you as part of #TeamUofG ❤️
#WeAreInternational
Whether you're near or far from home, we're proud to have you as part of #TeamUofG ❤️
#WeAreInternational
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's #InternationalStudentsDay! We’re celebrating international students in the UK and how they enrich our campuses and cities.
Whether you're near or far from home, we're proud to have you as part of #TeamUofG ❤️
#WeAreInternational
Whether you're near or far from home, we're proud to have you as part of #TeamUofG ❤️
#WeAreInternational
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Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Papers: 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures: Scotland Along the New Silk Road (17-20 June 2027)
The Fifth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China, on 17-20 June 2027. Being China’s first city designated as a “UNESCO City of Literature…
scotlit-iassl.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
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Hamish Henderson (1919–2002) – poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter – was born #OTD, 11 Nov. A hugely important figure in Scottish culture, Henderson fought in WW2. A 🎂🧵
There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hamish Henderson (1919–2002) – poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter – was born #OTD, 11 Nov. A hugely important figure in Scottish culture, Henderson fought in WW2. A 🎂🧵
There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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Mandela Statue consultation begins! The display online of photos/videos of the 5 maquettes will go live at 11am on Fri.7th Nov. at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey The actual stunning scale models will be on display in Glasgow City Chambers every day Mon 10-Fri 14 Nov. for anyone to look and leave comments.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mandela Statue consultation begins! The display online of photos/videos of the 5 maquettes will go live at 11am on Fri.7th Nov. at bit.ly/NMstatuesurvey The actual stunning scale models will be on display in Glasgow City Chambers every day Mon 10-Fri 14 Nov. for anyone to look and leave comments.
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Whether online or in person, please complete the survey and so have your views considered in the final choice of sculptor and design for what will be an iconic monument to celebrate Nelson Mandela and his links with Scotland - a statue in Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place. We are spoilt for choice.
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whether online or in person, please complete the survey and so have your views considered in the final choice of sculptor and design for what will be an iconic monument to celebrate Nelson Mandela and his links with Scotland - a statue in Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place. We are spoilt for choice.
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Very exciting to be back in the new brighter, airier Citz and to see Small Acts of Love, which is so sad, but executed brilliantly by Frances Poet and Ricky Ross, with lots of hope and faith in people.
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Very exciting to be back in the new brighter, airier Citz and to see Small Acts of Love, which is so sad, but executed brilliantly by Frances Poet and Ricky Ross, with lots of hope and faith in people.
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Nintendo chief in Edinburgh as Scotland hosts global video games conference
https://www.europesays.com/uk/427714/
FIRST Minister John Swinney has welcomed delegates to Edinburgh for the annual DICE Europe summit of leaders in…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/427714/
FIRST Minister John Swinney has welcomed delegates to Edinburgh for the annual DICE Europe summit of leaders in…#uk #news #uknews
Nintendo chief in Edinburgh as Scotland hosts global video games conference - United Kingdom
FIRST Minister John Swinney has welcomed delegates to Edinburgh for the annual DICE Europe summit of leaders in the video gaming industry.
www.europesays.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Nintendo chief in Edinburgh as Scotland hosts global video games conference
https://www.europesays.com/uk/427714/
FIRST Minister John Swinney has welcomed delegates to Edinburgh for the annual DICE Europe summit of leaders in…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/427714/
FIRST Minister John Swinney has welcomed delegates to Edinburgh for the annual DICE Europe summit of leaders in…#uk #news #uknews
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August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
September 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
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🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
IPPR Scotland: 10th Anniversary Conference | IPPR
Ten years ago, in the wake of the Scottish Independence referendum, there emerged a clear need for a think tank to support progressive policymaking and fos
www.ippr.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking.
📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next?
🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025
www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
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Inspiring story of a river restoration in Germany.
“… there are already lessons that can be learned from the project’s success: that nature can recover, even when starting from scratch; that large projects can be successful if they are embedded into society…”
“… there are already lessons that can be learned from the project’s success: that nature can recover, even when starting from scratch; that large projects can be successful if they are embedded into society…”
‘It was filthy and it stank terribly’: how Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life
€5.5bn project has transformed the Emscher from ‘the sewer of the Ruhr’ to a place where nature is starting to flourish
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Inspiring story of a river restoration in Germany.
“… there are already lessons that can be learned from the project’s success: that nature can recover, even when starting from scratch; that large projects can be successful if they are embedded into society…”
“… there are already lessons that can be learned from the project’s success: that nature can recover, even when starting from scratch; that large projects can be successful if they are embedded into society…”
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British artist Louise Durham creates driftwood and glass sculptures #WomensArt
June 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
British artist Louise Durham creates driftwood and glass sculptures #WomensArt
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40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring?
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
June 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring?
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
Because nobody wants to talk about it.
These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:
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Join @uofgmvls.bsky.social for Life Sciences Partnerships Day 2025!
🗓️ 1 Oct at
@UofGARC
Meet researchers, partners, funders and hear a keynote from Astra Zeneca. Stay on a drinks reception to round off the day!
Register now: buff.ly/OxMhJRF
🗓️ 1 Oct at
@UofGARC
Meet researchers, partners, funders and hear a keynote from Astra Zeneca. Stay on a drinks reception to round off the day!
Register now: buff.ly/OxMhJRF
June 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join @uofgmvls.bsky.social for Life Sciences Partnerships Day 2025!
🗓️ 1 Oct at
@UofGARC
Meet researchers, partners, funders and hear a keynote from Astra Zeneca. Stay on a drinks reception to round off the day!
Register now: buff.ly/OxMhJRF
🗓️ 1 Oct at
@UofGARC
Meet researchers, partners, funders and hear a keynote from Astra Zeneca. Stay on a drinks reception to round off the day!
Register now: buff.ly/OxMhJRF
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Ten years on from the introduction of shared parental leave, the policy has completely failed working families.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shared parental leave ‘failing working families’
The government is reviewing the policy but campaigners say the current system is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Ten years on from the introduction of shared parental leave, the policy has completely failed working families.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tom Leonard’s 1984 poetry collection INTIMATE VOICES was banned by Scotland’s Central Region school libraries in 1984. The Education Committee said
“There are some harmful words in it… Sometimes the naked truth has to be clothed”
But Leonard had anticipated this sort of reaction…
#BookWormSat
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“There are some harmful words in it… Sometimes the naked truth has to be clothed”
But Leonard had anticipated this sort of reaction…
#BookWormSat
1/3
June 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tom Leonard’s 1984 poetry collection INTIMATE VOICES was banned by Scotland’s Central Region school libraries in 1984. The Education Committee said
“There are some harmful words in it… Sometimes the naked truth has to be clothed”
But Leonard had anticipated this sort of reaction…
#BookWormSat
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“There are some harmful words in it… Sometimes the naked truth has to be clothed”
But Leonard had anticipated this sort of reaction…
#BookWormSat
1/3
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Behind the Scenes tour at the Mitchell
14 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Free, ticketed
Principal Librarian Dawn Vallance will lead a tour of the vast back stacks of the Mitchell – one of Europe’s largest public libraries – not usually accessible to the public
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
14 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Free, ticketed
Principal Librarian Dawn Vallance will lead a tour of the vast back stacks of the Mitchell – one of Europe’s largest public libraries – not usually accessible to the public
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
Behind the Scenes Tour at the Mitchell Library
Discover one of Glasgow’s most iconic landmarks in this exclusive guided tour of the Mitchell Library.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Behind the Scenes tour at the Mitchell
14 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Free, ticketed
Principal Librarian Dawn Vallance will lead a tour of the vast back stacks of the Mitchell – one of Europe’s largest public libraries – not usually accessible to the public
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
14 June, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Free, ticketed
Principal Librarian Dawn Vallance will lead a tour of the vast back stacks of the Mitchell – one of Europe’s largest public libraries – not usually accessible to the public
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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👍 “In countries which continue to invest in everyday cycling, more people travel by bike in towns, cities and rural locations. There’s no reason that the success seen in Amsterdam, Copenhagen — or more recently in Paris — can’t be replicated in Scotland” - @keithirving.bsky.social (Cycling Scotland)
The next Copenhagen? Inside Scotland’s cycling revolution
Access to safe routes for commuters on bicycles increases the number of people using pedal power to get to work — whatever the weather
www.thetimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
👍 “In countries which continue to invest in everyday cycling, more people travel by bike in towns, cities and rural locations. There’s no reason that the success seen in Amsterdam, Copenhagen — or more recently in Paris — can’t be replicated in Scotland” - @keithirving.bsky.social (Cycling Scotland)
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
A 🧵
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Danny Dorling: When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This did not used to be the case. In the 1990s Scotland, and especially Glasgow, had some of the highest rates in the of the UK, and across all of Europe. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Danny Dorling: When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This did not used to be the case. In the 1990s Scotland, and especially Glasgow, had some of the highest rates in the of the UK, and across all of Europe. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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The 2025 emerging programmers fund is now open! Designed to support blossoming event programmers this
Book Week Scotland, you'll receive:
💸A £250 stipend
🎙️ £500 to run your own event
📞 Dedicated support from us
✨ Opps to work with creative professionals
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland, you'll receive:
💸A £250 stipend
🎙️ £500 to run your own event
📞 Dedicated support from us
✨ Opps to work with creative professionals
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Emerging Programmers Fund
The Emerging Programmers fund supports new and blossoming event programmers to run Book Week Scotland events.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025 emerging programmers fund is now open! Designed to support blossoming event programmers this
Book Week Scotland, you'll receive:
💸A £250 stipend
🎙️ £500 to run your own event
📞 Dedicated support from us
✨ Opps to work with creative professionals
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland, you'll receive:
💸A £250 stipend
🎙️ £500 to run your own event
📞 Dedicated support from us
✨ Opps to work with creative professionals
www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
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Enjoyed listening to @MunicipalDreams putting forward a thoughtful yet spirited defence of the historical achievements of British council housing on the A is for Architecture podcast. Well worth a listen, and you should buy his book too!
John Boughton: Social histories of council housing.
A is for Architecture Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Enjoyed listening to @MunicipalDreams putting forward a thoughtful yet spirited defence of the historical achievements of British council housing on the A is for Architecture podcast. Well worth a listen, and you should buy his book too!