Dr Catherine McMillan
@catmcm.bsky.social
Early modern historian. PhD (Edinburgh) on Reformation in NE Scotland. New projects on British humanitarianism, Mediterranean captives, & African presence. Clergy in Early Modern Scotland 📖 https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783276196/the-clergy-in-early-
Maria Hayward’s Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite is a jewel. A bargain at full price, daylight robbery at half. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Maria Hayward’s Stuart Style: Monarchy, Dress and the Scottish Male Elite is a jewel. A bargain at full price, daylight robbery at half. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Overly amused by this clue in today’s NY Times crossword. Who could it be 🤔
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Overly amused by this clue in today’s NY Times crossword. Who could it be 🤔
In celebration of Sir Stephen Fry, here he is in 2013 at Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire.
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In celebration of Sir Stephen Fry, here he is in 2013 at Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire.
Reproaching yourself for forgetting to buy milk or losing your Labubu? Take comfort that an entire WWII British Army unit en route to Norway failed to bring "all their vehicles & most of their anti-aircraft guns, ammunition & food" et al. From Alan Allport's outstanding Browned Off & Bloody-Minded.
August 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reproaching yourself for forgetting to buy milk or losing your Labubu? Take comfort that an entire WWII British Army unit en route to Norway failed to bring "all their vehicles & most of their anti-aircraft guns, ammunition & food" et al. From Alan Allport's outstanding Browned Off & Bloody-Minded.
Particularly enjoy the updated Do You Want to Know a Secret and I Call Your Name. From the New Yorker.
August 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Particularly enjoy the updated Do You Want to Know a Secret and I Call Your Name. From the New Yorker.
See also Stephen Wildish's British Hierarchy of Needs:
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
See also Stephen Wildish's British Hierarchy of Needs:
For those on instagram, @ baptistepicq does dazzling art history, er, reinterpretations 🖼️
May 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For those on instagram, @ baptistepicq does dazzling art history, er, reinterpretations 🖼️
Is this meant to be satire?
February 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Is this meant to be satire?
Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch with his Cat by @ FatCatArt on Instagram (via H. Raeburn).
January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch with his Cat by @ FatCatArt on Instagram (via H. Raeburn).
Churchill MacCulloch!
January 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Churchill MacCulloch!
Also applies to Reviewer 2.
By @ glenbaxterartist on instagram.
By @ glenbaxterartist on instagram.
January 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also applies to Reviewer 2.
By @ glenbaxterartist on instagram.
By @ glenbaxterartist on instagram.
Though not impressed by this order of regnal numbers given that it is solely about Scotland...
January 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Though not impressed by this order of regnal numbers given that it is solely about Scotland...
Catching up on the regular series of University Challenge and wasn't expecting a question about the Five Articles of Perth! I'd even classify that as niche.
January 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Catching up on the regular series of University Challenge and wasn't expecting a question about the Five Articles of Perth! I'd even classify that as niche.
It's a beauty!
November 29, 2024 at 1:40 PM
It's a beauty!
Noticed this rather incongruous picture in the film Out of the Past (1947). Perhaps Holbein's portrait of John Gage? www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
November 27, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Noticed this rather incongruous picture in the film Out of the Past (1947). Perhaps Holbein's portrait of John Gage? www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
That sinking feeling even thinking about it.
November 25, 2024 at 4:20 PM
That sinking feeling even thinking about it.
For International Women's Day, here's my g-grandmother's university graduation profile. Majoring in chemistry & minoring in math, she had some sage advice: I don’t believe in walking on the campus when all the boys are in the laboratory.
March 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM
For International Women's Day, here's my g-grandmother's university graduation profile. Majoring in chemistry & minoring in math, she had some sage advice: I don’t believe in walking on the campus when all the boys are in the laboratory.
Confused by reviewer’s faulting of Thomas Cromwell bio (which I've not read). Meaning that Author hasn’t done the research necessary to state with certainty otherwise hard facts? Or has overused qualifiers for details that are "reliable," but not certain? www.theguardian.com/books/2014/s...
January 24, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Confused by reviewer’s faulting of Thomas Cromwell bio (which I've not read). Meaning that Author hasn’t done the research necessary to state with certainty otherwise hard facts? Or has overused qualifiers for details that are "reliable," but not certain? www.theguardian.com/books/2014/s...
Bonus points to Edinburgh's 2023 University Challenge alumni team for having as a mascot a chunk of the Meadows.
January 8, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Bonus points to Edinburgh's 2023 University Challenge alumni team for having as a mascot a chunk of the Meadows.
Books read and recommended 2023.
December 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Books read and recommended 2023.
Never good when HIGNFY notices one of your state's two U.S. representatives.
December 20, 2023 at 3:02 AM
Never good when HIGNFY notices one of your state's two U.S. representatives.
Blunt exposition in historical drama dialogue drives me batty, and this one from the Catherine the Great miniseries takes the biscuit.
December 14, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Blunt exposition in historical drama dialogue drives me batty, and this one from the Catherine the Great miniseries takes the biscuit.