Flitcraft
@flitcraft.bsky.social
Scottish history generalist with early modern tendencies. She/her. AuDHD
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Plans have been submitted to demolish East Kilbride's South Parish Church in order to build housing
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Plans have been submitted to demolish East Kilbride's South Parish Church in order to build housing
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Plans have been submitted to demolish East Kilbride's South Parish Church in order to build housing
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
Designed by architect Robert WKC Rogerson and opened in 1964, the unlisted church closed last year and was marketed for sale by the Church of Scotland in January
(Images: Haus/Wilson Devt Ltd) (1/3)
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Moving house is exhausting for everyone - but moving house while disabled comes with a whole extra level of challenges! In this blog I share my top 20 tips for things that helped me during my recent move, in case they will help other people too.
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www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/post/top-tip...
20 Top Tips on Moving House while managing fatigue and disability
I thought I'd share some of my top tips on moving house - things I've found helpful in managing my hypermobility, fatigue, and autonomic dysfunction during my move. I don't expect anyone else will…
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November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Moving house is exhausting for everyone - but moving house while disabled comes with a whole extra level of challenges! In this blog I share my top 20 tips for things that helped me during my recent move, in case they will help other people too.
www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/post/top-tip...
www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/post/top-tip...
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V grateful to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for recognising my scholarship with this Fellowship & delighted that this article is now out online. Jane Whyte was a remarkable member of a remarkable network of Edinburgh activists, & an undoubted influence on her radical daughter Janet Chance.
New paper:
Elizabeth Darling (2025). "Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): ‘a notable Churchwoman’ and her abortion activist daughter." Women's History Review. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Elizabeth was a 2021 Senior Anniversary Fellow, working on Heroines of the Canongate.
Elizabeth Darling (2025). "Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): ‘a notable Churchwoman’ and her abortion activist daughter." Women's History Review. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Elizabeth was a 2021 Senior Anniversary Fellow, working on Heroines of the Canongate.
Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): ‘a notable Churchwoman’ and her abortion activist daughter
This article explores the lives of Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953), a mother and daughter who represent two generations of women's activism in Scotland and England from the late...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
V grateful to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for recognising my scholarship with this Fellowship & delighted that this article is now out online. Jane Whyte was a remarkable member of a remarkable network of Edinburgh activists, & an undoubted influence on her radical daughter Janet Chance.
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Any Edinburgh-based history folk up for this?
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Any Edinburgh-based history folk up for this?
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Willie Rodger’s artwork for the Scottish Historical Playing Cards, via the Academicians Gallery at the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social. The Jokers in the pack are Adam Smith & John Knox …
academiciansgallery.org/artworks/798...
academiciansgallery.org/artworks/798...
Willie Rodger RSA, The Scottish Historical Playing Cards Set, 1975
Willie Rodger RSA designed the award-winning Scottish Historical Playing Cards in 1974 for Angus Ogilvy of the Stirling Gallery. Rodger’s original designs were cut in lino before being printed by J. M...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Willie Rodger’s artwork for the Scottish Historical Playing Cards, via the Academicians Gallery at the @royalscottishacad.bsky.social. The Jokers in the pack are Adam Smith & John Knox …
academiciansgallery.org/artworks/798...
academiciansgallery.org/artworks/798...
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The latest Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies is out, and it's a doozy: a special issue on "Dynamics of Transphobic Content and Disinformation".
With topics including Youtube, Mumsnet, LGB Alliance, Chinese TERFs, and transvestigators, this is an vital read! bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org
With topics including Youtube, Mumsnet, LGB Alliance, Chinese TERFs, and transvestigators, this is an vital read! bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The latest Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies is out, and it's a doozy: a special issue on "Dynamics of Transphobic Content and Disinformation".
With topics including Youtube, Mumsnet, LGB Alliance, Chinese TERFs, and transvestigators, this is an vital read! bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org
With topics including Youtube, Mumsnet, LGB Alliance, Chinese TERFs, and transvestigators, this is an vital read! bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org
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Can’t comment in detail because it’s not been published yet, but it wasn’t the plaque (we don’t generally sample calculus) it was from the dentine adjacent to the pulp cavity - I suspect there has been a bit of crossed wires between calculus/cementum here.
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Can’t comment in detail because it’s not been published yet, but it wasn’t the plaque (we don’t generally sample calculus) it was from the dentine adjacent to the pulp cavity - I suspect there has been a bit of crossed wires between calculus/cementum here.
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Know your rights... mini thread
There is no legal requirement for any transgender person to reveal that they are transgender when questioned by the police. It is a breach of Article 8 for the police to insist on this data. 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Know your rights... mini thread
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Forgot to advertise this in advance but looking forward to giving this lecture this evening on "The Death of David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, in 1335: What was going on?" (borrowing shamelessly from Sandy Grant re. the title...) www.highlandhistoricalresearch.com/event/lectur... #medievalsky
30. The Death of David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, in 1335: What was going on? – Society of Highland & Island Historical Research
www.highlandhistoricalresearch.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Forgot to advertise this in advance but looking forward to giving this lecture this evening on "The Death of David Strathbogie, earl of Atholl, in 1335: What was going on?" (borrowing shamelessly from Sandy Grant re. the title...) www.highlandhistoricalresearch.com/event/lectur... #medievalsky
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Tomb Shrine and Round Tower • Clones • Monaghan
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Tomb Shrine and Round Tower • Clones • Monaghan
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
The market town of Clones developed from an early monastery founded by St Tighearnach in the 6th century.
Though much of the original monastery has been lost, echoes of Clones’ early roots can still be discovered, especially in the old graveyard.
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Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA.
These people are evil.
These people are evil.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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An autistic woman who committed a grievous overshare now faces a nerve-wracking wait while a jury of her peers deliberate over her fate, sources have revealed.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/120381...
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/120381...
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An autistic woman who committed a grievous overshare now faces a nerve-wracking wait while a jury of her peers deliberate over her fate, sources have revealed.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/120381...
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/120381...
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Trans+ victims of crime are already far less likely to seek help from the police than cisgender people
Now, Police Scotland are taking steps that will silence even more victims - and let more abusers escape accountability
This cannot be allowed to happen
Now, Police Scotland are taking steps that will silence even more victims - and let more abusers escape accountability
This cannot be allowed to happen
Major news.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Trans+ victims of crime are already far less likely to seek help from the police than cisgender people
Now, Police Scotland are taking steps that will silence even more victims - and let more abusers escape accountability
This cannot be allowed to happen
Now, Police Scotland are taking steps that will silence even more victims - and let more abusers escape accountability
This cannot be allowed to happen
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Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.
And now this 👇🏻
And now this 👇🏻
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.
And now this 👇🏻
And now this 👇🏻
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We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility | Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme | Usher Institute
Precision Medicine Project - Understanding the relationship between autism and hypermobility
usher.ed.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...
Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.
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John Maclean: All that life can give us
19 Nov, University of Stirling – free
Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean (1879–1923), followed by an open archive & poetry reading
19 Nov, University of Stirling – free
Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean (1879–1923), followed by an open archive & poetry reading
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
John Maclean: All that life can give us
19 Nov, University of Stirling – free
Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean (1879–1923), followed by an open archive & poetry reading
19 Nov, University of Stirling – free
Author & poet Henry Bell will discuss his creative & historical work around Scottish socialist John Maclean (1879–1923), followed by an open archive & poetry reading
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I also know a lot of young women historians who have been burned/marginalized by the academy and (very successfully) turned to public scholarship, which would also be a very cool thing to cover
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I also know a lot of young women historians who have been burned/marginalized by the academy and (very successfully) turned to public scholarship, which would also be a very cool thing to cover
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"In another 50 years, we will be mourning what has been lost, instead of celebrating what has been saved"
Fiona Reynolds asks in a new Country Life article if the UK Govt of today will step-in to save churches like the govt of the 1970s saved country houses 👇
www.countrylife.co.uk/comment-opin...
Fiona Reynolds asks in a new Country Life article if the UK Govt of today will step-in to save churches like the govt of the 1970s saved country houses 👇
www.countrylife.co.uk/comment-opin...
The Labour government of the 1970s saved our country houses. Will a Labour government of the 2020s save our country churches?
Why not invest to save the most valuable community resources we have, perfectly placed at the heart of communities?
www.countrylife.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"In another 50 years, we will be mourning what has been lost, instead of celebrating what has been saved"
Fiona Reynolds asks in a new Country Life article if the UK Govt of today will step-in to save churches like the govt of the 1970s saved country houses 👇
www.countrylife.co.uk/comment-opin...
Fiona Reynolds asks in a new Country Life article if the UK Govt of today will step-in to save churches like the govt of the 1970s saved country houses 👇
www.countrylife.co.uk/comment-opin...
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Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
Okay, Ghost V6 integrated with Tinybird for analytics is pretty damn filthy.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
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"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
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Despite a fairly simple exterior, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish Church on Kintyre has some spectacular stained glass #WindowsOnWednesday by Ballantine & Son and Gordon Webster. They were installed by Ina Campbell, Dowager Duchess of Argyll, to commemorate Queen Victoria.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Despite a fairly simple exterior, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish Church on Kintyre has some spectacular stained glass #WindowsOnWednesday by Ballantine & Son and Gordon Webster. They were installed by Ina Campbell, Dowager Duchess of Argyll, to commemorate Queen Victoria.
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2025-1951 - comparison shots of Wheeler’s 1951 excavation on Site A, Stanwick, with how it looks today. 1 of 2
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
2025-1951 - comparison shots of Wheeler’s 1951 excavation on Site A, Stanwick, with how it looks today. 1 of 2
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
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Very much looking forward to Prof Driscoll’s Dalrymple lectures on 20th and 21st November on the theme of the contribution of archaeology to the story of #Glasgow850
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
https://gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Very much looking forward to Prof Driscoll’s Dalrymple lectures on 20th and 21st November on the theme of the contribution of archaeology to the story of #Glasgow850
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…
Free for anyone to attend.
More information here:
gla.ac.uk/schools/humani…