Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
Musicologist Historian, RCS & IASH @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Fellow. Social History of Amateur Music-Making & Scottish National Identity: Scotland's Printed Music 1880-1951 (Routledge).
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Profiles are informative!
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Profiles are informative!
Mum was a secret hoarder. Yes, she was a needlewoman. But THIS?
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Mum was a secret hoarder. Yes, she was a needlewoman. But THIS?
Very happy.
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Very happy.
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
This is how #ArchivesDay is punctuated...
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is how #ArchivesDay is punctuated...
Yup! Mentioned it here ...
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yup! Mentioned it here ...
Three cheers for emergency callout teams!
Old eyes need a whole lot more light than do young ones. Cannot read.
Old eyes need a whole lot more light than do young ones. Cannot read.
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Three cheers for emergency callout teams!
Old eyes need a whole lot more light than do young ones. Cannot read.
Old eyes need a whole lot more light than do young ones. Cannot read.
It's a long, long story. I can send it if you need it, @ncdominie.bsky.social , but here's the end of it 😉
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's a long, long story. I can send it if you need it, @ncdominie.bsky.social , but here's the end of it 😉
Your SMT timetable makes Himself's recent acquisition from Doncaster (1954) look really rather plain!
(Of course, my own eBay-buy non-transport booklet has an entirely different charm 😉)
(Of course, my own eBay-buy non-transport booklet has an entirely different charm 😉)
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Your SMT timetable makes Himself's recent acquisition from Doncaster (1954) look really rather plain!
(Of course, my own eBay-buy non-transport booklet has an entirely different charm 😉)
(Of course, my own eBay-buy non-transport booklet has an entirely different charm 😉)
Amelia disliked the hype of #Halloween. She deliberately left the pointy hat at home and hoped not to attract attention ...
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Amelia disliked the hype of #Halloween. She deliberately left the pointy hat at home and hoped not to attract attention ...
It's 1900. Glasses for all circumstances are obtainable from this London optician. For driving, shooting, fishing, billiards ... and suitable for ladies to wear under a veil, too!
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's 1900. Glasses for all circumstances are obtainable from this London optician. For driving, shooting, fishing, billiards ... and suitable for ladies to wear under a veil, too!
Is it? #NationalBlackCatDay? Here ...
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Is it? #NationalBlackCatDay? Here ...
Black cat, anyone? @meganeve.bsky.social @superteadrinker.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Black cat, anyone? @meganeve.bsky.social @superteadrinker.bsky.social
Working from home has its disadvantages as 5 pm approaches. When family knows you're working, but also regard you as 'staff':-
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Working from home has its disadvantages as 5 pm approaches. When family knows you're working, but also regard you as 'staff':-
Asked AI to draw a picture for me. Which it did ... but it didn't quite capture the reality, so I did my own.
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Asked AI to draw a picture for me. Which it did ... but it didn't quite capture the reality, so I did my own.
Between the unfinished PhD and the much later, finished one, I wrote ...
Nothing if not versatile!
@peoplesfriendmag.bsky.social
Nothing if not versatile!
@peoplesfriendmag.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Between the unfinished PhD and the much later, finished one, I wrote ...
Nothing if not versatile!
@peoplesfriendmag.bsky.social
Nothing if not versatile!
@peoplesfriendmag.bsky.social
Aha! He OPENED it. She gifted it. See here!
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Aha! He OPENED it. She gifted it. See here!
I was looking (she said defensively) for information about a music advisor in 1948. Not my fault if this caught my eye, the article underneath the one I needed ...
October 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I was looking (she said defensively) for information about a music advisor in 1948. Not my fault if this caught my eye, the article underneath the one I needed ...
As I said, buying bargain fabric is a waste of time. And if it wasn't a bargain, what the heck was I thinking of?
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As I said, buying bargain fabric is a waste of time. And if it wasn't a bargain, what the heck was I thinking of?