Laura Kayes
@laurakayes.bsky.social
Working in local government policy | Fiddler 🎻 | Doctoral Student Funded by #ResearchFurther researching poverty and class-based bias in policy | Writer | Glaswegian | Views my own | She/Her
A folk song to share with your teens next time they refuse to wrap up warm in these cold snaps.
Frozen Charlotte, inspired by the poem Fair Charlotte, laments the true story of a young woman in 1840 who, reluctant to cover her gown, froze on her way to a ball.
youtu.be/wbzNvcjGSKo
Frozen Charlotte, inspired by the poem Fair Charlotte, laments the true story of a young woman in 1840 who, reluctant to cover her gown, froze on her way to a ball.
youtu.be/wbzNvcjGSKo
Frozen Charlotte
YouTube video by Kitty Macfarlane - Topic
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A folk song to share with your teens next time they refuse to wrap up warm in these cold snaps.
Frozen Charlotte, inspired by the poem Fair Charlotte, laments the true story of a young woman in 1840 who, reluctant to cover her gown, froze on her way to a ball.
youtu.be/wbzNvcjGSKo
Frozen Charlotte, inspired by the poem Fair Charlotte, laments the true story of a young woman in 1840 who, reluctant to cover her gown, froze on her way to a ball.
youtu.be/wbzNvcjGSKo
Da Slockit Light: Part 1
A beautiful tune by Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson on the gradual depopulation of his home in Eshaness.
With every crofter that left, another light in the community was extinguished (slockit).
#Fiddle #Scotland #Shetland #TradMusic
A beautiful tune by Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson on the gradual depopulation of his home in Eshaness.
With every crofter that left, another light in the community was extinguished (slockit).
#Fiddle #Scotland #Shetland #TradMusic
February 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Da Slockit Light: Part 1
A beautiful tune by Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson on the gradual depopulation of his home in Eshaness.
With every crofter that left, another light in the community was extinguished (slockit).
#Fiddle #Scotland #Shetland #TradMusic
A beautiful tune by Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson on the gradual depopulation of his home in Eshaness.
With every crofter that left, another light in the community was extinguished (slockit).
#Fiddle #Scotland #Shetland #TradMusic
Reposted by Laura Kayes
One joy of visiting new sessions is picking up new (to me) tunes.
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
January 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One joy of visiting new sessions is picking up new (to me) tunes.
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
One joy of visiting new sessions is picking up new (to me) tunes.
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
January 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One joy of visiting new sessions is picking up new (to me) tunes.
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
I heard this tune for the first time in the Royal Bar, Innellan, on Thursday night and just had to get it under the fingers.
Tune: McKechnie's Farewell
Composer: John Somerville
#Fiddle #FolkMusic #ScottishFolk #Trad #Scotland
8:00am and 10:00am from my doorstep on Scotland's west coast 🏴
#Scotland #ArgyllPeninsula #ArgyllAndBute #FirthOfClyde #Sunrise
#Scotland #ArgyllPeninsula #ArgyllAndBute #FirthOfClyde #Sunrise
January 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
8:00am and 10:00am from my doorstep on Scotland's west coast 🏴
#Scotland #ArgyllPeninsula #ArgyllAndBute #FirthOfClyde #Sunrise
#Scotland #ArgyllPeninsula #ArgyllAndBute #FirthOfClyde #Sunrise
Reposted by Laura Kayes
Dreich days in the Christmas to New Year limbo were perfect for learning some new tunes 🎻
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
January 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Dreich days in the Christmas to New Year limbo were perfect for learning some new tunes 🎻
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Dreich days in the Christmas to New Year limbo were perfect for learning some new tunes 🎻
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
January 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Dreich days in the Christmas to New Year limbo were perfect for learning some new tunes 🎻
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Calliope House, Dave Richardson
#Fiddle #TradMusic #CelticMusic
Reposted by Laura Kayes
Open Call for Bothy Project Creative Residencies on Eigg. For practitioners in visual art, craft & design, music, literature, performance & those working across disciplines or in collaboration.
Application deadline: 12 January 2025, midnight. More info at buff.ly/4fZxM2M
Application deadline: 12 January 2025, midnight. More info at buff.ly/4fZxM2M
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Open Call for Bothy Project Creative Residencies on Eigg. For practitioners in visual art, craft & design, music, literature, performance & those working across disciplines or in collaboration.
Application deadline: 12 January 2025, midnight. More info at buff.ly/4fZxM2M
Application deadline: 12 January 2025, midnight. More info at buff.ly/4fZxM2M
Reposted by Laura Kayes
Every. Damn. Time.
The business bros ALWAYS do this. Because hey, if you've built a billion-dollar company how hard it is to run a school?
Nb: they almost always fail. 🙄
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
The business bros ALWAYS do this. Because hey, if you've built a billion-dollar company how hard it is to run a school?
Nb: they almost always fail. 🙄
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Elon Musk Is Opening a School for Young Students. Here’s What We Know About It
The tech billionaire has claimed that the current Education Department is "basically paying people to hate America."
www.edweek.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Every. Damn. Time.
The business bros ALWAYS do this. Because hey, if you've built a billion-dollar company how hard it is to run a school?
Nb: they almost always fail. 🙄
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
The business bros ALWAYS do this. Because hey, if you've built a billion-dollar company how hard it is to run a school?
Nb: they almost always fail. 🙄
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
Day 1: I'm an FE practitioner interested in heritage culture and folk knowledge. 🎻🧗🏻♀️🏴
My research presents a Foucauldian critical discourse analysis of the Education Inspection Framework through a class lens and explores how colleges and practitioners interpret and enact policy. #ResearchAdvent 🎄
My research presents a Foucauldian critical discourse analysis of the Education Inspection Framework through a class lens and explores how colleges and practitioners interpret and enact policy. #ResearchAdvent 🎄
#ResearchAdvent
Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag!
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Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag!
(Please use this original post with its alt text 😃 Repost or reply ✅ using #ResearchAdvent)
December 1, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Day 1: I'm an FE practitioner interested in heritage culture and folk knowledge. 🎻🧗🏻♀️🏴
My research presents a Foucauldian critical discourse analysis of the Education Inspection Framework through a class lens and explores how colleges and practitioners interpret and enact policy. #ResearchAdvent 🎄
My research presents a Foucauldian critical discourse analysis of the Education Inspection Framework through a class lens and explores how colleges and practitioners interpret and enact policy. #ResearchAdvent 🎄
Reposted by Laura Kayes
Watch William Letford read “This is it” at the 2017 Literature Alliance Scotland cabaret:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRG...
#ThisIsIt2017: William Letford performs his poem 'This Is It'
YouTube video by Literature Alliance Scotland
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November 27, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Watch William Letford read “This is it” at the 2017 Literature Alliance Scotland cabaret:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkRG...
“I had publishers who said this is written in slang, it has spelling mistakes and if you change the style, then we would be interested. I told them absolutely not. This is the way I speak, the way that school kids speak. I wanted it to be authentic. It just couldn’t be written any other way.” 👏🏼
The Scottish Qualifications Authority has today released an updated reading list for Scottish texts at National 5 and Higher. My colleagues Dr Corey Gibson and @dr-ron.bsky.social have played an important role in this refresh, which introduces new authors. Read more ⬇️
news.stv.tv/scotland/sqa...
news.stv.tv/scotland/sqa...
SQA's English reading list updated 'to reflect modern Scotland'
Set texts for Nat 5 and Higher English pupils now include a range of new, contemporary voices as well as classic texts.
news.stv.tv
November 27, 2024 at 1:11 PM
“I had publishers who said this is written in slang, it has spelling mistakes and if you change the style, then we would be interested. I told them absolutely not. This is the way I speak, the way that school kids speak. I wanted it to be authentic. It just couldn’t be written any other way.” 👏🏼