Lesley Graham
@lesleygraham.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter. CV http:////cv.hal.science/lesley-graham
Loved the Andy Goldsworthy at 50 exhibition @nationalgalleries.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Loved the Andy Goldsworthy at 50 exhibition @nationalgalleries.bsky.social
Two really great panels this morning at the @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference in La Rochelle with Daphné Cousin-Martin, Glenda Norquay, Julie Gay, Katie Garner and Gabrielle Fath.
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two really great panels this morning at the @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social conference in La Rochelle with Daphné Cousin-Martin, Glenda Norquay, Julie Gay, Katie Garner and Gabrielle Fath.
Si jamais vous vous trouvez à Aubigny-sur-Nère le 28 novembre #soscottish
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Si jamais vous vous trouvez à Aubigny-sur-Nère le 28 novembre #soscottish
The brilliant Scottish poet and essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social will be in conversation at La Rochelle University on 17th October at 13H30. The session is part of the French Society for Scottish Studies conference and is open to all.
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The brilliant Scottish poet and essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social will be in conversation at La Rochelle University on 17th October at 13H30. The session is part of the French Society for Scottish Studies conference and is open to all.
I don’t have it but it’s on archive.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I don’t have it but it’s on archive.org
We now have a poster and a provisional programme for the SFEE conference in La Rochelle in October on "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2025/
June 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We now have a poster and a provisional programme for the SFEE conference in La Rochelle in October on "Scotland and the Coast" sfee.fr/congres2025/
Etudes Ecossaises n° 24 / 2025 “L’Écosse, 30 ans après Trainspotting. Scotland 30 Years after Trainspotting” ed. by Davis Leishman is out. journals.openedition.org/etudesecossa...
April 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Etudes Ecossaises n° 24 / 2025 “L’Écosse, 30 ans après Trainspotting. Scotland 30 Years after Trainspotting” ed. by Davis Leishman is out. journals.openedition.org/etudesecossa...
Hello AirPods - I see you over there in Berne, Switzerland. Enjoy your new life, sorry for losing you at Schipol.
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hello AirPods - I see you over there in Berne, Switzerland. Enjoy your new life, sorry for losing you at Schipol.
How I think I look when I'm teaching/How I actually look:
February 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
How I think I look when I'm teaching/How I actually look:
Le film numéro 1 du box office l’année de tes 10 ans représente ce que sera ton année 2025.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Le film numéro 1 du box office l’année de tes 10 ans représente ce que sera ton année 2025.
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Cranes incoming (at Lac Arjuzanx in the Landes)
December 8, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Cranes incoming (at Lac Arjuzanx in the Landes)
Views of Bordeaux from the top of the MECA building this afternoon
November 17, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Views of Bordeaux from the top of the MECA building this afternoon
Came across this in a French guidebook to Edinburgh. Can’t argue with that.
October 12, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Came across this in a French guidebook to Edinburgh. Can’t argue with that.
Very chuffed to be in such great company in this bumper issue of Poetry Scotland with a poem entitled “Bordelaise”
October 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Very chuffed to be in such great company in this bumper issue of Poetry Scotland with a poem entitled “Bordelaise”
This evening’s tipple. I mean, we could almost call this working.
September 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
This evening’s tipple. I mean, we could almost call this working.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,191,859!
September 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,191,859!
Very taken with this photo of Kenneth White in France in the sixties
May 27, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Very taken with this photo of Kenneth White in France in the sixties
I was at one of these gigs - Shane was incredibly drunk, arrived on stage hours late and could hardly stand but it was still brilliant.
November 30, 2023 at 8:56 PM
I was at one of these gigs - Shane was incredibly drunk, arrived on stage hours late and could hardly stand but it was still brilliant.
Another thoroughly enjoyable SFEE conference, some great papers on transnational exchanges, and calming mountain views outside the conference room
November 19, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Another thoroughly enjoyable SFEE conference, some great papers on transnational exchanges, and calming mountain views outside the conference room
On my way to the 22nd annual conference of the French Society for Scottish Studies at University Savoie Mont Blanc in Chambéry. The programme, on the theme of cultural exchanges, looks great. I’m talking about Walter Scott’s Quentin Durward again.
November 15, 2023 at 11:06 AM
On my way to the 22nd annual conference of the French Society for Scottish Studies at University Savoie Mont Blanc in Chambéry. The programme, on the theme of cultural exchanges, looks great. I’m talking about Walter Scott’s Quentin Durward again.
Even with Covid, it was nice while it lasted #costabrava
November 5, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Even with Covid, it was nice while it lasted #costabrava
Books on the shelves of this villa that I will not be reading
November 2, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Books on the shelves of this villa that I will not be reading
La Revue Écossaise est arrivée chez moi au même moment qu’un méchant virus 🦠 qui m’a clouée au lit. Bravo et merci @revueecossaise @GillesRobel @paulmalgrati @French_Kilt et al. My piece on @RLSte is in bed with excellent company!
October 12, 2023 at 3:48 PM
La Revue Écossaise est arrivée chez moi au même moment qu’un méchant virus 🦠 qui m’a clouée au lit. Bravo et merci @revueecossaise @GillesRobel @paulmalgrati @French_Kilt et al. My piece on @RLSte is in bed with excellent company!