People’s Past
@peoplespast.bsky.social
Modern Scottish public history. Curated by Dr Charlie Lynch, hosted by the National.
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I interviewed Dr Linda Ross for the @scotnational.bsky.social about her work on the social history of industry in the Highlands of Scotland, and the lost world of ‘atomic optimism’ in 1950s Caithness. www.thenational.scot/culture/2556...
How the nuclear age transformed life in the Highlands
In the days before Chernobyl, awareness of dangers associated with the technology, and widespread campaigning against it, Dounreay was hailed as an…
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October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I interviewed Dr Linda Ross for the @scotnational.bsky.social about her work on the social history of industry in the Highlands of Scotland, and the lost world of ‘atomic optimism’ in 1950s Caithness. www.thenational.scot/culture/2556...
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A supportive, encouraging and inspirational team doing hugely important work. Grateful to have this wonderful institution on my doorstep to learn from! www.thenational.scot/news/2552704...
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A supportive, encouraging and inspirational team doing hugely important work. Grateful to have this wonderful institution on my doorstep to learn from! www.thenational.scot/news/2552704...
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We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
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October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
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1 of the few statues in Scotland dedicated to a named woman is of Dolores Ibarruri, the Passionara who said 'Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees.' It is dedicated to the memory of Scots who fought the fascists in Spain & is on the riverfront in Glasgow. /7
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
1 of the few statues in Scotland dedicated to a named woman is of Dolores Ibarruri, the Passionara who said 'Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees.' It is dedicated to the memory of Scots who fought the fascists in Spain & is on the riverfront in Glasgow. /7
The Carbeth Huts, outside Glasgow, are a legacy of early twentieth century outdoor culture. Working people from the city sought, and in this case succeeded, in gaining a foothold in the countryside. www.thenational.scot/culture/2535...
The fascinating history of 178 small wooden huts just outside Scottish city
WHERE do you start with the Carbeth Huts? Some 178 small wooden buildings clustered around 150 acres of sylvan terrain just north of Glasgow, they…
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September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Carbeth Huts, outside Glasgow, are a legacy of early twentieth century outdoor culture. Working people from the city sought, and in this case succeeded, in gaining a foothold in the countryside. www.thenational.scot/culture/2535...
“The dominant historical narrative of deindustrialisation is masculine… There’s minimal space to consider women workers who also experienced the brutality of deindustrialisation and, in these three cases, fought a militant struggle in opposition.” www.thenational.scot/news/2527864...
The women who occupied Scottish factories and beat deindustrialisation
Charlie Lynch interviews Andy Clark about his book Fighting Deindustrialisation: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
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September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The dominant historical narrative of deindustrialisation is masculine… There’s minimal space to consider women workers who also experienced the brutality of deindustrialisation and, in these three cases, fought a militant struggle in opposition.” www.thenational.scot/news/2527864...
Nutritionist, John Boyd Orr, was a secular humanist who dreamed of achieving world peace by solving hunger and poverty. The story of his activism is revealed in a forthcoming book by social historian, Prof. Callum Brown. www.thenational.scot/news/2531346...
Meet the Scot who who suggested schoolchildren be given free milk
JOHN Boyd Orr was once a household name in Scotland. He is described by his alma mater, the University of Glasgow, as having been a “visionary…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nutritionist, John Boyd Orr, was a secular humanist who dreamed of achieving world peace by solving hunger and poverty. The story of his activism is revealed in a forthcoming book by social historian, Prof. Callum Brown. www.thenational.scot/news/2531346...
Public historians, Henry Bell, David Lees and Katherine Mackinnon bring to life Glasgow’s LGBTQ+ history with their Queer Glasgow walking tour. I spoke to them to discover more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2538...
'Next, a coup!': The historians uncovering Glasgow's overlooked LGBT past
ON a summer’s evening, I joined a walking tour group winding their way through the streets and alleys of Glasgow, learning as they went stories of…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Public historians, Henry Bell, David Lees and Katherine Mackinnon bring to life Glasgow’s LGBTQ+ history with their Queer Glasgow walking tour. I spoke to them to discover more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2538...
Rachael Muir’s job is one you’ve probably not heard of: The Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland. She told me about her work investigating, surveying and preserving archive collections from business and industry. www.thenational.scot/culture/2548...
The overlooked job which is crucial to Scotland's heritage
SINCE 2021, Rachael Muir has been business archives surveying officer for Scotland, based at the Ballast Trust in Johnstone and supported by the…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Rachael Muir’s job is one you’ve probably not heard of: The Business Archives Surveying Officer for Scotland. She told me about her work investigating, surveying and preserving archive collections from business and industry. www.thenational.scot/culture/2548...