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It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

#OtD 14 Jul 1789 the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a notorious prison and a symbol of power and the old order. This markeda key early victory in the French revolution. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

Seal of a rabbit or hare attached to a grant of land in Bradford-on-Avon in 1436. LFC Ch II 13.

Unpaid exploitative internships are still rife in arts and heritage. Last year a mentee of mine from a challenging & economically unprivileged background won a competitive internship with a London auction house, only to be told they needed to pay £1000s in fees.. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Collections care: hazardous edition #museums

From the minute book of the Canongate Wobsters (Weavers). The notary made a warp and weft pattern for the signature!

Keeping a camel at Holyrood Palace: James VI of Scotland, like other renaissance monarchs, kept unusual or exotic pets, vanishedcomforts.org/2019/11/03/k...

Are you wondering 'What to do with Historic Churches?' ⛪️ Find out how to preserve and repurpose historic churches at Museums and Heritage Highland's workshop! When? Tuesday 21st January at 9.30am. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-to-do...

Will add, for purposes of immersion, only certain people had phones for safety and the odd sly photo. Otherwise the only photos have been taken on cameras of the period, we are still waiting for film to be developed! The photos of us all together were taken just after the event ended. #history 📚

Last weekend I took part in an emersive WW1 event at the Great War Huts, set in very early 1915. It was an experience made up of 3 phases, 2 in camp, 1 in the trenches. It was one of the most brutal and tiring experiences I have ever taken part in in the Living History hobby.

✨ share your favourite photo of yourself from 2024 ✨ Thought I'd jump on the bandwagon. This is me at De Slag om Grolle in the Netherlands, wearing clothing I'd made myself (grey doublet and breeches), the *most* flamboyantly lined Dutch Coat and carrying a reproduction of the colour... (1/2)

If you are interested in women immigrants simply go to the "Simple search" & type FEMALE This should bring up over 400 records. Of these there are about 100 robust bios. Read about some here: www.academia.edu/44219200/Ber... 🗃 @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @emwjournal.bsky.social

Interested in historic documents?📜 Want to improve your reading of old handwriting (palaeography?)✍️ Enjoy bite-sized puzzles like Wordle? Looking for a new challenge over Christmas?🎄🎅 Help us transcribe 25,000 Tudor, Stuart and Georgian wills on Zooniverse: www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjs... 1/

From the British Iron Age some 2,000 years ago, a unique set of 24 coloured glass gaming pieces with spiral motif 🌀 Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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Opinion | Exploring new funding models for the cultural sector 📈 Fran Sanderson on how impact investing can support social outcomes and local regeneration.

Interesting one for you today! This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk. There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city. (1/3)

Only been here a wee while and I already on 100 followers. Thats crazy!

This article, co-authored with @lexythugcat.bsky.social, finally maps a Scottish community we've both studied for some 30 years. It has identified 3x main quarters for the merchant, maritime and military residents in Old Stockholm. Their wealth & prestige is evident from the surviving buildings 📚 🗃

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Interesting one for you today! This is a notebook used by the Minister of Greyfriars between 1745 and 1760. In it he kept notes on sermons, marriages, and sacraments in the kirk. There is a particularly interesting page which reacts to the Jacobites taking over the city. (1/3)

News | Funding uplift for Scottish museums ‘does not go far enough’ – sector bodies welcome budget boost but say much of the funding will be absorbed by rising costs @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk

Me: I'm going to sleep. My brain: You know, some human or almost-human once laughed for the very first time probably because another proto-human fell or bumped into something and everyone was confused about the laughing but then had to laugh too and everyone was confused. Me:

3 May 1744. Not too long before the MacDonalds of Glencoe would come out for the Jacobite cause, Chief Alexander MacDonald petitions the SSPCK for a school in Appin, promising accomodation for school and schoolmaster. His request was granted.

History is a lousy hobby. One cannot expect historians to do research on the side.

There's a difference between restoration and conservation cleaning. If I was to restore this token board that was used by the Inverleith Yacht Club, I would remove a tangible aspect of its history. In this case, it is clear that the tokens up to around number 16 have been more heavily used. (1/2)

If you're wanting to learn about ADHD, autism or neurodivergence for yourself, and/or to be a better ally, I can't recommend this book enough!

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Always interesting to see a little more of old edinburgh! Although, slight mistake there, they definitely refer to Mary King's Close but call it Mary Stair's Close. You can still visit Lady Stair's Close today, it houses the Writers Museum! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Had a pleasant evening at the private viewing of the Museum of Edinburgh's Four Seasons in Faith: Worship in Edinburgh Throughout the Year exhibition.

"To be proclaimed by trumpet and tuck of drum without delay" Another throwback to the start of 2024 when I was working with some documents with Museums and Galleries Edinburgh. This one is a proclamation signed by Cromwell himself and was read out in Edinburgh on the 14th Sept 1650.

Going to kick off my Bluesky experience with a blog post I wrote back in May for Museums and Galleries Edinburgh, on some of their amazing early modern collection! www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/volu...