Also a relatively new discovery: @ashdouglasscot uncovered the earliest known example of Sapphic verse in Europe since, well, Sappho. In Scotland. Welcome Marie Maitland to our cultural heritage. Ashley is now writing a book about this landmark poet in LGBTQ history. /6

Looking for some Christmas-based joy? I wrote part of the light trail that's illuminating Edinburgh Castle all December & into Hogmanay - all about Edinburgh women's history ofc. So a 🧵of the Edinburgh women who made it onto the big lava walls 👇 /1 archive.is/Vuub3