Let's revive the concept of #MausoleumMonday - Starter Pack "Cemeteries, memorialization, and death historians" by @wolfq4.bsky.social Attn: @listerlanecem.bsky.social @fowarristoncem.bsky.social @wardsendcemetery.bsky.social CC: @thecivilwardoc.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack...

Seems 1620 was a bad year 😀 #archaeohistories

Come to my talk about 19th century spiritualism in Newcastle and Manchester tomorrow! It has fraudulent mediums, clairvoyant doctors, and angry letters to the press!

From last night's meeting of Dennistoun Community Council: 1. We're contacting elected officials about Glasgow Life's not honouring a commitment to provide information and asking why providing fully costed options for Whitehill Pool has been pushed back from August to November. 1/5

A lost gravestone from 1720 has been revealed in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard, thanks to the University of Glasgow Archaeology Field School, which is being held in conjunction with Clyde Archaeology and led by Prof. Steve Driscoll.

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 New Glasgow Society is excited to present an exhibition highlighting a selection of buildings from across #Glasgow which are not otherwise able to participate in Doors Open Day 2025 - but that we would love to see participate in future 💚 📆 Sept 18-21 📍 1307 Argyle Street ⏰ 12-4pm

✨ We are SO delighted to release our guide to National 5 Classical Studies. ✨ It's completely free (unless you'd like to make a donation) and is the first Classics textbook written for the Scottish education system in two generations! ✊⚡ www.workingclassicists.com/national-5-c...

Are your sheep always turning up late for work? Are they taking too long on their lunch break or simply struggling to get through the workload? Are they always just mucking about? Then you need some

I went on a work visit to the Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum on Sauchiehall St #Glasgow yesterday, in a building designed by John Keppie as offices for photographers T&R Annan (1904). The sinuous Glasgow Style ironwork lift was water powered! www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/br...

I just came across this post by @ncdominie.bsky.social new-cleckit.dominie.scot/thrushgrove/... about "Thrushgrove" in Garngad. Wow.. I wish my gran was still around to read it. Her family were from Villiers St.

Many thanks to Emzy from The Mitchell Library Special Collections for setting up these wonderful artefacts for my talk this afternoon about the Tearooms of Miss Cranston for the Alexander ThomsonSociety #Glasgow 850 lecture series. Seeing the material helps to bring #herstory to life! #skystorians

Our conference is approaching soon! There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections. Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums

I listened to "Not Just the Tudors" ep "How to kill a Scottish Witch" from Witches of Scotland @clairekc.bsky.social Zoe & @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social and really enjoyed it! Something to add to a question you asked Suzannah. In Renfrewshire there is a case which resulted in no convictions 1/1

I will be giving a talk this coming Sat 23 Aug at 1pm for The Alexander Thomson Society as part of their lecture series to celebrate the Glasgow 850 anniversary year. "The #Glasgow Tearooms of Miss Cranston". Free to attend! #Skystorians More info here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-glasgo...

The most beautiful #GlasgowStyle failure... Hennebique & Louis Mouchel's marketing nous sold us a #reinforcedconcrete pup & James Salmon Jnr's design genius goes to waste 😔 shame there's no space for a mesh box like at Hill House #Glasgow850 💔 The north elevation is also a hidden #Glasgow iconic gem

Lovely! Where can you get them? I asked at St Mungos shop earlier in the year about G850 merch and there was none available at that point.

📢 Women’s History Scotland Conference Registration open! Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland and the Sue Innes Memorial Lecture given by @vawright10.bsky.social 🗓 Saturday 13 Sept 2025, Kinning Park Complex Book here 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

I obviously can't have checked the site in a few months, but did earlier this week and it looks great but it did take me a bit longer to work out which is the overlay map link 🫣 I will now read the guide!

📸 Our Lens on Legacy exhibition is going on tour! You can see it during Doors Open Days weekend, 20-21 Sept., at Queen's Park Camera Club in Southside. Their members will be on hand to answer any questions you have about the exhibition, photography & the club itself More info 👉 buff.ly/hSNv3c8

🚨 We’re hiring! Join GCHT as a Built Heritage Officer (Mat Cover) to help conserve Glasgow’s historic buildings. 📍 Glasgow/Hybrid 💰 £33–34k 📅 Fixed-term (9–12 months) 🗓️ Apply by 1 Sept 🔗 buff.ly/AENSqth

Guided tours are drop-in, with no need to book in advance. Guided tours are on at: - 14:00pm on Friday 19th September - 15:00pm on Saturday 20th September

Had a nice afternoon at the Mitchell #Library yesterday after my #Glasgow850 talk for the Alxr Thomson Society series. Did some Coat of arms motif spotting with my eagle-eyed daughter as well as appreciating the amazing building & resource which includes Glasgow City Archives & Special Collections

Last call, today's talk is at 1pm!

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Announce Summer 2026 Wembley Stadium Shows for ‘Long Live The Black Parade’ Tour themosh.net/my-chemical-...

Next Saturday (16 Aug 2025) i'll be giving a free talk for the Alexander Thomson Society for their #Glasgow 850th anniversary lecture series. Join me for the first of a 2 part delve into the life and work of Miss Cranston. #skyhistory #Skystorians #womenshistory www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/miss-cathe...

Daily smile for today... ☺️ #bluesky

The wonderful Alexander “Greek” Thomson who was born in our beautiful village of Balfron in 1817. We are excited to welcome you all to our first book festival and you can check out where Alexander lived for his first few years 🥰 www.balfronbookfestival.com #books #booksky

I have (eventually) updated my website with details of upcoming history talks in Glasgow over the next few months. All dates, times, locations, & links to booking info can be found here: archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/history-talks/ Looking forward to seeing some of you! #Skystorians #history

I came across this absolutely beautiful illustrated Christina Rosetti poetry book for sale in Henry Pordes Books in Charing Cross Rd on a recent trip to London. Quite pricey for me, unfortunately, but I had to share some photos for the #booksky folks! #rarebooks #antiquarianbooks #poetry #victorian

Every Glasgow secondary school set to lose its librarian 📚 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Please share if you can! Tickets are available via the link below. #earlymodern #skystorians #witchcraft #witches @womenslibrary.bsky.social @glasgowheritage.bsky.social @ncdominie.bsky.social @bookscraiccake.bsky.social @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social @whatsonrenfrew.bsky.social

There are tickets available for a Witchcraft talk I'm doing for East Renfrewshire libraries. For anyone interested, it is on 28th October @ 6.30pm. Pay what you can afford £2+ to support our libraries!Book here: www.ercultureandleisure.org/events/witch...

A few of my talks were postponed earlier this year for the #Glasgow 850 anniversary series, hosted by the Thomson Society. I was asked to share the new dates, so here you go! Tickets not released yet, but book via www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-alexan... #savethedate #history #earlymodern #skystorians

Part of a 3D sculpted map of central Glasgow created by Kathleen Chambers in 1990 to help visually impaired people to explore the city. This section shows the buildings around Buchanan Street, which can also be seen in real life just behind it. #glasgow #sculpture #buchananstreet #architecture

My seventy-seven-year-old father put his reading glasses on to help my mother do the buttons on the back of her dress… —“George Square”, by Jackie Kay LIFE MASK, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2005 Hear Jackie Kay read this poem on the @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social: poetryarchive.org/poem/george-...

Mary was a legend. I strongly reccomend Pamela's book (@tannerritchie.bsky.social) and also reading Mary's letters. Great stuff, thanks for posting. #Skystorians #16th #EarlyModern #History #KeepItStuart @emwjournal.bsky.social @womenshistscot.bsky.social 📚 🗃

For #WorldGothDay day,. G is for #Goth from the A-Z of Hookland Influences AKA Growing Up Weird.

Happy to be included as one of the 337 new additions! royalhistsoc.org/society-elec... #skystorians

Beautiful stained glass #Glasgow CoA here! 😍🐦🌳🔔🐟

This April, I’m teaching a five-week University of Glasgow online course called "Exploring Scotland’s Slavery Past in Five Locations". Open to all - no prior experience is needed (there is a course fee). Find out more: www.gla.ac.uk/coursecatalo...

+++ The Hunger was released on this day, the 29th of April 1983. +++ Peter Murphy of Bauhaus appears during the film's opening credits in a nightclub, performing 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. #TheHunger #davidbowie #bauhaus #otd #petermurphy

It's #SelfPubSaturday check out the starter pack for some great books and authors. If you want to be included in the starter, message me or reply to this. Reskeets appreciated. #BookSky #WritingCommunity go.bsky.app/S5iYkkG

Unfortunately, due to an unexpected hospital stay, both of my talks about Miss Cranston scheduled for Sat 3rd May and Sat 10th May have to be rescheduled for later in the year. Apologies for any inconvenience. The new event on Sat 10 May is about the first Botanic Gardens

Unfortunately, due to an unexpected hospital stay, both of my talks on Miss Cranston scheduled for Sat 3rd May and Sat 10th May have to be rescheduled for later in the year. Apologies for any inconvenience. The new event this coming Saturday 3rd May is a wonderful film on Alexander Greek Thomson

Great stuff here by the schoolkids. Thanks for flagging it up, @imperfectproduct.bsky.social 👍 🐦🌳🔔🐟 Quite bizarre that while they're looking toward Glasgow900, many of us still have our #Glasgow800 mugs! Happy #Glasgow850!!

I applied to have the Fairfield Shipyard Technical Office Annexe on Govan Road listed after discovering the original 1955 drawings by architects Frank Burnet and Boston in the Mitchell Library. I am delighted that Historic Environment Scotland is recommending that it should be listed at Category C.

The janitor's house of Charles Rennie MacKintosh's Scotland Street School on the Southside of Glasgow. Built between 1903 and 1907, I love the way the rooflines of the gables sweep down and integrate into the boundary wall. #glasgow #architecture #charlesrenniemackintosh #architecturephotography