There's just ten days left to register for the upcoming SSMLL Annual Conference 2026: Medieval Wales (25th-26th April, Cardiff University). Students can attend in-person for just £20, or online for free (registration is required). Register today by visiting mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

Some images of the geology/natural history/scientific instrument inspired installation - in place for the rest of the Edinburgh Science Festival, along with a range of activities linked to scientific instruments and #histsci

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PhD Studentship: King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) Doctoral Studentships- King's College London - Department of War Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD022/p...

Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Ancient History and Archaeology (x2 posts)- University of St Andrews - School of Classics #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD927/a...

My book ends with this wonderful description of Edinburgh from Blackford Hill by Walter Scott. (Incidentally, I'm off on a week's holiday, so you'll have a break from the daily advert.) @edinburghminute.com @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social georgehharris.blogspot.com/2014/10/edin...

@davidjwarnes.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost. Now off to Santin Bridge. 🙂

Reminder: The last event in the AHSS Forth & Borders Group Lecture Series is coming up this Monday, 13th April. We'll be joined by architect Thomas Hamilton and engineer Dominic Echlin, who will discuss building challenges behind the new Scottish Galleries at the National Gallery: buff.ly/Pr3CLaY

@artantiq.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost 🙂

@freedomtodoubt.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost 🙂

April 11th, 2016. This was our old, larger garden, but much of it could be true of our present smaller one. #nature #biodiversity #gardening mywildgardenyear.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-w...

My book ends with this wonderful description of Edinburgh from Blackford Hill by Walter Scott. (Incidentally, I'm off on a week's holiday, so you'll have a break from the daily advert.) @edinburghminute.com @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social georgehharris.blogspot.com/2014/10/edin...

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So much to see!

@rodmannix.bsky.social Kindly re-posts to start the day. Thanks.

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So much to see!

There's so much to see in Edinburgh as you walk around the city. My book suggests a range of habitats. #BirdOfTheDay

So pleased with this Snakes Head Fritillary. I planted several forms 3 or 4 years ago apparently with unsatisfactory results. But now this. 🙂

There's so much to see in Edinburgh as you walk around the city. My book suggests a range of habitats. #BirdOfTheDay

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Pablo Picasso (1962). 📷 Arnold Newman

Yesterday I got a question about history teaching. I've written several blog-posts about it since I retired. This is the longest. Might be of interest. @winelove.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social @nexuseduk.bsky.social @newtscotland.bsky.social georgehharris.blogspot.com/2016/09/teac...

Today, April 7th, is Wordsworth's birthday. Here are two blog-posts about him. 1. Wordsworth decides to devote his life to poetry. georgehharris.blogspot.com/2020/02/word...

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) English Restoration era playwright & poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. A feminist forerunner, she was involed in Libertine circles, those.who rejected traditional social constraints #WomensArt

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Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter, 1862–1918. Bauerngarten, Cottage Garden, 1907. Oil on canvas. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria

This painting is titled "Dora at Oriel, Spring" (2009) by the renowned British artist Ken Howard (1932–2022).

For those interested in Scottish history, Rebecca Wilkieson will be presenting "Maritime Scotland and the Transatlantic Trade: the development of Scotland’s maritime infrastructure through the transatlantic trade, 1690-1750"

Geologists will know that this is the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Hutton, a giant of the Scottish Enlightenment who revolutionised our understanding of the age of the Earth. My book takes you (Route 9) to the Hutton Memorial Garden. @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay (No photo). Just found a dead wood pigeon in the garden . Presumably killed by a cat while searching for the seeds I chuck out for ground-feeders

@gillmh.bsky.social Many thanks for the re-post. Hutton ought to be more famous, and his little garden is tucked away.

@just-me123.bsky.social Mant thanks for the re-post. James Hutton really is a bit special, and his memorial garden is not well known.

@secretedinburgh.bsky.social Many thanks for the re-post. Hutton is a bit special, and this place is secretly tucked away. In fact when I went to take photos there was someone sitting peacefully on the bench so I carefully avoided including her.

Geologists will know that this is the 300th anniversary of the birth of James Hutton, a giant of the Scottish Enlightenment who revolutionised our understanding of the age of the Earth. My book takes you (Route 9) to the Hutton Memorial Garden. @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

@rodmannix.bsky.social Another kind repost. Always most welcome.

There are many literary references and quotations in my book - Fergusson, Rankin, Stevenson and others. These two portraits, acquired by my great grandfather in Belfast in the late nineteenth century, now hang in my room.

@osweena.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost 🙂

The streets of Edinburgh are thronged with visitors! Why not have my book on your phone (#Kindle or #KindleUnlimited) to enhance your trip as you walk around the city. Also available as a paperback.

Gwen John: Strange Beauties 🎨 This is possibly one of the most gorgeous exhibitions I have experienced. Gwen John was such a talented artist; seeing all her work in one place and learning more about her was brilliant. www.instagram.com/p/DWwO0eCjG_... #Wales #History

Wotth looking into, anyhow.

The streets of Edinburgh are thronged with visitors! Why not have my book on your phone (#Kindle or #KindleUnlimited) to enhance your trip as you walk around the city. Also available as a paperback.

Please, please look at the weather forecast before walking the hills. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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You may be surprised that this woodblock print is actually by a Scottish artist, Elizabeth Keith, who lived in Japan for a decade ~ with blue & white colouring in the clothes worn by woman & shopkeeper, the umbrella, curtains, ceramic plates, & print of The Great Wave on the wall (1925)

Now been shortlisted for a prestigious international award.

Mr & Mrs Starling have laid their first egg in time for Easter😄 #starlingboxcam

There are many literary references and quotations in my book - Fergusson, Rankin, Stevenson and others. These two portraits, acquired by my great grandfather in Belfast in the late nineteenth century, now hang in my room.

The most frequently quoted primary source in my book is Henry Cockburn's "Memorials of His Own Time". I once made a play of this wonderful book, based very closely on his own words. @htenuk.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Cockburns-Ed...

The most frequently quoted primary source in my book is Henry Cockburn's "Memorials of His Own Time". I once made a play of this wonderful book, based very closely on his own words. @htenuk.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Cockburns-Ed...

Happy Easter, everyone.