Had a fantastic time presenting and attending the @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference on Saturday. Congratulations to all the speakers and particularly @vawright10.bsky.social for her in depth history of women’s housing activism in Scotland. Thanks to @ymcfadden.bsky.social and the team

This year’s Sue Innes Memorial Lecture at @womenshistscot.bsky.social conference given by @vawright10.bsky.social on ‘Housing as a ‘Women’s Issue’: Women and Housing Activism in Twentieth Century Scotland.

And you can hopefully read all about it in the National newspaper next Tuesday. 📰

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Artful Inquiry with @alistairfair.bsky.social - thanks to James, Miranda and the team at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 🗃️ (1/2)

Recently @vawright10.bsky.social and I were interviewed for a podcast about the Scottish new towns book which we recently co-wrote (and which is available Open Access for free download via bloomsburycollections, though you can also buy a copy in print if you wish!)

⏰ Don’t miss out! Registration for the Women’s History Scotland Conference closes Friday 5 September! Join us for a fascinating day! 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/women...

I've just submitted An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class to my publisher, Verso. My book explores how a British working class which was powerfully grounded in politics, the economy and culture has been unmade since the 1960s. An Injury to All is due for publication next year!

Delighted to have an extract from Glasgow 1975 up on @glasgowbell.bsky.social this weekend - you can read it here www.glasgowbell.co.uk/racist-killi...

Women's Sport and Art panel with Olympic Gold Winner Rhona Howie, Imogen Gibbon Chief Curator of Portraiture and myself. Where: The National Galleries of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL When: Tuesday 24 June 2025, 12.45–1.30pm (in person & online) www.nationalgalleries.org/event/women-...

Live Methods was partly responding to the ‘crisis in empirical sociology’. Writing this special issue we were in another crisis- the brutal destruction of the social sciences– inc Goldsmiths, the intellectual home of the collection. It makes Live Methods, its spirit and aims more important than ever

My book is out on 28 October with @versobooks.bsky.social 💥 It’s available for pre-order at £20: www.waterstones.com/book/up-in-t...

NEW: How do lived experience perspectives impact decisions in the Scottish Parliamentary process?💡🗣️ @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social writes about her research which aims to better understand how this evidence is used and how it influences policy decision making. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... 1/2

Last couple of days to submit an expression of interest to our Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History in Edinburgh on 22 July ⬇️ 🗃️

The epilogue from my book. Siva said it best - “what Powell says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the day after”

Are you interested in Scottish History? Are you interested in Emotions History? Well, you are in luck - John McCallum and I are organising a Workshop on Emotions and Scottish History in Edinburgh on 22 July. Deadline for expressions of interest 21 May. 🗃️ All welcome and please spread the word. ⬇️

94% of the people raped in the UK are women, and 98% of the people arrested for rape or sexual assault are men. And — to repeat — around 3% of *reported* rapes result in a conviction. If you are looking for a feminist campaign, put down the LARGE GAMETES placard and start screaming at the CPS.

Had the privilege of attending a symposium on the launch of ‘Building Modern Scotland’ today, by @alistairfair.bsky.social @vawright10.bsky.social, Miles Glendinning and others. Was impressed by the project’s engagement with planning, and the social and political context of of the Clyde region.

Hello everyone going to the British History Today conference at @qmcbs.bsky.social at the start of May! I'm giving a paper on young people, politics & age in late 1980s Britain at the @ihr.bsky.social the night before! See details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/fancy... #skystorians #histchild 🗃️

We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups. Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike100

We are delighted to be a part of the #GeneralStrike 100 anniversary national partnership with other museums, libraries, archives and groups. Find out how you can support this partnership here: bit.ly/GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike100

In 1982 the Cumbernauld Development Corporation reported on "the continuing success of the film ‘Gregory’s Girl’ [and that] the result has been of real benefit to the town." Come and see what you think of the film: 26 March 2025, 1.30pm NL Heritage Centre, ML1 3HU Free; to book tinyurl.com/2r84v3sh

On World Book Day & during Women’s History Month can it be 18 years since my & Lesley Whitworth’s germinal WATMOBS was published?! Still has lots of relevant & important conceptualisations re how we talk about gender & the built environment.

We had a book launch earlier this week expertly hosted by the team at the @RIAS Bookshop - not only does this give me the opportunity to promote our book, but I thought I'd recycle some tweets from our old project account too. #NewTownsScot🏡. First thread below⬇️

Thanks for hosting! We're hoping to organise an event in the university later in the spring, so for those who missed out (or who attended y'day and want to hear more about the new towns) watch this space!

Looking forward to tomorrow evening at the RIAS bookshop discussing 'Building Modern Scotland' with @vawright10.bsky.social. Sadly Luna (pictured) won't be joining us but she has had a good look at the book at home. Tomorrow is sold out but we are hoping to do another event - watch this space.

What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025? Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series. 📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025 🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB

Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics. The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.

Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase

If you'd like to come to the launch of The Energy That Made Modern Scotland then book your free ticket here! 5pm 20 Feb at Glasgow University All welcome.

My @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article on WASPI women is out! It uses new @massobsarchive.bsky.social data to explore older women's complicated material situations and their even more complicated feelings about those situations. Read it for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

'Building Modern Scotland' exists! Publication date is 6 Feb; it'll be available Open Access (free) online then, & in print. Big thanks to all co-authors inc. (on here) @lynncabrams.bsky.social @vawright10.bsky.social, & funder @leverhulme.bsky.social. I'll trail some themes in the coming week...

‘Left to rot’: my report on how Glasgow’s crumbling heritage is coming into focus for the city’s 850th anniversary www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

V cool to see @manchesterup.bsky.social choose our volume Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain as their History OA highlight of 2024 The book came out in Jan and we've since had 21,500 downloads - way more than we hoped for @tricksterprince.bsky.social manchester.benchurl.com/c/v?e=192271...

No matter your position on various Qs (the tech is mind blowing vs it can’t write a good essay; unis shd police vs unis shd embrace; it’s widespread vs its rare) the thing that comes across v strongly here is how much its already hurting staff+students www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 1/2

Applications now invited for @royalhistsoc.bsky.social's 2025 David Berry Fellowship in the History of Scotland & the Scottish People bit.ly/3VzueN5 The Fellowship is worth £2500 to support research. Closing date 7 March 2025. Details of all current RHS funding calls: bit.ly/3ZnsQhv #Skystorians

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands is on BBC Scotland at 22:00 on Tuesday and will be on BBC iPlayer afterwards 🎸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍👩‍👧‍👧📺 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Pleased to be able to highlight this issue as part of our special on ASN in schools. We rightly talk a lot about teacher numbers, but the people working in pupil support deserve our attention too.

It's here! Today we launched the new Your Scottish Archives portal at https://buff.ly/3BwyQwp This is the first stage of this exciting new resource for archivists and users of archives. Have a play and let us know what you think.

Children's Commissioner: "Too many children and young people’s needs are not being met in our current education system." She also criticises the government's "dilutions and delays" when it comes to education reform. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2477...

Radical Histories - Part II - is here! Take a look & follow for even more radical history in your feed. And just shout if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/9N31SS8

Yesterday I had the honour and privilege of helping unveil the newest @leedscivictrust.bsky.social blue plaque for the Northern Star, published on Market Street, Leeds from 1837-1844. The NS was the leading newspaper of the Chartist movement, campaigning for working people's political rights.

Great to see QMU History organising a two-day conference on British History Today 1-2 May 25 - deadline for proposals is 24 January - details at projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/ - I like the emphasis on history and current problems - anyone interested in a panel on class & the populist challenge?

‘Staff are not a burden on the University—they are the core of its educational mission….’ Really important piece of work from UCU Edinburgh critically evaluating the Uni’s statements about its financial position (tl;dr there is money in the banana stand) www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...

Scotland's only oil refinery at Grangemouth is closing in just a few months time. This parliamentary evidence is a vital informed intervention from Unite, the lead union at the site. Grangemouth is viable, we need it for our energy security and as part of a bridge towards a green industrial future.

CFP: Urban History Group Conference 2025 The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 4th & 5th Sept. 2025, University of Leicester. urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/c... We are back. Special sessions for New Researchers & PGs, as usual.

So pleased with this,I thought I would post it again

Do you want to know more about Cumbernauld's megastructure? Of course you do! Can't wait to read this beautiful book. Congratulations Alison, Mitch and Chris. 'Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre':

#LetGlasgowFlourish We've made a Greater Glasgow Heritage and History starter pack, including nearby places ~ if we've missed you off (or you want to be removed) let us know. It's a work in progress 💚 #Glasgow #heritage #history #archaeology #architecture #environmentalhistory go.bsky.app/M4Dezri

Happy to see the cover and the table of contents for the new Deindustrialization Studies Handbook - I just wish the price tag was set for individuals rather than simply libraries. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Some photos i took in the 90s of Tower Blocks in Red Road and Pinkston Drive. May be a few rogue ones in there. Back when the craze was panoramic 35mm photo printing which suited the towers.