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Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments Portland State’s announcement Monday lays the groundwork for a process that could result in a massive restructuring of the university.

Including History. www.opb.org/article/2026...

Lucky, Heroic, Profane: The Story of N.Y.P.D. Shield No. 13558

Neat way to tell a century of personal and public history. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/n...

Until 31st May applications for the Research Bursary are open!
We’re offering one £500 bursary to support research in women’s and gender history.

Find out more and apply via the link below. Let’s keep discovering and sharing Scotland’s women’s histories!

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He certainly had good taste!

Zoomed in to look at the wee round thingy (speaker?) on the side table only to be surprised by the teacup on the shelf!

Are you a PG student or ECR interested in presenting at our conference ‘Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750’ in June?

Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March!

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Have finished the splendid Cynthia Neville festschrift Crossing Borders (eds @kjkesselring.bsky.social & Sara Butler).

Scottish essays of particular note for me are @kiritekatawa.bsky.social on banishment, Amy Blakeway on spies, and Steve Boardman on battle of Harlaw.

What is an SHR article? Laura Stewart, Convener of the Scottish Historical Review Trust, tries to propose an answer. You can read more about it here: www.euppublishing.com/do/10.5555/n...

Alas, no, as I struggle to push my research past 1620!

First two papers are 17th century!

Who else has found mythological first names in their Scottish records? I've a couple of Hectors and Herculeses and one each of Dionysus and Lancelot.

A juicy read for this evening!

Ah, so it was a case of (monumentally) poor judgment rather than a political act. James was not unjustifiably jumpy.

At a safe distance form shoe dust.

Extraordinary action by Archibald! I reckon he was lucky just to be executed.

16 July 1643, the kirk session of Culross hired a painter named Valentine to whitewash the kirk walls.

Other session business that day included fining John Aidie 12s for fishing on the Sabbath and an ordinance for residents of both "town and land" to "attend the watching of the witches".

The loves, losses and politics that defined James VI Charlie Lynch asked two Scottish historians who specialise in the early modern period what they thought of it the lives and loves of James VI

Think this deserves a bit more attention. The ‘favourites’ of James VI have recently been the subject of popular history books and representation on television. But what do Scottish early modernists think? www.thenational.scot/culture/2584...

Send us your proposals! We love to hear about the fantastic research using all kinds of sources for Scottish History

Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe: lecture recordings now available - RHS On Friday 6 February the Society hosted the first lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) who spoke on: ‘"Alike in Appearance but not in Sco...

Video and audio recordings are now available of the Society's latest lecture (6 February):

‘Alike in Appearance but not in Scope’: Queens and the Making of Medieval Europe' with Professor Charles West (University of Edinburgh) bit.ly/46j42f5

@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social #Skystorians

Confident is the word.

This one (modeled by Action John). It looks a jumper to me, but perhaps it's a top instead?

A fav Lennon Look. Along with the stripy jumper from around the same time(?).

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From the NY Times Best TV shows of 2025. Unforgotten is the best, but not unforgettable.

Truly.

Meanwhile, Ringo is (rightly) delighted by George's offer of tea.

Thanks for this! Simon always a highlight on Lost Masterpieces and fun to follow the studio's new projects on instagram.

Thx for sharing such a heartwarming story (and charming photo)!

A rare misstep (at least at the time).

Good point. I'd be interested to know if it passed Brian's quality control or if he was overruled.