Chatting to @paulmalgrati.bsky.social is a pleasure always, this time a special treat to do so for his podcast for Scottish words & ideas, @thecarryingstream.bsky.social. The episode features a new Gaelic poem of mine, 'Na Crainn', which took shape between Daoulaz in Brittany, Aberdeen, and Prague.
I've got a journal article out! '"The Order of the Elephant": Symbols and Power in the Policing of Land Agitation in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland' - exploring medals awarded to police who arrested land agitators in the 1880s, one of which is on display @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social
😂 I'll bring the soup!
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When we're drawing on these histories in discussions of land reform today, they need to be accurate and inclusive. Thanks to Kirsty Watt at the WHFP for this lovely article (and to Alastair for the photos!)
I was just chuffed to be there and ended up on the front page! Thank you for sharing 😊
🤞🤞 sounds cracking!
I'll be shouting about my research in Portree next week!
Zines as research, archive & resistance 📚
In our latest blog, @graceq22.bsky.social reflects on a SGSAH-supported residency at Cove Park and how zine-making can surface marginalised histories of land agitation in the Isle of Skye.
👉 Read it here: sgsahblog.com/2026/01/20/p...
Excellent resource to share a name with
A reminder that this year's Canna Lecture will take place on tomorrow evening (Friday) in Edinburgh! Bidh an Dr Màrtainn MacGriogair a-mach air bàrdachd agus eachdraidh nan Gàidheal anns an 19mh linn.
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'Derick Thomson and the Gaelic Revival' is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social in paperback and with a 30% discount with the code PAPER30. Coming in December! 🎁
Meal do naidheachd! Tha seo a' coimhead cho inntinneach
Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth
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It's me! I'll be taking folk on a (virtual) tour of Portree of the 1880s, talking about land agitation and the social networks which made it possible
I can't see a cas-chrom without thinking of police reports from the 1880s saying they were being used to deforce the police (and imagining how buff you'd need to be for that)
One day to go!
Online tickets here 👉
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Tickets now available for Interrogating the Napier Commission, with papers spanning everything from modern legacies to specific localities.
To join us in person 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1434560461...
It's been in the works for a while as these things so often are 🥴 such a gift to get some space and time to focus on it!
Beautiful week on residency at Cove Park working on a zine re-mapping Portree with histories of land agitation - ending with a morning too rainy even for the ducks to be out but perfect for a last bit of writing
New tour! Take a multimedia trip round the streets of Govanhill exploring histories of migration, food cultures and the build environment. Listen to refugee historians from Milk Community Glasgow talk through some of the stops and sights: radicalglasgowtours.com/self-led-aud...
Crofters and cottars and lairds, oh my!
Co-organising this conference in July. Sign up to the mailing list for updates here ➡️ eepurl.com/i-Zqf2
