Aaron Sheridan

Anniesland Court Table Lamp

Just a fun project trying to turn something brutal into beautiful

#brutalglasgow #brutalism #Glasgow

#OtD 5 Mar 1988 2,000 people took part in a demonstration through Leeds to protest against the homophobic Section 28 law which prohibited the so-called 'promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities and schools. It was eventually repealed in 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1054...

Just another victim of capital

I was not made aware of this risk before I signed up. Ive been conned

Fantastic, Grace! Congratulations

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

Its an absolute nightmare! I can’t switch it off for the life of me

Do any other historians have their reading-for-fun ruined by a compulsion to take notes?

I’m trying to enjoy Kershaw’s ‘Hitler: Hubris’ but I’m stopping every minute or so to write something I’ve read in my notes app.

#OtD 27 Feb 1973 armed Native American activists occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in protest at corruption and US treaty breaches with Native Americans. Despite state violence and killings they held out for 71 days and galvanised huge support stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9898...

Assessing the political and legal context of safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs): a case study of the UK’s first SDCF, the “Thistle” project in Glasgow. - Scottish Graduate School of Social Scie... This project investigates the political, legal, and administrative contexts that enabled the opening of The Thistle Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) in Glasgow in January 2025—the first such ser...

Exciting PhD opportunity! Focussing on the political, legal, and administrative context of the introduction of 'the Thistle' in Glasgow.

Delighted to be part of the supervisory team alongside @jamesnicholls.bsky.social, Jane Scoular, and Chris McCorkindale.

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/...

Working for me!

Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

Dirty Business- Channel 4’s exposé of England water companies shows abuse of corporate power, failed govt policies and human suffering.

It has got worse

Thames Water may pay 2024 fines in 2030 or never. Fines on others waived.

Say NO to profits B4 people.

Let companies go bankrupt. Nationalise.

Hey!!!
I have a friend seeking a teaching position. She holds a Master's in Education (reading, literacy and linguistics) she is also a doctoral candidate (Ed.D., ABD). She has several years experience teaching! If you know of any openings, please DM me. I will pass on the information. Thank you!

Damer’s ‘Scheming’ and ‘Moorepark to Wine Alley’ are essential readings for understanding council housing in Scotland. The use of oral history, the examination of the discourses surrounding tenants and the view of council housing as an extension of 19th century hegemony and practice - indispensible

The Seeds of Scotland’s Highland Clearances In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands began to exert greater control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. Cat Scothorne shows how these 'reforms' actually disrupted resilient ecological practices.

In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands exerted control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. In reality, these 'reforms' disrupted resilient ecological practices.

Cat Scothorne on seeds and the Highland Clearances.

Also for Edinburgh old-stuff nerds: they've got Sulman's 1868 view of Edinburgh too. It's in a slightly battered condition but there's fun stuff like this glimpse of the Innocent Railway tunnel...

maps.nls.uk/view/74401135

📆 OTD in 1875 Mary Barbour was Born

🗣️ “We should be daring in our demands, not only for better houses but for a higher standard of living generally.”

(1st pic: Protests & Suffragettes Mural on Crossloan Rd & Uist Street— Mary Barbour & Isabella Elder)

the brick facades of manistee, michigan

Thanks Laura ❤️

JIM SPENCE: Giving Scotland’s police officers guns would make us safer In an increasingly violent world, a stick and a spray can are insufficient tools to protect the public from the mad, bad and dangerous.

"Scotland would be safer if our police had guns".

The @thecourier.co.uk published this article by Jim Spence claims that was later picked up on by BBC Radio Scotland.

Here are some thoughts.🧵

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...

Four-storey plus mansard roof storey red-brick, neo-Georgian tenement clock arrayed around green open space, path and entrance hates.

Doing the five-storey tenement clock in style: Comber House, part of the Comber Estate, Camberwell, designed by LCC Chief Architect George Topham Forrest, built 1927-32. Despite its appearance, some of the estate's flats were of the so-called ‘simplified type’ with shared facilities.

Aye, a wee silver lining at least!

Sadly did not get the job, but made great connections at the interview and received some useful feedback. Best of luck to whoever got the role!

Drugs, Civil Rights and the Alternative Society: A History of Release Principal Supervisor: Professor Toby Seddon (UCL) Co-Supervisor: Professor Alex Mold (LSHTM) Project Description Background Described as the oldest independent drugs charity in the world, Release w…

New PhD studentship opportunity! Research and write the history of Release, supervised by me and @alexmold.bsky.social! bloomsbury.ac.uk/drugs-civil-...

Will do :)

Thanks Jillian, it was really stunning!

Thanks NCD!

Just back from a job interview at Stirling University. Got to have a look around the beautiful mid-century Pathfoot Building. Every corridor is covered in art, with access to gorgeous courtyards plotted around the site. If I’m lucky this is why my office would be!

Preorders of 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' currently more than 40% off the cover price at Amazon. Due out Feb 26th. www.amazon.co.uk/These-Isles-...

Creating a new regular feature promoting the Left in Scotland. Suggestions for events, publications, projects etc Contact Us here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/contact-us/