In the aftermath of the #GeneralElection2024 we're reminded that former MP Jimmy Dunnachie led the battle to retain an onsite custodian at the Castle in the 1990s Thankfully the Castle continues to benefit from a keykeeper who plays a vital role in safeguarding the Castle.

Discover the story behind one of Scotland's most enduring documentary films on the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig Steel Works. Heritage Socials: The Making of the Big Mill North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre Wednesday 25 September, 1.30pm FREE Book now: ow.ly/iQfH50Tq2xG

A public consultation event on 9 October will offer the chance to find out more - and give views - on new proposals for the Custom House Quay area on the Clyde waterfront. More info 👉 ow.ly/S1UW50TrIXf

Surprise delivery today! Years of hard work (and a few tears) poured into just over 200 pages. Available for preorder at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160904/, and soon (and more affordably :)) through JSTOR!

Dr Fiona Watson delivers the second annual Jenny Wormald Lecture: Taming the Land?: Power, Exploitation and Awe in Medieval Scotland. Tickets are now available for Friday, 18 October: eventbrite.co.uk/e/taming-the-l… Please note that all attendees, in-person and online, must register.

Spain has really played the long game with this one, but respect where it’s due

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Join us for out 1st seminar of the semester 📆 Mon 7 Oct, 4-5.30pm with our co-directors Prof Arthur McIvor & Yvonne McFadden talking about their recent book from the Lost-villages project. All welcome. In person or online. DM for zoom.

Following MP & talking with anita anand & William Dalrymple at Empire Podcast on the disproportionate Scots presence in the East India Company & the under appreciated scale of wealth stripped from 18th-19th century South Asia enriching Scotland. Not least places like Elgin

The 'Ravenscraig - A Fragile Correspondence' exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre explores the past, present and future of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks site through film, photography, creative writing, and soundscapes. Open now until 28 October.

For National Sporting Heritage Day we would like to share an article from when we followed Glasgow Building Preservation Trust's rejuvenation of the West Boathouse which highlighted the clubs archive collections and the importance of sporting heritage! Read it here: scottisharchives.org.uk/community/boat…

James McEnaney Principal of the University of Edinburgh Professor Sir Peter Mathieson rails against the 'depressing, negative and polarising rhetoric' that is undermining the value of an arts degree heraldscotland.com/news/24615039.… caroline wilson (3/4)

EBay bar private sale of documents related to American slavery. Patrick Vernon arguing such documents should be freely available. Always thought the value of the Thistlewood papers was obscene, given what he was infamous for, but Yale did a remarkable job with digitisation.

GUEST BLOG - I am delighted to publish this guest blog by Fraser Sugden🌾🌽🌾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇵, an academic at the University Birmingham, examining global lessons for land reform in Scotland. Much food for thought! andywightman.scot/2024/10/global…

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Dennistoun Style 🎀 New Lanark World Heritage Site 2. Buchanan Institute founded by James Buchanan, partner in Dennistoun Buchanan & Co, with a murky colonial past. Son of a blacksmith, he aimed to educate local boys with fairly poor prospects.

In 2018, History Reclaimed's Lawrence Goldman was concerned that removing Edward Colston's name "from every building, monument, street and scholarship in the city" would render him "a remote and forgotten figure", making it "more difficult to engage critically with Bristol’s

Who doesn’t love the Firth of Clyde. Marvellous