Hiding amidst the prominent bouquets that stand out at a distance are depictions of everything from kittens to parachuting members of the PLA! I was also drawn to the patches Angie & I discovered on many of the fabrics; they point to a larger universe of cloth consumption.

national day of reflection for the ongoing pandemic, this Sunday, 3.II.24, 11.45am, Pollok Park. All welcome.

We are looking for a talented Doctoral Researcher to study how to design consumer acceptance with biobased and/or recycled materials in textile/fashion sector aalto.fi/en/open-positi…

Scotland's New Hate Crime laws are the re-emergence of the ghost of Calvinist puritanism. John Calvin’s Geneva (1542-64) was a police city-state ruled by a group of dictators: It banned books, dancing, singing, pictures, statues, make-up, jewellery, bells, organs, “irreligious”

Fashion and Textiles PhD Students! Upcoming deadline: 15 June. PhD Bursaries of up to £2500 are available annually from the Pasold Research Fund for #PhD students in any area of #textile history research. Find out how to apply now: pasold.co.uk/phd-grants

In 1860 Florence Nightingale dreamt about how “a little air-test” could lead to a clean air revolution. “We should have parents saying. (….) “I will not send my child to that school, the air-test stands at ‘Horrid.’” We can make her dream come true. Let’s measure indoor CO2!

Extremely important research. Neil Gray MSP Public Health Scotland NHS National Services Scotland ARHAI Health, Social Care and Sport Committee this totally contradicts Scotland's current approach to Infection Prevention and Control of airborne viruses like Covid. Please can you take urgent action to address this. Thank you.

Image fees - EXCELLENT news: the National Galleries of Scotland no longer claim copyright in digital images of historic artworks. These high-res images are therefore now in the public domain, and free to use. 🧵

Fashion and Textiles PhD Students! Upcoming deadline: 15 June. PhD Bursaries of up to £2500 are available annually from the Pasold Research Fund for #PhD students in any area of #textile history research. Find out how to apply now: pasold.co.uk/phd-grants

2️⃣5️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people have signed the petition urging the publishers to #LetReadersRead — add your voice: change.org/p/let-readers-… #EmpoweringLibraries #readers

Pls read this 🧵 - absolutely appalling how people at particularly high clinical risk from Covid are being ignored and written out of history in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (and beyond)!

We are looking for someone brilliant to come & be ⁦⁦V&A Dundee⁩ ‘s next Head of Learning & Civic Partnerships, the role is at the ❤️ of what we do, is with a fantastic team & is based in a city that cares about its future & design 🌟 jobs.vandadundee.org/head-of-learni…

Italy raided factories & found that Armani and Dior bags are made by illegal Chinese workers in Italy who sleep in the workshop and make €2-3/hr. Both companies have been placed under Italian court administration. Dior paid a supplier $57 to assemble* a handbag that sells for

Deadline to apply to show at Dundee Design Festival Scotland's national contemporary design festival - is Sunday 7 July at midnight - please share with your design network in Scotland! ✨

Stills are looking for a new director - apply now! stills.org/about/job-vaca…

“If memory is an unreliable narrator, how can it be the medium through which we arrive at the truth about ourselves?” From the archive: buff.ly/3WwKsXU

"Many Clinically Vulnerable people have felt, and continue to feel that they cannot access healthcare safely." "Two issues are of particular importance: the lack of #CleanAir and adequate ventilation, and the lack of evidence based guidance in relation to facemasks." 4/

Airborne transmission is a hidden threat that must be addressed, writes Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 for LBC Views buff.ly/4el6HWZ

Listening to UK Covid-19 Inquiry evidence on how the bodies responsible for Infection Prevention & Control got it disastrously wrong - it still is - I'd be so very grateful if you'd sign & share my petition (you don't need to be in Scotland)🙏 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE20…

Ghost records in 'risk assessment' in order to justify the downgrading of safety precautions.