Robert Burns & Black Lives
24 June, Alloway – free
Clark McGinn, author & honorary research fellow @glasgowburns.bsky.social, examines Burns’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade, highlighting the paradoxes & moral conflicts of the poet’s time
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Facal an Latha (4): 'sgoil'. 'S ann bhon Ghreugais, tron Laidinn, a thàinig am facal 'sgoil' a-steach dhan Ghàidhlig. Gu ruige seo, tha còrr agus deich mìle iomradh air an fhacal seo am broinn 'Corpas na Gàidhlig'. dasg.ac.uk
Clark McGinn’s book, BURNS & BLACK LIVES (@luathpress.bsky.social 2025), does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, & presents a nuanced portrait that challenges readers to reconcile Burns’s literary genius with the ethical ambiguities of his time
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New publications by our members: Alan Sharp’s 'A Green Tree in Gedde' (1965) in a scholarly edition prepared by @paulmalgrati.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social and Colin Mcilroy @natlibscot.bsky.social and published by @asls.org.uk. asls.org.uk/publications...
UNVEILING NEW ACCOUNT If you were following my Coffin Boffin account on Twitter @drsamgeorge1 please follow this bsky account. I can't make the transition easily as I have 35K followers on there and only 700+ on here. I am posting on the same themes of Gothic Enchantment and Dark Folklore!!
There's an incredible new tiled mural at Glasgow Central today, produced by Make It Glasgow.
It recreates an advertising poster by Margaret & Frances Macdonald for Joseph Wright's Drooko Umbrella Co.
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Coffee time in a rainy Glasgow. (Scottish summer is back!) A quick browse of my bookshelves reveals I have all three books that Leng Gold medal winners have received over the years ...
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Read Home Sick before you even think about packing your bags.” https://gnofhorror.com/home-sick-by-rhiannon-grist-review/
It's a Bothwell double bill in Stirling on September 19, with me representing the genteel southern end of the village, and @radiomukhers.bsky.social the less refined north.
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Rhiannon Grist’s Home Sick is slow-burn folk horror at its finest. Rreview of the debut that makes a thin shared wall feel like the most terrifying thing.
DASG - Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic. DASG is an online repository of digitised texts and lexical resources for Scottish Gaelic.
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Just a quick post today – I realised that I do actually possess all three of the Scottish song books that have been awarded to Leng Gold medallists over the years. They make a pleasing displa…
A discovery in a school admissions register takes us into the tale of a family in Mexico and how Dundonians helped to introduce football to the country
