@pcs_union Rep | MSc Heritage Visualisation @GSofASimVis | BA History @StirUni | Work @HistEnvScot | 🦄 Scottish History, 3D Visualisation | Own views
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With the Scottish election over, dive into the 14th century version with my friend Dr James Turner’s new book on the criminally under appreciated 2nd War of Scottish Independence
Expect a complex web of Anglo-Scott-Franco political intrigue!
Pre-order👇
pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Scot…
Can you hear me at the back?
Quick PSA.
* Football can’t come “home” if you didn’t invent it in the first place! *
Unrelated note, I’ve been to Spain 4 separate times on holiday (and one stopover in Madrid), practically local.
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#euro2024 #scottishhistory
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Step back in time to unravel the mysteries of @StGilesHighKirk.
For its 900th anniversary St Giles' teamed up with @UofGlasgow, @UofGGamesLab, @EducationEvolvd & @InterfaceOnline to recreate its history in a spellbinding video game 🎮
More: gla.ac/3XeIyMz
ALT Rev Dr George Whyte, Interim Moderator of St Giles’ Cathedral and alumnus of UofG, views the new historical video game launched for St Giles’ Cathedral’s 900th anniversary. Photo: Martin Shields.
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On 30 November 1872, players representing Scotland and England met at the West of Scotland Cricket Ground to contest the first ever official international match.
This was the game that sparked international football.
Click below to find out more ⤵️
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A thorough overview of @glasgow_sugar’s research on the formative role slavery and the Atlantic economy played in the making of Scottish capitalism by @NeilMackay which also explores its contemporary political implications. Well worth your time. heraldscotland.com/politics/…
Might as well weigh in for the craic; evidence points in one direction as far as I can see and that is squarely on Richard III having the Princes in the tower murdered. Looks bad in hindsight but obviously politically intelligent move 1/2
#PrincesintheTower #RichardIII – at Glasgow, Scotland
Unsure why people are trying to rehabilitate him like he’s their pal? Guy in my profile picture, James II, stabbed the Earl of Douglas to death in cold blood but I still think he’s an interesting bloke. Just maybe don’t go to any dinner parties he invites you to🤷♂️ 2/2 #RichardIII – at Glasgow, Scotland
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Happy 120th birthday @HampdenPark!
Scotland's national stadium opened its doors for the first time 120 years ago today as @queensparkfc defeated @CelticFC 1-0. It was the largest stadium in the world from 1908 to 1950, hosting many important games. – at Glasgow, Scotland
ALT A view of Hampden Park in the 1940s, taken from the north-western side of the stadium. A large crowd is entering the stadium before a match. This image is copyright of the Scottish FA
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This #BlackHistoryMonth we recognise those who have left their mark on Scottish footballing history.
Read more about trailblazer Andrew Watson, regarded as the world’s first black international footballer, in our blog by team members Megan & Robyn:
scottishfootballmuseum.org.u…
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So let's to another film review, a live one, I'll tweet as I watch so it will take a while to finish it, you may want to come back to this thread later.
I'll be watching 'Outlaw King' (2018).
There will be spoilers and annoying complaining.
imdb.com/title/tt6679794/
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Scotland is not a colony; Scotland never was a colony; and no one colonised Scotland.
“Independence isn’t going to happen yet. Because Labour and the Tories are united in their desire to retain Scotland as a colony”
Political economist @RichardJMurphy says Westminster is denying Scotland a referendum, against democratic values
#bbcdn bit.ly/3S4wKtt
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Honestly haven't stopped smiling reading everyone's tweets about Scotland qualifying. Our generation haven't really had this a lot so it feels magical. HWFG.
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We know where we've come from.
And we know where we're going...
WE are off to GERMANY!
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...AND WE'RE OFF TO GERMANY 🎶 🏴
ALT A graphic design celebrating Scotland qualifying for EURO 2024, featuring an mage of all players who have been part of a Scotland squad in this qualifying campaign.
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When we talk about Scotland’s links to slavery we usually mean tobacco, sugar and cotton. But later industry often relied on capital from slavery
A thread #BlackHistoryMonth 1/9
ALT A landscape format, colourised print showing a sugar estate in Jamaica. A line of slaves are being led towards a bridge over a river with hills behind. There are cows in fields in teh foreground and white coloured buildings in the middle distance.
I really like @DavidOlusoga but this latest documentary on the union has gone too far…
it’s King James VII & II and King William III & II !!!
Don’t even get me started on post 1707 regnal numbers… – at Glasgow, Scotland
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#OTD in 1223 (or pos. 1222) died Bjarni Kolbeinsson, bishop of Orkney. A prelate with literary interests, it has even been suggested that he may have been the author of the Orkneyinga saga. It has also been argued that Bjarni was behind the attempt to make Earl Rǫgnvaldr a saint.
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The only known gold angel of James IV of Scotland. It's probably not a coin. It has been suggested that it may have served a ceremonial function, possibly in connection with James IV's invasion of England in 1513. From the @britishmuseum #ScottishHistory #Numismatics
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Tonight's 150th Anniversary Heritage Match celebrates the first-ever international football match, played on St Andrew's Day 1872 between Scotland and England.
Over 150 years and 115 games later, we meet again tonight.
#SCOENG
ALT A picture of a ticket from the first-ever international football match, played between Scotland and England in November 1872.
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150 years.
Tonight's 150th Anniversary Heritage Match celebrates the game that sparked international football - and everything that has come since.
#SCOENG